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Stanchart profit up by 25% despite slow performance in Africa

Standard Chartered PLC has recorded a 25 percent increase in profit as at last month. The Banks says the achievement is as a result of...

Telecom firm Glo Ghana avoids closure over $2 million debt

Ghana's Revenue Authority (GRA) on Tuesday nearly shut down the head office of telecom firm, Glo Ghana. The company is reportedly to be defaulting in...

Berlin to host G-20 Compact with Africa Forum

About eleven African leaders will be attending the G-20 Compact with Africa Conference which opens on Tuesday in Berlin, Germany. The Conference is bringing together...

Namibia scraps black ownership mining policy

Namibia has decided to scrap an old policy that requires that only companies partly owned by blacks can apply for mining licences. AFP reports that...

Joint border post between Ghana and Togo commissioned

A joint border post between Ghana and Togo has been commissioned. The commissioning on Friday was done by Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo. The Noepe-Akanu joint...

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...

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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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