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Kenya adds Ghana to Electronic Travel Authorization exemption list
In January this year Kenya introduced what it calls a ‘visa-free’ regime for all countries travelling to that country. However, visitors were required to apply for an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA), pay $35 online and get approval…
World Bank, AfDB joint initiative aims to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030
The World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group have announced a partnership to provide at least 300 million people in Africa with electricity access by 2030.
Ukraine invites Ghana to join implementation of peace formula
Ukraine has thrown an invitation to Ghana with the hope that the country would join a Global Peace Summit set to be held in Switzerland to implement a peace formula to end the current war in Ukraine following Russian invasion of the country…
ECOWAS partners must be vigilant against piracy – Kofi Mbiah
Dr Emmanuel Kofi Mbiah, a Maritime Law Consultant and Legal Practitioner, has called for continued collaboration among the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) regional partners to remain vigilant against piracy in the…
Akufo-Addo urges peers to resist military takeovers in West Africa
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked other democratically elected leaders to collaborate in combating the practice of military takeovers, which is threatening the sub-region.
ECA readies for 10th Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in Addis Ababa
The 10th Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-10) will be held in hybrid format on 23-25 April 2024 at the headquarters of the African Union Commission (AUC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
African economies expected to grow by 3.4% in 2024, but not enough to reduce poverty
The World Bank has projected growth in the economies of African countries this year, but the expected growth by 3.4% is not enough to reduce poverty on the continent. About 462 million people in sub-Sahara were still living in extreme…
African countries must collectively work to preserve their natural resources and diverse ecosystems…
Professor John Tia Bugri, Provost, College of Art, and Built Environment, at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has stressed urgent need for African countries to endeavor to collectively work to protect natural…
African countries to dominate world’s top 10 growing economies – ECA report
African countries are predicted to dominate the world’s top 10 highest growing economies in 2024, according to a report on Recent Economic and Social Developments in Africa by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
African nations need political awakening to tackle the debt issue
Adebayo Olukoshi, a professor of governance at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, has challenged African leaders to respond to the call for a strong political will to lift their countries out of the cyclical debt situation.