Accra, Ghana// – FanMilk Ghana announced that its Managing Director for West Africa, Lionel Parent, has received the Business Executive Leader of the Year Award at the 8th CCI France Ghana (CCIFG) Gala Dinner and Awards Night in Accra.
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Investing in Better Jobs, Faster Growth: New World Bank Group Report Helps Chart a Path to Poverty Reduction in Tanzania
Tanzania// — Tanzania’s economy is on a solid growth trajectory over the medium term, but translating that momentum into greater economic prosperity remains a challenge.
Mercy Ships Targets Over 2,000 Surgeries, 3,500 Dental Treatments During Ghana Mission
Accra, Ghana//-Mercy Ships is targeting more than 2,000 free surgeries and about 3,500 dental treatments during its 10-month medical mission in Ghana, with the humanitarian organisation seeking to extend specialist care to patients who may otherwise struggle to access such services.
UNHCR: 5.8 Million Refugee Children Still Out of School as Funding Cuts Threaten Hard-won Progress
Geneva, Switzerland// – Nearly 6 million refugee children were out of school worldwide in 2025, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned today, as deepening funding cuts threaten to shut millions more out of classrooms and reverse years of progress in refugee education.
Newmont Ahafo Learnership Programme Graduates 99 Young People from Host Communities
Accra, Ghana// – Thirty young people from Newmont’s 10 host communities in Ahafo have graduated from the company’s Learnership Programme this year, bringing the total number of participants who have completed the programme since 2023 to 99.
Surveillance Strengthens the Ebola Response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo// — Since the start of the Ebola outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, surveillance has been one of the main lines of defence against the disease.
Billion-dollar Beauty: The Odds of Scaling a Breakout Brand
Over the past two decades, the global beauty sector has attracted more new entrants and capital than ever before.
Stage Set for Afreximbank’s Creative Africa Nexus Weekend 2026 in Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria// — With less than two months to go, preparations are in top gear for Lagos, Nigeria to host Africa’s largest gathering of creative and cultural industries — Creative Africa Nexus Weekend (CANEX WKND 2026), from 5 to 8 November 2026.
DR Congo Ebola Emergency: Calls Grow For Urgent Humanitarian Access
New York, United States of America// — Aid teams trying to keep deadly Ebola disease from spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are increasingly concerned about ongoing fighting and violence that has forced thousands of people to flee a displacement camp in the vast, resource-rich east of the country.
Why Demand Another Country’s Medical Records? – Mahama on Ghana’s Rejection of ‘Humiliating’ US Health Compact
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama has described as “humiliating” a proposed health compact from the United States that Ghana rejected after Cabinet raised concerns over provisions relating to health data, counterpart funding and the regulatory authority of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA).