Spearheaded by the Accra Angels Network in collaboration with The Innovation Spark, Innohub and Asime Ventures have released the “Ghana Startup Ecosystem Primer.
Category: Economy
MultiChoice Encourages Innovative Climate-change Solutions to Enter 2024 Earthshot Prize
South Africa, November 7, 2023/ — Global environment-saving initiative, The Earthshot Prize, is calling innovators, entrepreneurs, community leaders and activists who are working to find cutting-edge solutions to climate change to submit their entries to the 2024 edition of the competition.
DKK Partners Appoints Industry Veteran Clifford Mettle as Executive Chair of Ghana
London, UK// – DKK Partners, a leading FinTech company that specialises in emerging markets (EM) and foreign exchange (FX) liquidity, has appointed Clifford Mettle as Executive Chairman of Ghana to help bolster their West African service offering and support their plans to provide the entire Africa region with innovative and fast payment solutions.
Sub-Saharan Africa GDP Forecast to Double by 2040 to $4.5 trillion: Euromonitor Research
Cape Town, South Africa – Research from market research company Euromonitor International has forecast the GDP of Sub-Saharan Africa to double by the year 2040 from the 2022 figure of $2 trillion to over $4.5 trillion.
Digitalisation Discussions Surge as Companies Transform For Growth
In response to the evolving business landscape, companies across diverse industries are actively embracing digitalization. This proactive trend underscores their commitment to business transformation and capitalizing on emerging opportunities. Consequently, there is a significant growth in discussions around digitalization, reveals GlobalData, a leading data analytics company.
Africa Finance Corporation Exits Stake in Ghana’s Takoradi Port to Yilport Holding
Lagos, Nigeria// — Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has exited its 35% equity investment in Atlantic Terminal Services Limited (ATSL), the concessionaire for the expansion of Ghana’s Takoradi Port to the global ports and container terminals operator Yilport Holding.
Fitch Upgrades Ghana’s Rating to ‘CCC’ From Restrictive Default
Ratings agency, Fitch, has upgraded Ghana’s Long-Term Local Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘CCC’ from ‘RD’.
Call to Improve Jobs for Youth in Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia// — Africa should improve the quality of basic education to ensure a skilled workforce that will create more and better jobs to drive economic transformation on the continent.
King Charles in Kenya: Despite Past Tensions, the Visit is a Sign of a Strong Relationship with Britain
Poppy Cullen, Loughborough University King Charles’ visit to Kenya this week is the British monarch’s first to a Commonwealth nation since his coronation in September 2022. The visit comes during the country’s 60th anniversary of independence from Britain.
BBC Africa Eye Investigation Reveals Deadly Consequences of Corporal Punishment in Kenyan Schools
A new investigation by BBC Africa Eye, for BBC World Service, has uncovered shocking cases of corporal punishment in schools in Kenya. Despite being outlawed in 2001, physical punishment is still being used – sometimes leading to fatal consequences.