Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Junior Professionals Program 2023 for West African Women (Paid Opportunity)
Application Deadline: June 30, 2023. The Junior Professionals Program is an opportunity for qualified, professional women in West Africa to transform their passion for international relief and development work into a career with Catholic Relief Services. Over a 12-month period, each Junior Professional will build core skills while working alongside experienced staff and supporting critical
Nigeria’s INEC urges Obi, Abubakar to accept declared poll results
By MOHAMMED MOMOH Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has defended the results it announced for the country’s presidential election and urged all candidates to accept defeat. INEC filed its defence at the presidential election tribunal against Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) and Atiku Abubakar of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), both of whom are claiming to have
Ghana consumer inflation slows to 45.0% y/y in March
ACCRA – Ghana’s consumer inflation slowed to 45.0% in annual terms in March from 52.8% in February, the statistics service said on Wednesday. It was the third consecutive month that inflation has slowed, since reaching a more than two-decade high of 54.1% in December. Ghana is facing its worst economic crisis in a generation and is
Firm opens grant application for Internet safety projects
Impact Amplifier has opened grant applications for projects that solves one or more Internet safety issues. According to the firm, the grant is under its $1m African Online Safety Fund, which was supported by Google.org. It stated that the fund will be awarding grants to organisations across Africa, with a focus on Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria,
Great Britain calls on almost half of the continent to step up economic cooperation-breakinglatest.news-Breaking Latest News
32 Twenty-four African countries have been invited to London for a UK-Africa investment summit to be held on 23 and 24 April. The event, announced by the British government, aims to promote trade and investment. Political leaders and protagonists of the business world are expected. This is the second summit of its kind, after the
IMF cuts Ghana’s economic growth rate to 1.6% in 2023 – GhanaWeb
Ghana was not the only country to be lowered as Nigeria and South Africa were also cut to 3.2 percent and 0.1 percent respectively in the latest …
‘Nigeria’s debt-to-GDP ratio lower than Egypt’s, others’
Citing the recent data released by the Debt Management Office (DMO), which showed that Nigeria’s total public debt rose to N46.3trilllion at end-December ’22, from N44.1trillion at end September ’22, analysts at the research department of Coro- nation Merchant Bank have said that the country’s debt -to-GDP ratio of 23.2 per cent is, “relatively low”
Business in the DRC is booming for South African mining exporters as they return to DRC Mining Week
South Africa’s Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) will host a South African pavilion at DRC Mining Week in Lubumbashi for the fifth time from 14–16 June this year. The South African delegation will comprise companies providing the latest mining technologies, engineering, equipment, services and technical skills. Last year, the DTIC sponsored 22 companies
Business in the DRC is booming for South African mining exporters as they return to DRC Mining Week
South Africa’s Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) will host a South African pavilion at DRC Mining Week in Lubumbashi for the fifth time from 14–16 June this year. The South African delegation will comprise companies providing the latest mining technologies, engineering, equipment, services and technical skills. Last year, the DTIC sponsored 22 companies
Reinforcements sent to Ghana’s northern border after shooting
Ghana has sent 1,000 troops and police to the northern area of Bawku to reinforce security after gunmen killed an immigration officer and wounded two others near the border with Burkina Faso last week, government officials said. Bawku, in Ghana’s Upper East region, faces a simmering ethnic chieftaincy dispute that often flares into violence, as