Alarm as inflation rate in Ghana reaches an all-time high of 40%

Ghana for the 17th month in a row now has recorded an increase in its inflation rate, jumping to an all time high of 40 per cent. Last month, the country’s inflation rate stood at 37.2%, which spurred a protest and caused the president of the country to raise an alarm. Read the story here.

Thomson Reuters Dual-track: ‘S’ in ESG, Reporting on Corporate Social Impact for South African Journalists.

Application Deadline: November 15, 2022 Thomson Reuters Foundation’s ‘S’ in ESG: Reporting on Corporate Social Impact offers an excellent opportunity for financial, business and/or investigative journalists in South Africa to gather virtually for training, knowledge sharing, expert sessions and network building. The Programme will be delivered by world-class trainers and experts and uses Thomson Reuters Foundation’s unique ‘dual track’ approach, which

Will Twitter’s layoff spree affect its boosted African profile? An Analysis

Unfortunately, Twitter’s infant office in Accra has not been spared in the company’s quest to cut down on losses through mass layoffs. Twitter’s announcement of its presence in Africa through Ghana won many hearts. The tech giant’s decision was seen as an opportunity to widen the scope of free speech and go a long way

10 richest African footballers in 2022/23 and their net worth ▷ SportsBrief.com

The African continent is blessed with many talented people. Among the gifted people are football stars, some of whom are recognised internationally. The richest African footballers have played for local and international teams. Richest African footballers. Photo: @Adrian DENNIS, @Samir Hussein, @Pier Marco Tacca, @contrast, @John Powell, @LOCOG, @koloabibtoure, @michaelessien (modified by author)Source: UGC The

Prudential appoints new Chief Executive Officer for Africa

Prudential (www.Prudentialplc.com) has announced the appointment of Emmanuel Mokobi Aryee as the new Chief Executive Officer for Africa to oversee the operations of Prudential in its eight African markets. The appointment, seeks to centralise Prudential’s operations in Africa as well as strengthen and grow the business in markets where it currently operates. Commenting on the appointment,

Twitter fires staff at its only Africa office in Ghana

In less than two weeks since Elon Musk took over the Twitter company, there are already concerns that the company is choosing to ignore key risks in its biggest international growth markets. On Friday, November 4, reports emerged of a massive layoff of employees across its only African office in Ghana’s capital city, Accra. Till

Verified.africa and Ingressive Team Up for ‘Hackfest2022’: A Tech Conference for African Innovation.

KYC startup, Verified.africa and parent company ‘Seamfix limited’, partnered with ‘Ingressive for Good’ to host the 2022 annual Hackfest event and the three-day hackathon themed ‘Digital Identity transformation’ Verified.africa’s platform is live in Ghana, South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya allowing businesses to confirm the identity of one or thousands of customers in seconds for speedy

Doubts Whether Ghanaian President Will Survive Discontent – IDN-InDepthNews

Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA (IDN) — Not so long ago, he was the poster boy of what looked like an African renaissance. Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo didn’t only know what to say, he also knew when and how. I still remember 2018.

Africa sees unprecedented data centre capacity buildout

The African market has become one of the world’s fastest-growing markets for commercial data centre deployments, a new report reveals. The study shows African data centre providers have spent a cumulative $2 billion (R35 billion) on building data centre facilities since 2017, bringing to market more than 200MW of fresh commercial IT load capacity, more