“In the beginning, they were two: the land and the sea”
In 2013, China attracted significant international attention following the announcement of one the most ambitious investment projects ever conceived: The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The BRI aims to promote greater connectivity on a transcontinental scale, notably through massive...
Along with Canada, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the United States of America (USA) and partners in Africa, the United Kingdom (UK) is helping to fund a £80million boost in Artificial Intelligence (AI) programming to combat inequality and boost prosperity in Africa.
The goals of the UK Government’s AI for Development...
South Africa is celebrating a momentous 28-year democracy this year - a period that has been characterised by steady economic, political and social freedom, having first marked it in April 27, 1994.
The theme for the occasion: ‘Consolidate our Democratic Gains’, is a charge to the country’s people to seriously...
In a unique move to build the digital capacities of job seekers, the Ghanaian-German Centre for Jobs, Migration and Reintegration (GGC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, has launched another flagship programme - ICT Skills Training for Students and Job Seekers.
This programme is expected to...
The land is essential to our lives – we grow food on it and rely on it for economic growth and development. In sub-Saharan Africa, approximately 83% of people depend directly on the land for survival.
However, approximately two-thirds of the continent’s productive land is degraded – it has lost...
BOSTON – With US President-elect Joe Biden’s imminent inauguration and the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations, there is growing optimism for an economic rebound in 2021. But such hopes are misplaced, and not only because the virus is likely to remain a problem for longer than people think. The real...
The Colombian national is currently under detention in the African country.
Efforts by his lawyers to get him extradited amidst harsh treatments he is facing from the Cape Verde government has so far yielded little results.
Social media users have joined in the advocacy for the release of Alex Saab with...
Africa's economy should return to growth in aggregate across the continent in 2021 after a coronavirus recession, the African Development Bank said on Friday - while warning that poverty and public debt will continue to rise.
The -2.1 percent contraction of the pan-African economy in 2020 was the first recession...
Social media network, Twitter, is reported to have suspended and later released the accounts of many Nigerian influencers for allegedly supporting a campaign for the release of Venezuelan Diplomat, Alex Saab in a manner that goes against its policies.
The suspension of these accounts come after an investigation was launched...
“Priorities Maxwell!!! There are increased fuel prices, higher cost of living, rising inflation, not to mention COVID, Monkeypox and other health issues and you choose to write about “noise”?? Well……yes. It’s been on my mind ever since moving to the countryside and there is plenty of literary material around...