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Fred Dzakpata

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

Rwanda to get first smartphone factory

Rwanda could soon make history in Africa by officially opening a new smartphone factory in April. The country’s minister of information and communication technology Paul...

New spider species discovered in South Africa

Scientists in South Africa say they have discovered a new spider. The discovery adds to the number of already existing species. The discovery was made by...

Kenya’s public debt hits $51.7 billon

Kenya’s public debt has reached $51.7 billion according to the country's 2019 medium term debt management strategy. The document was tabled in parliament last week. The...

Egypt to build first cashless city

Egypt is on the brink of establishing the first cashless city as its new administrative capital in the coming years. The North African country has...

Six African countries cited for encouraging terrorism financing

The European Commission has cited six African countries for having deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing frameworks. These African countries are Botswana, Libya,...

Uganda postpones oil production to 2022

Lack of infrastructure and disagreements over taxes and plans with operators have forced Uganda to postpone oil production to 2022. Uganda's Energy Minister Irene Muloni...

Ghana’s inflation rate drops to 9 percent

Ghana’s Inflation rate has dropped significantly from 9.4 percent recorded last December to 9 percent for the month of January this year. This is based...

Eskom declared technically bankrupt

South African Power Provider Eskom is reported to be technically bankrupt according to the portfolio committee of the Country’s Public Enterprise. Eskom generates, transmits and...

Tanzania to ban fish imports from China

Tanzania is to impose a total ban on the importation of fish from China and Vietnam,  its Livestock and Fisheries Minister has confirmed. Luhaga Mpina...

Zimbabwe settles debts owed IMF

The International Monetary Fund, IMF has revealed that Zimbabwe has already cleared all its outstanding debts. Director of Communication with the International Monetary Fund Gerry...

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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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