President Donald Trump shakes hands with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in August 2018. Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images Elijah N. Munyi, United States International University August 17, 2020//-The United States and Kenya formally launched negotiations for a free trade agreement on 8 July […]
Accra, Ghana, August 15, 2020//-Professor Frank Forbes-Menson, an Oxford University Educated Economist has proposed a new Development Economics model for the current political dispensation.
Abidjan, Ivory Coast, August 14, 2020/ — The groundwork has been laid for Indian investors who are looking to invest in Africa.
Accra, Ghana, August 14, 2020//-The Ministry of Finance has released the first tranche of funds for the free water supplied to Ghanaians under the COVID-19 pandemic combat and impact mitigation measures.
Accra, Ghana, August 13, 2020//-Ghana has been ranked 7th in economic management, structural policies, social inclusion and equity policies, and public sector management and institutions at the continent level.
Washington DC, USA, August 13, 2020 — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, committed a record $7.1 billion to support private sector development in Latin America and the Caribbean in fiscal year 2020, enabling investments to foster sustainable growth across the region, create jobs and fight the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe and President Cyril Ramaphiosa of South Africa in 2018. GCIS Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand August 13, 2020//-South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s despatch of envoys to Zimbabwe in a bid to defuse the latest crisis, in which the government has engaged in a vicious crackdown on opponents, journalists and […]
August 12, 2020//-The global coronavirus pandemic has cast a shadow over this year’s International Youth Day. According to the United Nations, there are currently around 1.8 billion people between the ages of 10 and 24 years in the world.
Washington DC, U.S, August 12, 2020 – MIGA, a member of the World Bank Group, has issued guarantees of up to $235 million to a wholly-owned subsidiary of South Africa’s FirstRand group, for a period of up to 15 years.
August 11, 2020//-The disastrous explosion in Beirut on 4 August 2020 was caused by hazardous materials stored in the port. How likely is a similar incident in an African port and what would be required to prevent it?
