‘Africa can jump into decentralized finance,’ says PayBox

From fintech to agritech, African technology innovators demonstrated that they are at the vanguard of change on the continent during the recent Africa Money & Defi Summit in Accra, Ghana. David Boye-Doku, the co-founder of PayBox, said that Africa could skip ahead to decentralized finance (Defi) and get around the problems of cross-border finance with

How other African countries view Nigeria – Arinze Christopher

Nigeria-born Arinze Christopher who’s a data scientist shares his experience when he travelled to Ghana alongside other African Data Scientist for a year course in Kumasi. They all lived together and had cross-fertilization of ideas whilst staying together. The Scotland-based Nigeria shares his experience in this article. Excerpts I am a Nigerian and have lived

Africa in business: from debt to iron

STORY: Here are five business stories making headlines in sub-Saharan Africa this week. Ghana is poised to request debt relief via the G20 Common Framework process, sources have said, and has sought reassurances that negotiations can be expedited. The crisis-hit West African country needs to restructure its debt in order to access IMF funds, but

Maiden Africa Prosperity Dialogue Series Comes Off In January

Africa Prosperity Dialogue Series Ghana will host the maiden edition of the Africa Prosperity Dialogue Series (APDS) from January 26 to 28, 2023 at Aburi in the Eastern Region. The event will be held under the auspices of Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Mr Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade

Ghana Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen resigns

Alan Kyeremateng Mr Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, the Minister for Trade and Ministry has resigned from the government. Highly placed sources close to the Minister said he (Mr Kyerematen) presented his resignation letter to President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday, Jan 5, 2023. The sources said the decision was to allow the Minister to prepare for