Ghana’s finance minister set to present budget despite calls for dismissal

ACCRA, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Ghana’s embattled finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta plans to present his 2023 budget statement this month, a ruling party official said on Friday, despite demands by ruling party and opposition figures that he resign. Ofori-Atta has come under fire as Ghana suffers its worst economic crisis in a generation, with inflation

Sparrows Group expands Africa presence following contract for Tullow in Ghana – Aberdeen Business News

SPARROWS Group (Sparrows), the engineering and maintenance services specialist for the global energy and industrial sectors, has secured a two-year contract to provide crane maintenance services onboard Tullow Oil’s FPSO Kwame Nkrumah (KNK) in Ghana.  The win follows a previous contract announcement in Angola earlier this year and expands Sparrows’ existing presence in the Africa region while

Growing Popularity of eGaming and Online Gambling in Africa

– Advertisement – For bettors and gamblers, African nations are rising to the top of the list of prospective locations for 2022 and beyond. Mobile gambling is still expanding its footprint in Africa, where it already has a sizable portion of the industry. There were around 184 million internet users in Africa as of August

Africa: Energy transition policies and regulatory developments light up across the continent

Across the continent, countries in Africa are gearing up for the energy transition by implementing policy and legislative frameworks that take into account the energy crisis and the need for a renewable, decarbonized, decentralized energy supply that addresses climate change and the commitments made under the Paris Agreement. Lawyers in Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia,

 Westerwelle Entrepreneurship Program 2023 for East African Founders

Application Deadline: December 15th, 2022 Westerwelle Entrepreneurship Program is a 6-month programme for innovative tech startups in Rwanda and Tanzania. 30 selected startups will be provided with the right infrastructure, skills and networks to advance their tech solutions.  This program is supported by Make-IT in Africa, a project by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Building a private school business in South Africa, Kenya and beyond

Nova Pioneer has 14 schools across South Africa and Kenya. Nova Pioneer provides preschool to secondary education through its network of schools in South Africa and Kenya. Chinezi Chijioke, CEO and co-founder, speaks to Jeanette Clark about building the business, demand for private education in Africa and the impact of inflation on the group. Chinezi Chijioke’s