Foundation Partners 27 Organisations to Address Africa’s Social Deficits
Sunday Okobi The Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT) Foundation has unveiled 27 recipients of its 2022 Grant Scheme across multiple backgrounds, including health, environment, entrepreneurship, STEM, and leadership, who will receive a substantial grant to further their exceptional work. The awarded projects were selected from a competitive pool of over 500 submissions from nonprofits and innovative
Nikita to market Rihanna’s Fenty
Singer Nikita Kering is among the Fenty Beauty ambassadors in Kenya. Taking to social media, she said the campaign will start today. “I’m so honoured to be heading the Fenty Skin and Fenty Campaign in Kenya.” Rihanna indicated that she would be launching the products across Africa early this month. Among the countries she mentioned
CHAN 2022: Qualifying draw sets up potential Ghana v Nigeria clash
The draw for the 2022 African Nations Championship CHAN qualifiers has been held in Cairo and sees a potential clash between Nigeria and Ghana for …
USAID Trade Hub Partners with ShEquity to Catalyze Investment in Women-Owned or Led Businesses in West Africa
With a $1.2 million co-investment grant from the USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment Hub (www.WestAfricaTradeHub.com) (Trade Hub), ShEquity Partners (www.ShEquity.com) (ShEquity), an investment firm that promotes women’s entrepreneurship in Africa, will invest in and support more than 100 high-potential women-owned or led businesses. According to Pauline Koelbl, Founder and Managing Director of ShEquity, women
How a Black American Became the Tourism Chief of Elmina, Ghana
The first time Rashad McCrorey was in Ghana, it was in January 2015. Visiting the West African country wasn’t planned. His school in the U.S., Drew University, where he was getting his Masters in Theology, had a course titled “Cross-Cultural Experience” that prepared him to go to Cameroon. But the Ebola outbreak at the time
MTN, Dangote Industries Limited, and DSTV rank among the most admired African brands in 2022.
The 12th edition of Brand Africa’s annual Brand Africa 100 was organised by Brand Africa in partnership with AT3 Resources and Open Squares Africa and supported by the Central Bank of Nigeria, South African Tourism, NQR, Africa Media Agency and BCW Africa. The 2022 survey was conducted between March and April 2022 and yielded over
AfDB launches €4 bln circular economy facility for African countries including Egypt – Economy – Business
Kanina made the announcement on Friday during the launch of the facility during the 57th AfDB annual meeting that is being held in the Ghanaian capital of Akra. Kanini explained that the facility aims to help all African countries adapt to climate change, noting that it focuses on three key pillars: building institutional capacity; supporting the
‘Africa needs $40b annually for electricity’ – The Nation Newspaper
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says Africa needs an annual investment of $32 to $40 billion along the energy value chain to achieve universal …
Recovering from coronavirus: Ghana records 72.5% growth in tourism arrivals – GhanaWeb
Ghana has recorded 170,696 international arrivals in the first quarter of this year. This showed a percentage growth of 72.5 from 2021 first …
Africa’s 10 most valuable brands revealed in new research
The most valuable African brands, according to Brand Finance. Mobile telecom network operator MTN (brand value up 49% to US$4 billion) has retained the number one place on the ranking of the most valuable African brands, according to the new Brand Finance Africa 150 2022 report. Apart from telecommunications, MTN has diversified its services into