Violence has broken out in the Gabonese capital Libreville after President Ali Bongo was declared winner of Saturday’s presidential election.Opposition candidate Jean Ping said two people had been killed and many injured after security forces launched an attack on his party’s headquarters.The government said it was targeting “armed criminals” who had earlier set the parliament…
The Managing Director of Unilever Ghana, Ms Maidie Arkutu has been honoured by the Business Excellence Magazine.She was presented with the award for the Most Outstanding Manufacturing Executive – Personal Products at the 2nd Feminine Ghana Achievement Awards 2016.The Feminine Ghana Achievement Awards, which took place at the Golden Tulip Hotel recently, identifies exemplary conduct,…
Some banks are impressing on the Bank of Ghana the need to possibly streamline the regulations for Mobile Financial Services. The Central Bank announced a new set of guidelines for the service about a year ago to improve money transfer via mobile phones. The new regulatory regime among others empowered telecom companies to also own…
CEO Mark Zuckerberg is visiting Nigeria this week on his first trip to Africa, using his time in the country to visit the Yaba technology hub in Lagos, meet with developers and partners, and explore Nollywood.Zuckerberg is in Nigeria to listen and learn and take ideas back to California on how Facebook can better support…
Brazil’s Senate has voted to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office for manipulating the budget.It puts an end to the 13 years in power of her left-wing Workers’ Party. Ms Rousseff had denied the charges.Sixty-one senators voted in favour of her dismissal and 20 against, meeting the two-thirds majority needed to remove her from the…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of Japan have announced a set joint target to provide US$ 3 billion for private sector development in Africa during the next three years, substantially increasing the resources devoted to boosting economic growth and fighting poverty in the region. The resources will be provided under the third…
The development community is eyeing the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria replenishment on Sept. 17 as a litmus test for aid under U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May and the new head of the country’s Department for International Development, Priti Patel. A number of civil society groups have focused their post-Brexit advocacy on…
African countries are reportedly threatening to withdraw from the United Nations Security Council unless they are allocated a permanent seat.Some prominent African leaders, according to Onyango Kakooba – executive chairman for the African Parliamentary Alliance for UN Reforms – are planning to petition the UN demanding a post on the Security Council.It is injustice on…
Mobile phones may not be a silver bullet, but across Africa they are going a long way towards addressing long standing deficiencies in the region’s healthcare systems. These solutions go far beyond simple text messages offering health advice – although these have been used to good effect. E-health solutions are working to combat health problems…