For decades, official development assistance has been a central pillar of financing in sub-Saharan Africa. That pillar is now weakening—quickly and broadly.
Category: Economy
UNHCR Warns Ebola Outbreak Threatens Displaced Communities in DR Congo, Beyond
Geneva, Switzerland// —United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned by the accelerating spread of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the growing risks it poses to displaced communities across the region.
UK Leadership Speculation Raises Wealth Tax Fears and Bond Market Risks, Warns deVere CEO
Andy Burnham’s win in Makerfield, paving the way for him to potentially challenge Keir Starmer and become UK Prime Minister, could trigger a Liz Truss-style spooking of UK bond markets and accelerate a mass exodus of wealth from Britain, warns the CEO of global financial advisory giant deVere Group.
Ghana: Over 4,000 Workers on Gov’t Payroll Owe Student Loans
Ghana’s Controller and Accountant-General, Kwesi Agyei, has disclosed that approximately 4,000 public sector workers currently on the government payroll have outstanding student loan obligations owed to the Student Loan Trust Fund (SLTF).
US and European Leadership Universities Challenged Amid Competition from Asia, Middle East
MIT is crowned first for the 15th consecutive year. Imperial College London stays second, tied with Stanford University, up from third. University of Oxford and Harvard University come fourth and fifth.
Critics of UN Slavery Resolution ‘Revising Their Notes’ As Reparations Gain Momentum-Minister
Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says people who once dismissed Ghana’s United Nations resolution on the trans-Atlantic slave trade as merely an academic exercise are now being proven wrong, as reparatory justice gains global traction through apologies, acknowledgements and policy shifts.
NaSTAG Urges Gov’t to Urgently Off-take Unsold Seed Stocks Under Feed Ghana
Accra, Ghana//-The National Seed Trade Association of Ghana (NaSTAG) has urged the government, through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), to urgently off-take a significant portion of the unsold and high-quality seed stocks from certified seed producers in the country.
World Bank Approves $300 Million to Help Ghana Strengthen Secondary Education and Skills Development
Washington, US//—The World Bank today approved IDA financing of $300 million for the Ghana Secondary Education Transformation for Access, Relevance, and Results for Jobs (STARR-J) Project, which will expand access to quality secondary education and equip more young people with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to transition to higher education and enter the labour […]
The Sale Is Lost In The Silence: Why Follow-up Discipline Is The Most Underrated Driver of Revenue
Accra, Ghana//-In boardrooms across Accra, Lagos and Nairobi, executives spend extraordinary energy debating marketing budgets, branding refreshes and digital reach. Yet the most expensive losses on the ledger sales rarely come from rejected offers.
World’s Richest Families See Five Economic Centres in New Multi-polar World
Family offices managing trillions of dollars are increasingly repositioning portfolios for what they see as one of the defining economic shifts of the 21st century: the emergence of a multi-polar world.