From Sri Lanka to Ghana to El Salvador, Economies Under Stress

As the world watches the paralysis in the failed Sri Lanka, check your personal economy. Ghana is now a big concern. Egypt is there. El Salvador is there. Nigeria is in a gestation period with huge implications ahead of 2023 elections. The hopeful effervescence  of South Africa is challenged by youth unemployment and they are

Marburg virus: WHO mobilises experts as Ghana prepares for possible outbreak

The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ghana informed WHO of the first-ever suspected cases of Marburg virus disease on Thursday. If confirmed, these would be the first such infections recorded in the country and only the second in West Africa. Marburg is a highly infectious viral haemorrhagic fever in

1,466 women techsters qualify for Tech4Dev fellowship | The Guardian Nigeria News

Technology for Social Change and Development Initiative (Tech4Dev) has accepted a total of 1,466 beneficiaries to the class of 2023 of the Women Techsters Fellowship from a pool of 14,509 completed applications and 77,000 attempted applications from 15 African countries. The total number of admitted beneficiaries equals about 10 per cent of total applications. The

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The leading platform is currently the largest classifieds in Africa, with 4 million visitors a month and more than 20 million different options available for purchase in its car inventory July 8, 2022 – Loozap is delighted to announce that it is currently the largest car dealer in Africa. The leading platform offers free user-to-user

MEST Express receives applications for Ghanaian startups

  MEST Express is currently receiving applications from Ghanaian startups in the early stage of their business to participate in its accelerator program, which will assist them in expanding their operations. Since the program’s launch in September 2020, over fifty early-stage businesses have been accelerated. As a direct result, twelve firms in Ghana have been

Phase Two of the RISA Project launched in Accra

Madam Harriet Thompson The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Ms Harriet Thompson, Friday, launched the second phase of a UK’s support programme for Research and Innovation Systems for Africa (RISA) project in Accra. The project, which was introduced in 2021, is to support and strengthen research and innovation systems in Africa to tackle the most