GBfoods, a leading food manufacturing company and producer of Ghana’s favourite Gino, Pomo, Brisk Farm and Jago range of products proudly reaffirms its commitment to fostering a stimulating workplace culture and empowering its workforce through its annual ‘Flavoured Walk’ up the scenic Aburi Mountain. The “Flavoured Walk” is an engaging gathering of all GBfoods…
Oliver Alawuba Following the exceptional performance in the first half of the 2023 financial year, Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has said that it’s firmly committed to achieving sustained profitability by the end of second half. The bank’s management assured its stakeholders including shareholders, local and foreign investors as well as its teeming customers…
Picture: French President Emmanuel Macron and his Senegalese counterpart, President Macky Sall By Noufou Ouedrago, Ph.D., Managing Partner of Afro-Mediation inc. Montréal (Québec), Canada The image of France is further tarnished in the eyes of its former colonies in Africa. Many of these former French colonies are seeking to diversify their partnerships with…
By Samuel Shay, an Gulf Cooperation Council investment expert and co-founder of Africa Publicity and Production (AP&P) The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates – recently signed the Al-Ula Declaration, resolving the three-year diplomatic rift within the GCC. This reconciliation opens new avenues for…
Multiple award-winning Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie, has delighted his fans with the announcement of his ‘Rapperholic Rebirth’ 2023 Concert. Sarkodie, also known as King Sark, is expected to host this year’s edition of his annual rapperholic concert at the Grand Arena in Accra. The mega Concert is slated for December 25th and will attract a…
Michaela Nana Yaa Akuoko Sarpong (winner), Valerie Margor and Lucita Montum Abi in a group photo with Afua Asantewaa O Aduonum, CEO of ASKOF Productions Winners ok of Miss Kidi Ghana Season 3 has flown out of the country to Qatari capital, Doha. The trio- Michaela Nana Yaa Akuoko Sarpong (winner), Valerie Margor and…
By Kelly Markey, a NOBEL prize nominee and global bestselling author In many ways, women have reinforced, fashioned, developed, revolutionized and crafted the world as it contours our landscape daily. Womenfolk are conscientious for some of our world’s paramount successes and continue to subsidize and structure the way that our world works. Performing these undertakings…
Left to right: Prateek Shrivastava, Co-Founder and COO, EMpact and Sami Lahoud, Co-Founder and CEO Today witnessed the launch of EMpact, a venture studio focused on nurturing talent and accelerating startups to serve critical value chains, focusing on frontier markets in Central America, West Africa, and Central Asia. The first studio is a collaboration between…
The Real Housewives of Lagos S2 is now streaming on Showmax Watch S2 launch trailer: https://youtu.be/nBnnf3UKJpo The Real Housewives of Lagos Season 2 is now streaming on Showmax in sub-Saharan Africa, with new episodes every Friday. Showmax subscribers in Africa will have the first look at all the drama, fashion, and extravagance that this season has to…
Bybit, the world’s third most visited crypto exchange, is partnering with American University of Sharjah (AUS) to create an inter-college hackathon, empowering young people to develop new AI and crypto models. Dubbed the “CryptoAI BUILDER Challenge,” this initiative represents a milestone in the partnership between AUS and Bybit, aimed at fostering the growth of…
Carnegie panelists Source: Afrobarometer A U.S. Africa strategy panel organised by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on Tuesday emphasised Africa’s vital role in shaping the global future. “Africa is – and increasingly will be – critical in making decisions about the future of our international community,” Judd Devermont, special assistant to the U.S. president,…
By Moses Anibaba, Regional Director, British Council, Sub-Saharan Africa Africa has the world’s youngest population, with 70% of people in sub-Saharan Africa under 30. Empowering the youth is vital for the continent’s growth and potential and is crucial for economic growth, innovation, peace, and security. These young people face challenges including education, underemployment, lack of…
FSD Ethiopia is coordinating a delegation from Ethiopia to attend AFSIC 2023 and will be sponsoring the Ethiopian Investment Summit scheduled for Monday, 9th October 2023. FSD Ethiopia is a development agency that aims to support the development of accessible, inclusive, and sustainable financial markets for economic growth with a vision to contribute to…
Naa Lamle Orleans-Lindsay Source: UKGCC Naa Lamle Orleans-Lindsay, Head of the Legal Department at the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), has called on Ghanaian businesses to ensure that their technology transfer agreements (TTAs) are registered with the GIPC in compliance with the Technology Transfer Regulations (L.I 1547) and the GIPC Act, 2013 (Act 865)….
Clean Air Fund and Climate Policy Initiative analysis shows that international development funding from donor governments, agencies and development banks for outdoor air quality projects ($2.3 billion) exceeded funding for fossil fuel projects ($1.5 billion) for the first time in 2021. Despite this, air quality projects continue to be chronically underfunded, with only 1% of international…
There are few things more powerful than connecting over a shared love of music. So over the past few years, Spotify has unveiled a wide range of new features, including Collaborative Playlists and Blend, that make sharing the music you love easier than ever. And fans love them: they’ve already created more than 45 million Blends. And in the…
