2023 AFCON: Ghana housed in Pot 2 ahead of draw on October 12
Chris Hughton and his charges are placed alongside archrivals Nigeria, Cameroon … South Africa, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Zambia, Guinea and …
Ghana President Akufo-Addo urges reparation for slave trade
By XINHUA Reparations must be paid for the slave trade to address the historical injustices that have shaped the world structure, Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said on Wednesday. “It is time to acknowledge openly that much of Europe and the United States have been built from the vast wealth harvested from the sweat,
Weak currencies curb Africa trade, South Africa’s Standard Bank says
Unstable and weakening local currencies, foreign currency shortages and poor infrastructure are squeezing trade in Africa, a new report by South Africa’s Standard Bank said. The 2023 Standard Bank Trade Barometer report unveils the challenges faced by African businesses in ten countries as they seek to grow domestic, regional, and international trade. Created by Standard
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Ellina Mhlanga, Harare Bureau ZIMBABWE are set to step up their preparations for the African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 (Men/Women) qualifiers following the recent announcement of the final teams. The qualifiers will be held in Pretoria, South Africa from October 29 to November 5 at the University of Pretoria. Hockey Association of Zimbabwe named the
Tips to navigate travelling with Nigerian passport amid low ranking, visa bans – The Sun Nigeria
In Africa, Nigeria has one of the least powerful passports, ranking higher than only the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Eritrea, Sudan, and Libya, which are facing extreme violence.A recent report by Henley and Partners, using data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), ranked Nigeria 90th. Nigeria shares this ranking with South Sudan, allowing
Bad Governance responsible for coups in Africa – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that the recent spate of coup d’états in some African nations is fundamentally linked to the issue of bad governance. According to Obasanjo, the proliferation of military coups in Africa can be attributed to the lack of integrity in democratic practices, alongside problems like bad governance, nepotism, favouritism, and
Mantashe to speak at Africa Oil Week
South African Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Hon. Gwede Mantashe will be a keynote speaker at Africa Oil Week (AOW), to be held in Cape Town next month. AOW is the continent’s leading event in the African upstream and it sees representatives of more than 25 African governments coming together with energy policymakers, financiers
LatAm fintech, Ebanx expands into eight African countries
A year after its African debut in three markets—South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya, EBANX, a global technology company specialising in payments for emerging markets, has expanded into Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. This was disclosed during the seventh edition of the fintech’s Payments Summit, held from September 18 to 20
Despite a $3 billion bailout, Ghana has essentially gone bankrupt
According to a report by The New York Times, President Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration “had no choice but to agree to a $3 billion loan from the lender of last resort, the International Monetary Fund,” which helped to explain Ghana’s financial crisis, in which government organisations owed billions to contractors and were in serious debt. The
CEO Heinie Werth: Sanlam-Allianz joint venture a long-term play in Africa
In the coming six to 18 months, SanlamAllianz Africa CEO Heinie Werth and his team across the continent will be focusing on integrating Sanlam and Allianz’s systems, he tells The Africa Report. There’s more to this story Get unlimited access to our exclusive journalism and features today. Our award-winning team of correspondents and editors report