Africa’s Global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced that all its African subsidiaries are now on firm footing as they have been contributing maximally to the group’s profit margin.
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Ghana’s Vice President Picks Party Flagbearer Nomination Form
Accra, Ghana//-Ghana’s Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has officially entered the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential race, as members of his camp on Tuesday picked up a nomination form for him.
16 Dead, Over 40 Injured in Gomoa Okyereko accident on Accra-Cape Coast Highway
Sixteen people are feared dead in a gory accident at Gomoa Okyereko on the Accra-Cape Coast highway in the Central Region.
Your 2024 Election Fortunes Depend on Suame Interchange Project – Ashanti NPP Tells Gov’t
Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana//-The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region is pleading with the government to turn attention to the construction of the Suame Interchange Project.
Uganda’s Museveni Approves Anti-LGBTQ Law
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has assented to an anti-homosexuality law, the speaker of the country’s parliament said on Monday.
China in Africa: Kenya Railway Study Shows Investment Projects Aren’t a One-way Street
Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images Gediminas Lesutis, University of Amsterdam and Zhengli Huang, Tongji University China is an important economic player in Africa. In 2021 alone, China accounted for nearly US$5 billion in foreign direct investment in African countries. The rapidly increasing Chinese presence across Africa has become a contentious issue both for Beijing and […]
Accra’s Market Fires Are Devastating to Informal Traders
Market fires cause significant upheavals in the heavily informal Ghanaian economy. Wikimedia Commons Seth Asare Okyere, University of Arizona; Louis Kusi Frimpong, University of Environment and Sustainable Development ; Matthew Abunyewah, Charles Darwin University, and Stephen Kofi Diko, University of Memphis Ghana’s informal urban markets play a key role in the country’s economy. They employ […]
Deputy Minority Leader: Why is GNPC Chairman Writing Letters to PetroSA When CEO Should?
Accra, Ghana//-The Deputy Minority Leader in Parliament has questioned the powers of the Board Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Freddie Blay in offering PetroSA an equal split in the interest held by GNPC’s subsidiary Jubilee Oil Holdings Ltd.
Arms-to-Russia Row Raises Doubt About South Africa’s Compliance with Arms Control
The Russian Volunteer Corps insignia on the sleeve of a soldier near the border in northern Ukraine in early 2023. Getty Images Moses B. Khanyile, Stellenbosch University The recent furore over accusations by the US ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, that South Africa was supplying arms to Russia despite its declared policy of non-alignment, […]
Kumawu By-election: Our Performance Improved Despite Deliberate Vote-buying by NPP –Mahama
Accra, Ghana//-Former President John Mahama has extended congratulations to the Parliamentary aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kwasi Amankwaa for running on the ticket of the party during the Kumawu by-election.