“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” Inspired by the words of Goethe, one man left his successful career in the States and returned to Ghana to build his dream of creating a new kind of African university with...
He lusted after her She resisted many times over He lasted She persisted His pestering became too persistent Even when she was insistent So she told him her small mind To place him among his kind ...where he belonged   Your kind sows and grows and mows the grass Prunes the flora ...in our lawns Your kind tend to our dirty basket...
Representatives of some of the important players in the maritime trading industry have admitted a correlation between election activities and its impact on trading. President of the Association of Customs House Agents of Ghana, (ACHAG), Yaw Kyei who was speaking on Eye on Port a day prior to the elections, said...
The coronavirus continues to redefine everyday life across the world, including continental Africa. It is affecting the flow of money into many countries, the effect of the travel bans and this shows the relationship between the African diaspora and their homelands. COVID-19 prevention and mitigation measures such as social distancing,...
With schools remaining closed, institutions continue to find innovative ways of keeping children engaged during this time. The Young Ruler Magazine, a leading children’s magazine aimed at empowering children, has held a virtual mini boot camp in Accra. About 100 children between the ages of 7 and 13 years across...
Book marketing is a stepping stone to make a book successful. Undeniably, book marketing is complex, in a manner that, it needs resources and strategic planning to make a book successful on the consumer market.  Book publishing is not just about putting a book on the market to make...
The Ecobank Academy, which is the corporate university of the leading pan-African banking group, Ecobank, is providing bespoke financial management training courses for national and regional alliance members of the NCD Alliance (NCDA) as part of its Advocacy Institute Seed Programme. The training, which follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed...
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa's leading philanthropy committed to empowering young African entrepreneurs, has announced a partnership with the European Union to identify, train, mentor and fund 2,500 young African women entrepreneurs in 2021. The partnership will disburse €20 million in financial and technical support for women-owned businesses, across...
The Vice-Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Prof. Gabriel Ayum Teye, has cut sod for the construction of a three-storey office complex for the West African Centre for Water, Irrigation and Sustainable Agriculture (WACWISA), at the Nyankpala campus of the university. The project, funded by the World Bank...
Historians will no doubt look back on 2020 as a turning point for the European Union. But which of two competing headlines will capture this critical moment? On one hand, the year could be defined by struggle and disintegration: the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU; conflicts over migration policies;...