October 3, 2017//-Merck Foundation, a leading non-for-profit organisation which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people and advance their lives through science and technology has begun the second stage of its Africa Oncology Fellowship Programme with the aim to increase the limited number of oncologists in Africa.
Accra, September 9, 2017//-The struggling real estate market is leveraging the renewed confidence in the economy to bounce back; with players recording increased activities in all segments.
External Development Finance (EDF) remains a critical factor in fostering economic growth in Africa’s developing economies. Official Development Assistance (ODA) is declining and recipient countries are adapting to the changing development finance landscape by diversifying their aid sources and mechanisms.
Johannesburg, South Africa, June 21, 2017/ — Researchers predict that in 2030, Lagos, Cairo and Kinshasa will each have to cater for over 20 million people, while Luanda, Dar es Salaam and Johannesburg will have crossed the 10 million mark.
Advertising and Communications firm, Dentsu Aegis Network Ghana, is set to launch a comprehensive research tool that will provide clients with unique, in-depth insight into consumer behaviour and their relationship with media.
Global economic growth is forecast to accelerate moderately to 2.7 percent in 2017 after a post-crisis low last year as obstacles to activity recede among emerging market and developing economy commodity exporters, while domestic demand remains solid among emerging and developing commodity importers, the World Bank said in its latest report.
The Ghana National Single Window (GNSW) team has started a nationwide GNSW CashXpress Card training for declarants, importers, exporters and major stakeholders in the trade industry.
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has reduced its policy rate from 26 percent to 25.5 percent, citing fragile global economy, easing domestic inflation, and weak growth.
The Bosch Power Box (BPB) in Nigeria will increase the success it has already established in Sokoban Wood Village, Kumasi Ghana, launched in 2016.
Trade-related freight transport is expected to grow by a factor of 4.3 between 2010 and 2050, but addressing climate change requires that it become more energy efficient, an UNCTAD official said, outlining a series of solutions ahead of an UNCTAD meeting at COP 22 on freight efficiency.
