Renowned Ghanaian choreographer and Artistic Director of the Noyam African Dance Institute, Nii-Tete Yartey has hoisted the flag of Ghana high with Noyam’s new feature in an upcoming dance project.
As part of preparation towards their bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Noyam African Dance Institute has teamed up with...
I couldn’t believe it as I was watched from my computer screen, ESPN2’s broadcast of a historic moment in our lives – an African American girl-tweenager (14years to be precise) had emerged the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion in its 96-year history. That makes her the second person of...
Background
Moringa is sometimes called the Ben oil tree. Interestingly, in 2008 the National Institute of Health referred to moringa (moringa oleifera) the “plant of the year,” due to the fact that moringa has the ability to avert several environmental challenges and provide for many unmet human needs.”
Moringa is well researched with over...
Chris Koney’s column
Every nation faces threats, they can be social, such as aggression from a neighbouring country, infiltration from a terrorist group or global economic trends that compromise the nation’s welfare. In other cases, threats can be natural, such as hurricanes or viral pandemics. Any threat challenges a nation’s...
The East African Community Council of Ministers is due to meet before the end of this year to revisit the roadmap for implementing a single currency regime—the East African Monetary Union—after member states conceded that the original 2024 deadline agreed in 2013 is no longer achievable.
Members of the proposed...
Through all the turbulence of the past year, a source of enormous hope for the health of the planet has emerged: the automotive industry is shifting toward electric vehicles (EVs) even faster than we envisioned only a year ago. With steady support from governments and leading automakers in the...
Few days ago, Muslims all over the world celebrated their festival of sacrifice known as Eid ul-Adha. This very significant day falls on the tenth day of Dhu-al-Hijjah which is the twelfth month of the Islamic Calendar.
Eid-ul-Adha is celebrated to commemorate the devotion of Prophet Ibrahim to his Lord...
Are African enterprises at risk of extinction, just as millions of natural species face extinction due to the impact of climate change?
Businesses and countries across the continent are attempting to rebuild following the devastating economic impact of the pandemic. It is perhaps an opportune time to take stock of...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is calling on governments to take action to address the high cost of COVID-19 tests in several jurisdictions.
IATA also urged flexibility in permitting the use of cost-effective antigen tests as an alternative to more expensive PCR tests.
According to IATA’s most recent traveler survey,...
For free-marketeers, government is always the bad guy. As President Ronald Reagan memorably put it in his first inaugural address, “In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
Since the 1980s, markets have been idealized as the only way to achieve an...