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Fred Dzakpata

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Fred Dzakpata is a Ghanaian journalist who specializes in business reporting in Africa.

Tullow to drill eight new oil wells in Ghana

Oil Giant Tullow is preparing to drill eight new wells in the Ghana from next year. The company suspended its operations in Ghana's waters...

Ebola outbreak cost West African economies $53 billion

A new study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases has pegged the economic impact of the Ebola outbreak on three West African countries at...

Pan-African Trade and Investment body to project AfCFTA

A Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee (PAFTRAC) has been establish to serve as an advocacy platform to support the implementation of the...

South Africa tops latest Absa Africa Financial Markets Index

South Africa  has been ranked number one in the second edition of the Absa Africa Financial Markets Index released on Wednesday. The Absa Africa Financial...

Nigeria sets up committee to assess readiness for AfCFTA

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a committee to assess the country’s impact and readiness for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement. The committee has...

Ghana’s central bank launches cyber security tools for banks

Ghana’s central bank on Monday rolled out cyber security directive for financial institutions in the country. The move according to the Bank of Ghana is...

Nigerian SME’s to benefit from $50m AfDB facility

About one hundred Small and Meduim Scale businesses are expected to benefit from a US$50 million credit facility from the African Development Bank. The funds...

Ghana destroys unwholesome Tilapia from China

Officials of Ghana’s National Disaster Management Organization have destroyed some eighteen (18) kilograms of unwholesome tilapia. The Tilapia from China were destroyed at a community...

AfDB approves €7m investment in Partech Africa Fund

The African Development Bank’s efforts to channel critical investment funding to Africa’s entrepreneurs received a big boost on Thursday in Abidjan. The Bank’s executive directors...

Ghana records 5.4 percent GDP growth for second quarter

Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product for the second quarter of this year grew by 5.4 percent. For the same period last year the country recorded...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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