The Malta High Commission in Ghana is set to facilitate business partnership between SME GrowAfrica and the Malta Chamber of SMEs to explore business opportunities in both countries. SME Africa is a Ghanaian organisation which seeks to promote and empower SMEs through knowledge sharing, business linkages, advocacy and stakeholders’ engagement. As part of engagements to […]
The former U.S. president won an Emmy Award on Saturday to go with his two Grammys. Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, Our Great National Parks. The five-part show, which features national parks from around the globe, is produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground. […]
Boris Johnson’s successor as UK prime minister will be revealed later when either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak is named next Conservative leader. The winner of the leadership contest will be announced at 12:30 BST before they take up office on Tuesday. The new PM inherits a flagging economy, with inflation at a 40-year high. […]
Donald Trump has called President Joe Biden an “enemy of the state” at his first rally since the FBI searched his Florida resort for sensitive files. Speaking to thousands of supporters in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the ex-president accused Mr Biden of weaponising the FBI against him. The raid was “one of the most shocking abuses of […]
Germany has announced a €65bn (£56.2bn) package of measures to ease the threat of rising energy costs, as Europe struggles with scarce supplies after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The package, much bigger than two previous ones, will include one-off payments to the most vulnerable and tax breaks to energy-intensive businesses. Energy prices have soared since […]
President Akufo-Addo, left Ghana, on Saturday, 3rd September, to participate in the African Adaptation Summit to be held on Monday, September 5, at the GCA Headquarters in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was at the invitation of Ban Ki-Moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the Board of Global Centre of Adaption (GCA). The […]
Africa’s nations must develop strategies to address climate change, which poses an existential threat to the continent’s megacities, Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba said at the third Africa Climate Week conference. African officials and experts should sharpen the positions they will present at the 27th annual United Nations climate conference to be held in Egypt […]
Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has pledged to improve the country’s financial situation after it received a $1.3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund. Zambia was the first African country to default on its debt in the COVID-19 era. President Hakainde Hichilema, speaking Thursday at the launch of plans aimed at boosting the country’s socioeconomic […]
Supporters of Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” (Maga) agenda are a threat to democracy, President Joe Biden has said. “Maga forces are determined to take this country backwards,” he said in a primetime speech in Pennsylvania. Top Republican Kevin McCarthy gave his own address, saying Mr Biden had “severely wounded America’s soul”. The duelling […]
The UK’s former ambassador to Myanmar and her husband have each been sentenced to one year in prison by the country’s military authorities. Vicky Bowman and Htein Lin, a former political prisoner, were charged with breaching immigration laws. The couple were arrested last week in their home in Yangon. The case is likely to be about wider […]
