Nigerian business tycoon Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has his eye on new investment prospects and is tempted by U.S. opportunities in renewable energy and petrochemicals. “Let’s say that by 2025, I’m looking at (investing) between $20 billion and $50 billion outside Africa. Mind you, we don’t do small things,” said Dangote, who is worth $11.1 […]
Aug. 28, 2017 (GIN) – If it’s a choice between suffocating seabirds, strangling turtles or the convenience of a plastic bag, Kenya is taking the side of marine animals. Starting this week, citizens producing, selling or even using plastic bags will risk imprisonment of up to four years or fines of $40,000. It’s the
LAS VEGAS — In the end, the equation we all knew coming in turned out to be true: The best boxer in the world beat one of the best mixed martial artists in a boxing match. How we got there, however, was completely surprising. In his return from a two-year retirement, Floyd Mayweather improved to
Free Agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick received a shot in the arm when members of New York’s police force (NYPD) together with retired detective Frank Serpico and Councilman Jumaane Williams came together to show solidarity in Brooklyn. Kaepernick remains a free agent and no NFL team has shown interest in signing him after he expressed concern
Nana Kwadwo Jantuah discusses the issue of government borrowing and how the NPP government in Ghana is handling it
A fast-moving wall of mud, loosened by heavy overnight rains, has buried over 300 Sierra Leoneans, many of them sleeping children, during a torrential downpour early Monday. The deluge was foreseen by climate change experts. Videos posted by local residents show an angry flood of dark orange mud rushing down a steep street in the capital.
A Guinean NGO in New York, Pottal Fii Bhantal (United For Development) has been organizing a soccer tournament for its nationals in the New York area for the past 10 years. This year, the tournament has kicked off in full force. According to the Former President of Pottal Fii Bhantal, Abdoulaye S. Diallo, the purpose of the
Aug. 7, 2017 (GIN) – As an epidemiologist, Chenai Mathabire is a hard-working researcher, conducting TB screening tests and observing the effects of long-term ARV use on the emergence of non-communicable diseases in HIV patients. But sometimes there is a chance to do more, as when a woman came into the clinic who was very,
In this episode of GhMixMixx, Kwesi E. Baako discusses the topic ‘Is Nkrumah the Father of the Nation’? He also takes on the issue of lawlessness in Ghana citing the warning the so-called ‘Invisible Forces’ hurled at the President and his party in government.
