August 31, 2018//-United States President Donald Trump’s incendiary August 22 tweet, contending that white farmers are being killed on a “large scale” in South Africa and that farms and other lands are being expropriated, has become part of his well-known toolkit for boosting appeal among his political base while sowing racial discord at home and abroad.
Category: Economy
Prof Gyimah-Boadi: Ghana Yet to Achieve Sustain Inclusive Economic Dev’t
Accra, Ghana, August 31, 2018//-A renowned Ghanaian political scientist, Professor Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi says Ghana is yet to achieve a meaningful sustain inclusive economic and social development after practicing democracy for many years.
Akufo-Addo Hails VW’s Decision To Set-Up Assembly Plant in Ghana
Accra, Ghana, August 30, 2018//-Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has welcomed the decision by German car manufacturing giant, Volkswagen, to establish a vehicle assembly plant in Ghana.
U.S. Ambassador: Society That Can’t Feed Its people Is A Failure
August 30, 2018//-W. Stuart Symington, the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, has said that any society that cannot figure out where its people can find food is a failed society.
UK PM Announces Ambition for UK to be Largest G7 Investor in Africa by 2022
London, United Kingdom, August 29, 2018/ — The government has set a new ambition for the UK to be the largest G7 investor in Africa by 2022, the Prime Minister has announced as part of a visit to promote economic ties with the continent.
Security Beefed Up As British Prime Minister Visits Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria, August 29, 2018//-Security has been beefed up at the Murtala Muhammed Airports, Ikeja, ahead of the British Prime Minister, Mrs Theresa May’s visit to Lagos on Wednesday.
Enterprise Singapore Identifies New Growth Opportunities in Africa’s Digital Economy
August 29, 2018//-Enterprise Singapore has successfully facilitated close to 50 projects for Singapore companies in Africa in the last two years. 80% of these projects were undertaken by small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
African Health Ministers Pledge to End Cholera Outbreaks by 2030
Dakar, Senegal, August 29, 2018/ — African Health Ministers have pledged to implement key strategies for ending cholera outbreaks in the African region by 2030.
How Africa’s Largest City is Failing its Older People
Heavy traffic in Lagos, Nigeria. EPA/Ahmed Jallanzo Ojo Melvin Agunbiade, African Population and Health Research Center August 29, 2018//-Urbanisation is spreading across Africa at great speed. Projections suggest that more than half of the total population will live in urban areas by 2050.
Africa at risk: Malaysia Slams China’s “New Version of Colonialism”
Djibouti City, Djibouti, August 29, 2018/ — IT is a crisis mirrored across the developing world: loans so huge that government struggles to repay the debt.