African News

How Ghana’s gold rush threatens to fuel illicit trade »

CAI NEBE Gold mining has a long history in West Africa, with economies based on the precious metal. But today, a large chunk of Ghana’s gold revenues vanish into the…

Nov 12 2025 / No Comment / Read More »

A Massacre Unfolding in Sudan »

A new struggle on an old battlefield DECLAN WALSH Since the city of El Fasher in Sudan fell to a paramilitary force last month, verified images and witness accounts have…

Nov 12 2025 / No Comment / Read More »

Guinea’s coup leader enters presidential race »

NICOLAS NEGOCE & NATASHA BOOTY The military commander who has ruled Guinea since a coup four years ago has entered the presidential race ahead of next month’s election, breaking an…

Nov 12 2025 / No Comment / Read More »

Djibouti votes to lift presidential age limit allows Guelleh re-run »

Djibouti’s parliament has voted unanimously to lift a presidential age limit, opening the way for its 77-year-old leader Ismail Omar Guelleh to run for a sixth term in April 2026…

Nov 12 2025 / No Comment / Read More »
Community News

The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight »

Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose. ELLEN CUSHING Coffee…

Oct 25 2025 / No Comment / Read More »

Former airline pilot reveals why swapping to an empty seat before take-off is dangerous »

Although tempting – especially if cramped in economy – the veteran pilot advises against making a switch TED THORNHILL When…

Oct 25 2025 / No Comment / Read More »

Do Food Expiration Dates Really Matter? »

Labels on food are confusing for all kinds of reasons. Here’s what they mean. CHRISTINA COUCH When you open your…

Sep 12 2025 / No Comment / Read More »

The common spice found to lower cholesterol and support heart health »

Ginger has a rich history in traditional medicine, and modern science is catching up DIPA KAMDAR From warming winter teas…

Aug 24 2025 / No Comment / Read More »

Chia seeds aren’t for everyone: 5 people who should be careful                »

They’re tiny, trendy, and tossed into everything from smoothies to detox drinks. Chia seeds have earned their spot in the…

Aug 12 2025 / No Comment / Read More »

Ghana Association for Medical Aid (GAMA) »

Delivering Healthcare with Compassion—From New Jersey to Ghana The Ghana Association for Medical Aid (GAMA) is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization…

May 26 2025 / No Comment / Read More »
Business

Amandla interviews the MD of Ghana’s SIC Insurance Plc »

Mr. Stephen Oduro, the Managing Director of SIC Insurance Plc, Ghana, was voted the CEO of the year 2022 for General Insurance in May 2023 by CEO Network of Ghana. Amandla brings you an interview it recently had with him Amandla. Good morning Mr. Oduro.…

Jul 12 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

How Wade turned a traditional Senegalese drink into a hit U.S. product and made a turnover of $3.2m »

ABU MUBARIK Magatte Wade recently recalled returning from the United States to Senegal and finding out that many Senegalese preferred foreign drinks to the country’s traditional hibiscus drink, known as bissap. “When I went to Senegal, I was sorry to see that many young people…

Apr 13 2022 / No Comment / Read More »

Nigeria-Born Tope Awotona Poured His Life Savings into Calendly. Now He’s One of America’s Wealthiest Immigrants »

AMY FELDMAN Calendly was built out of frustration. Now the scheduling app is worth $3 billion—and the subject of a heated Twitter spat among Silicon Valley elite. Tope Awotona, the 40-year-old founder and chief executive of Calendly, leans back in his chair and lets loose a…

Apr 13 2022 / No Comment / Read More »

Why Mastercard just made a $100 million bet on Africa’s mobile money market »

JACKIE BISCHOF & CARLOS MUREITHI The $100 million investment from global payments giant Mastercard in the mobile money business arm of Airtel Africa announced this week is a sign of the rapid growth and optimism in Africa’s digital payment sector. The transaction values the subsidiary,…

Apr 14 2021 / No Comment / Read More »

How Africa’s largest city is staying afloat »

AYODELE JOHNSON The most populous city in Africa is also one of its most vulnerable to sea level rise and floods. To stay afloat, everything from its architecture to its transport may have to change. Navigating the thronging streets of Lagos, Nigeria, is a challenge…

Feb 3 2021 / No Comment / Read More »

Tax evasion and theft ‘rob Africa’ of $89bn a year: UN study »

Nearly half of the total annual figure of $88.6bn is accounted for by the export of commodities such as gold, diamonds and platinum, the report found. Africa is losing nearly $89bn a year in illicit financial flows such as tax evasion and theft, amounting to…

Oct 1 2020 / No Comment / Read More »

Johnson & Johnson to End Talc-Based Baby Powder Sales in North America »

The company has faced thousands of lawsuits from cancer patients who claim that its talc was contaminated with asbestos, a known carcinogen, and that the company knew of the risks. TIFFANY HSU & RONI CARYN RABIN Johnson & Johnson is discontinuing North American sales of…

Jun 7 2020 / No Comment / Read More »

Ghana is the best investment destination – Prof. Amoako »

KOFI AYIM Ghana’s Consul General in New York, Prof. (emeritus) Samuel Amoako has urged Africans in the diaspora to invest in Ghana for optimal returns. He said the relative peace and stability in Ghana anchored upon democratic governance and its leading role in Pan-Africanism make…

Mar 12 2020 / No Comment / Read More »

South Africa has three months to defend investment grade rating »

PRINESHA NAIDOO South Africa is fighting to preserve its last remaining investment-grade credit rating and avert a forced selloff of billions of rand of its debt after Moody’s Investors Service gave it just over three months to get its finances in order. The ratings company…

Nov 13 2019 / No Comment / Read More »
Editorial

Ghana: It’s about time Kotoka International Airport is renamed »

An international airport is an entry/exit point in a country, utilizing air transport. Throughout the world, airport facilities are named after things that exude positivity…

Oct 25 2025 / No Comment / Read More »

Don’t marginalize indigenous belief systems »

Ghana transitioned to a republic under its first President Kwame Nkrumah in 1960 and commemorated July 1 as Republic Day and a statutory public holiday.…

Jul 10 2025 / No Comment / Read More »

An African Prince is resurrected in Newark, NJ »

When the enslaver and slave ship captain John Newton encountered violent turbulence at sea, he called on God to help save the ship. Thereafter, he…

May 11 2025 / No Comment / Read More »
Artcultainment

Chipping Away at Aspects of Akan Culture

KOFI AYIM Culture defines a people’s way of life through language, diet, clothing, dwelling, religious beliefs, and name structures, among others. Thus, culture is the sum of the expressions, beliefs, and mannerisms of a people. No…

Nov 13 2025 / Read More »
Uncategorized

Is Canada the new mecca for raw materials?

INSA WREDE China is halting the export of certain critical raw materials that are essential for future technologies and the defense industry. It’s a move that will hit the US and the EU hard. Could Canada…

Apr 22 2025 / Read More »
Uncategorized

Is Canada the new mecca for raw materials?

INSA WREDE China is halting the export of certain critical raw materials that are essential for future technologies and the defense industry. It’s a move that will hit the US and the EU hard. Could Canada…

Apr 22 2025 / Read More »
Uncategorized

Is Canada the new mecca for raw materials?

INSA WREDE China is halting the export of certain critical raw materials that are essential for future technologies and the defense industry. It’s a move that will hit the US and the EU hard. Could Canada…

Apr 22 2025 / Read More »
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