Ghana’s government is to spend a whopping GH¢9.5 billion (about $2.5bn) this year, as interest payments on the huge loans it has contracted.
Category: Economy
President Clinton Inspects Projects in Tanzania
Former US President Bill Clinton traveled from Dar es Salaam to Iringa, and then drove for an hour and 45 minutes to the Clinton Development Initiative’s Ngongwa Anchor Farm, arriving at 10:30 AM.
ECA advocates ‘Industrialisation through trade’
The 2015 edition of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA), “Industrialising through Trade”, has been launched by Dr. Ekow Spio-Garbrah, Minister of Trade and Industry, and Dr. Arkebe Oqubay, Minister and Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, during the Conference of African Ministers of Finance and Economic Development in Addis Ababa.
How Africa Can Attract Foreign Investors to its Power Projects
“Investing in the power sector in Africa can be very lucrative and we have the success stories to prove it”, says Evan Schiff, event director of African Utility Week, taking place in Cape Town from 12-14 May.
RB, Save The Children Move to Reduce Diarrhoea in Nigeria
The global partnership between RB and Save the Children launched a unique and ground-breaking programme to help eradicate child deaths from diarrhoea.
Renowned Expert Discusses Supertall Buildings
Buildings are getting taller and these buildings are being constructed at an increasingly rapid pace.
Eliminating Sheep and Goat Plague By 2030
It is something extraordinary when a disease is eradicated from the face of the earth, as great a human accomplishment as inventing the internet or putting a man on the moon.
African Leaders Call For Taking Ownership Of Resources
African leaders including Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Mr. Ato Haliemariam Dessalegn, HE Paul Kagame, President, Mr Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson, AUC, and Mr El Moctar Djay, Minister of Finance, Mauritania, participated in the opening address of the Conference of Ministers 2015 in Addis Ababa.
African leaders to address ECA Minister’s meeting
The capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, is hosting a week-long conference to be attended by African leaders including Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Mr. Mr Haliemariam Dessalegn, HE Paul Kagame, President, Rwanda, HE Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya.
1,000 Start-ups Selected For $100M Tony Elumelu Programme
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced its selection of the first 1,000 African entrepreneurs for the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP).