Chief Executive Officer of Moondoog Technologies, Isaac Chris-Quaye has welcomed the growing shift toward digital financing systems across Africa, describing it as a major opportunity for African tech creators to build the digital infrastructure and operating systems that will power the continent’s financial future. Speaking on the sidelines of the 3i Africa Summit, he noted […]
Managing Director of Pan African Savings and Loans, Jacqueline Dufie Mpare has asserted that the rise of digital financing and financial technology does not pose a threat to traditional banking systems, but rather presents an opportunity to enhance and modernise banking services. Speaking to Diplomatic Times on the sidelines of the 3i Africa Summit, she […]
Ghana has activated diplomatic channels to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the detention of Asante Akyem North MP, Ohene Kwame Frimpong, with Ghana’s Mission in The Hague coordinating efforts on the matter. Details surrounding the legislator’s arrest have gradually emerged following official communication from Parliament and senior government officials. The detention, which was publicly disclosed by […]
President John Dramani Mahama has identified Africa’s growing debt burden as one of the major obstacles hindering development across the continent. He said rising debt servicing obligations continue to deprive critical sectors such as healthcare, education and agriculture of the funding needed to drive growth and improve livelihoods. Mahama made the remarks while co-chairing the […]
Ghanaian civil rights activist Oliver Barker-Vormawor has asserted that the Ghanaian government must summon the U.S. envoy in Ghana over the arrest of Asante Akyem North MP, Ohene Kwame Frimpong, if state authorities had no prior knowledge of the operation. Amid limited official information surrounding the arrest, which has reportedly been linked to an operation […]
Parliament has confirmed that the Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem North Constituency, Mr. Kwame Ohene Frimpong, has been detained at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands, under circumstances yet to be officially clarified. “It has come to the attention of Parliament that, the Hon Member for Asante Akyem North Constituency, Mr Kwame Ohene Frimpong has […]
President John Dramani Mahama has approved the immediate evacuation of 300 Ghanaians from South Africa following renewed xenophobic attacks targeting foreign nationals in parts of the country. The announcement was made today, Tuesday, May 12, 2026 by Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, confirming that the evacuation process would be coordinated through Ghana’s High […]
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ghana and its partners have renewed their commitment to strengthening collaboration on agroforestry development in Ghana through a two-part stakeholder engagement held in Accra and Tamale. The Agroforestry Technical Working Group (ATWG), funded by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization, […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will legally challenge a report that has paved the way for parliament to consider impeachment proceedings against him over the theft of large sums of cash from his private farm. A Constitutional Court ruling last week found that parliament acted unconstitutionally when it voted against establishing an impeachment […]
China’s newly announced zero-tariff policy for African exports is expected to create major opportunities for Ghanaian products and boost industrial transformation. The zero‑tariff policy, effective May 1, 2026, permits duty‑free entry of all products from 53 African countries into China, making it the first major economy to grant such treatment continent‑wide Speaking at his first […]
