Accra, Ghana, November 8, 2018//-Scores of Ghanaians students in Italy have been stripped of their scholarships and many more face possible denial over massive visa fraud discovered by the Italian Embassy in Ghana.
Category: Economy
New Global Survey: Ghana Comes 4th From Bottom in 35 Country Teacher Status Ranking
November 8, 2018//-Teacher status in Ghana ranked 32ndout of 35 countries polled in the new Global Teacher Status Index 2018 – the fourth lowest of any country surveyed after Brazil, Israel and Italy.
Reaching the Next Level
For Southeast Asia, further progress calls for bold reforms November 8, 2018//-Southeast Asia has made extraordinary strides in recent decades. Growth in per capita incomes has been among the fastest in the world, and last year the region was the fourth largest contributor to global growth after China, India, and the United States. Living […]
Real Estate Reform Key to Propelling Economic Growth & Alleviating Poverty in Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria, November 7, 2018/ — As one of the keynote speakers at the 4th annual West Africa Property Investment Summit, Dr. Andrew Nevin, Partner and Chief Economist for PwC Nigeria shared high level insights ahead of the region’s leading property investment conference taking place on 15 & 16 November at the Eko Hotel, Lagos.
Ghana Becomes the First Country in West Africa to Have Commodity Exchange
Accra, Ghana, November 7, 2018//-The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has launched the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX), a platform for buying and selling listed agricultural commodities.
What European Regional Airports Need to Know About China
November 7, 2018//-China is now the single largest source of outbound tourists in the world.
Employees in Nairobi Rank Affordable Housing as the Most Important Factor When Deciding Where to Live and Work
Nairobi, Kenya, 7 November 2018//-Mercer, a global consulting leader in advancing health, wealth and career, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc today announced the results of an extensive study that examines the needs of workers in the world’s fastest-growing cities across four key factors – human, health, money and work.
Can the Centre Hold, or Will South Africa Get its Own Bolsonaro?
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa faces the daunting task of fighting corruption and winning votes for his party. GCIS Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand Present indications are that South African voters are not gearing up to “do a Brazil” in the face of a mounting economic crisis and high levels of corruption within the […]
World Leaders Pledge $1 Billion to Transform Health and Nutrition of World’s Poorest Women, Others
Oslo, Norway, November 6, 2018// – The Global Financing Facility (GFF) in Support of Every Woman Every Child today announced US$1.005 billion in contributions from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Burkina Faso, Canada, Côte d’Ivoire, the European Commission, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Laerdal Global Health, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar and the United Kingdom.
Nissan Coming to Build Assembly Plant in Ghana
Accra, Ghana, November 6, 2018//-Nissan, a Japanese global automaker today announced its readiness to set up of an assembly plant in Ghana.