Washington, May 20, 2017— The World Bank has signed a grant agreement with Solidaridad West Africa for Natural Resources Management in 53 selected local communities of the Brong-Ahafo and Western Regions of Ghana.
Category: Economy
61% of Ghanaian Youth in Favour of Gov’t Regulating Social Media
Nairo, Kenya, May 18, 2017/- Latest survey conducted GeoPoll, world’s largest real-time mobile survey platform has revealed that 61 percent of Ghanaian youth are in favour of government regulating the use of social media.
Ghana: Social Entrepreneurs Improved More than 1 Million African Children’s Lives
Accra, May 18 2017/- More than one million African children have benefitted from social enterprise development in Africa in the last five years, according to a new report released by Reach for Change Africa.
Meet Zambia’s Young Entrepreneurs Ready to Take on the World
Lusaka, Zambia, May 18 2017/- So what does Njavwa Mutambo, Tuliswensi Sinyangwe, Chaka Ng’ambi and Byenda Nkwanda have in common? Well, they are all young enterprising Zambians and they are all alumni of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEP). Launched in 2015, the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme is the largest African philanthropic initiative devoted […]
Ghana: How Uber Transforming Driver-partner Lives
Henry Quarshie, 42, was thinking of hanging his boots from commercial vehicle driving a year ago before he was persuaded by his former employer to try his hands on his taxi which was later became an Uber driver-partner cab.
Bawumia: Moves to Formalise Ghana’s Economy on Course
Accra, May 15, 2017/—Ghana’s Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has delivered the keynote address of the government’s maiden National Policy Summit (NPS) in Accra with an assurance that the formalisation of the Ghanaian economy is on course.
Fitch Upgrades Ghana’s Outlook to Stable
Fitch Ratings, a UK-based leading provider of credit ratings, commentary and research has revised the Outlook on Ghana’s Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) to Stable from Negative and affirmed the IDRs at ‘B’ last Friday.
Ghana: Minority Okays Justice Sophia Akuffo as New Chief Justice
Accra, May 12, 2017/–Ghana’s Minority in Parliament has okayed the nomination of Supreme Court judge, Justice Sophia Akuffo as the country’s next Chief Justice (CJ) after the retirement current Chief Justice Theodora Georgina Wood.
Ghana: Dentsu Aegis to Launch Major Consumer Survey
Advertising and Communications firm, Dentsu Aegis Network Ghana, is set to launch a comprehensive research tool that will provide clients with unique, in-depth insight into consumer behaviour and their relationship with media.
Can the Nigerian Designer of the Chevy Volt Revitalize his Country’s Auto Industry?
Nigeria’s government has long talked about diversifying its oil-dependent economy but it’s actions have not always matched the bluster.