Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, newly-selected head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), said on Tuesday she will push for concrete results in addressing the dual economic and health crises facing the globe.
Her immediate goals are to ensure vaccines are produced and distributed worldwide, not just for rich nations; and to...
The ongoing global health crisis has left a trail of devastation in its wake. As we approach the first anniversary of the COVID-19 wave being officially acknowledged as a pandemic, we can all testify that it has decimated many businesses and in some instances claimed the scalps of entire...
The World Trade Organisation's incoming chief on Monday warned against ‘vaccine nationalism' that would slow progress in ending the COVID-19 pandemic and could erode economic growth for all countries - rich and poor.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told Reuters her top priority is to ensure the WTO does more to address the...
The fourth Ghana International Petroleum Conference (GhIPCON) will be held in Accra on the 10th and 11th of March, 2021.
GhIPCON is Ghana’s foremost Petroleum Downstream Conference organised by the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD) under the auspices of the Ministry of Energy and in partnership with the National...
Angola can balance environmental protections with ongoing hydrocarbon exploration, just as is foreseen by its constitution
Last month, reports that Angola was drafting legislation to permit oil, gas and mining activities in 14 national conservation areas, including the Luengue-Luiana National Park, which represents part of the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area...
In the last century, the fashionable and accepted route to success for young Africans was to complete their education and join the corporate world. A few university students aspired to become entrepreneurs; however, most educational institutions did not offer entrepreneurial programmes. With few exceptions, African families used to guide...
WTO members made history yesterday when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s seventh Director-General.
History is made: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala chosen as Director-General
When she takes office on 1 March, Dr Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African to be...
…. lauds Ghana’s role in the continental trade initiative
The Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Mr. Wamkele Keabetswe Mene, has lauded Ghana’s role in the coming into being of the continental trade initiative.
He, therefore, noted that it is a testament to the country’s longstanding principle...
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...
Lawyer Femi Falana, the counsel representing Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab in the ECOWAS Court of Justice has challenged the assertions made by Cape Verde that the plaintiff does not have a diplomat status.
Presenting their case before the court on Friday, February 5, 2021, Mr. Falana stressed that Mr. Saab’s...