On the eve of the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit planned for December 13-15 in Washington, the Corporate Council, in partnership with the African Union and the U.S. State Department, hosted a discussion which was a combination of online and offline, with a number of experts from the United States and...
At the end of their four-day deliberations, African leaders and participants have issued a joint statement relating to the future of economic diversification and industrialisation in Africa. The summit provided the opportunity to take stock of the progress made during the year on the drive toward industrialisation. It also...
President of the African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO), Professor Alex Dodoo, has called on ARSO member countries to seize the opportunities embedded in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to industrialise the continent and position it as a global manufacturing hub.
With present economic uncertainties across the globe, he...
At the 12th Extraordinary Summit on Industrialisation and Economic Diversification and the Extraordinary Session held in Niamey late November, the African Export-Import Bank offered an instrumental report about the pace of economic diversification and industrialisation across Africa. It was one among several review reports dealing with the present and...
United Way Worldwide (UWW), a non-profit organisation, has declared its plans to extend its philanthropic support through programmes that will impact lives socially and economically to other countries on the African continent.
Speaking at a media engagement on a visit to United Way Ghana, President and Chief Executive Officer of...
According to Britannica (2022), industrialization in history refers to the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. These technological changes introduced novel ways of working and living and fundamentally transformed society.
This process started in 18th-century Britain. From there, in...
The renowned international Artist Kwabena Yeboah under the YEB Gallery, in partnership with the Mix, is honoured to announce the opening reception of the Kwabena Yeboah’s Solo Art Exhibition titled “Threads of Life” at the Mix Design Hub from Friday, November 25, 6PM to Saturday, December 3, 2022.
This solo...
The Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA) has announced a US$85million investment into ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (ARISE IIP), the pan-African infrastructure developer and operator.
This deal demonstrates the confidence of FEDA in ARISE IIP’s development strategy.
The investment agreement was concluded on 16 November 2022 in London, between Marlène Ngoyi,...
Access to energy is a catalyst for development anywhere in the world. In Africa, energy poverty has been a major constraint to not just economic development but increasingly to trade.
“These constraints can only be addressed if there is access to energy, and the energy gap is closed. More than...
Leaders from the world's top economies gathered mid-November on the Indonesian resort island of Bali for a G20 Summit planned to review economic performance, examine challenges, and design solutions for emerging tasks but discussions on these were partially overshadowed by the Russia-Ukraine crisis, which started Feb 24.
Nonetheless, G20 members were...