The Ministry of Railways Development has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a private investor, Coastal Railway Network (CRN) Limited, to undertake a trans-ECOWAS railway line project.
Under the agreement, CRN will use its …
A high-powered delegation from the Export and Import (EXIM) Bank Ghana, one of the major funding banks of the government’s flagship programme, One-district, One-factory (1D1F), has paid a working visit to two of the projects in the Centr…
Law students have been calling for reforms in legal education in Ghana. To press home their demands, the students on Monday, October 7, 2019 undertook a street protest in Accra.
The students are of the belief that there is a deliberate …
Mavenir Introduces Mobile Business Fabric™ to Transform Business Communications for Deskless Mobile Workers
Enables communications service providers and partners to deliver disruptive mobile-native user experiences that allow businesses t…
The government has released GH¢88,056,438 for disbursement to all public senior high schools (SHSs) for the implementation of the free SHS programme for the 2019/2020 academic.
The amount will, however, cover only second-year students…
The 12th Conference on Asphalt Pavements for Southern Africa (CAPSA) is due to take place on 13?16 October 2019 at Sun City Resort. This year’s theme is Leadership and innovation to preserve and enhance the value of the region’s roads with…
Airtel Africa Announces Partnership with Mastercard to Transform Digital Payments Landscape and Connect 100 Million Consumers in Africa
Partnership will connect millions of Airtel Money customers to a global online market place, across…
CIS Region to Make Multi-Billion Investment in Next-Generation Mobile Networks; 5G Connections Expected to Reach 54 Million by 2025
Russia will lead the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)1 in the commercialisation of 5G services, …
African Ministers to discuss innovative ways to close Identity Gap in Fifth Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Conference
The conference will include discussions on new and emerging initiatives: the United Nations Legal Iden…
Guinea-Bissau is a country of origin for many young people who are looking for better livelihood opportunities abroad
Soil erosion is but one of many environmental threats that dramatically impact the rural economy in Guinea-Bissau. It’…
From Skyscrapers to Cutting-Edge Technology to Scientific Discovery, PMI Recognizes the Extraordinary Efforts that Redefined Our World
Project Management Institute (PMI) today announced the top 50 notable and influential projects of th…
The contribution will provide life-saving food and nutrition assistance to more than 700,000 vulnerable people
The European Union (EU) is providing US$10.4 million (€9.5 million) in humanitarian funding to the United Nations’ World Food…
United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) opens regional office in Egypt, providing rural development support to seven countries in the region
The IFAD new regional office covers Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jor…
A week full of even more rewarding activities for Nigerian photographers
Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) (Canon-CNA.com), a leader in imaging solutions, has launched the Canon Discovery Week in Lagos today.
Canon Discov…
Feedback from the Facebook community is one of many signals Facebook uses to raise potentially false stories to fact-checkers for review
Joining third-party fact-checking programmes in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon and Senegal,…
Finnfund’s USD 10 million investment makes telecommunications in Lebanon and Guinea more reliable and energy-efficient
IPT PowerTech Group is an energy solutions provider combining specialized energy-efficient solutions with innovative …
Malawi: The African Development Bank approves $13.2 million for sustainable fisheries, aquaculture development and watershed management
The African Development Bank Group has approved a $13.2 million financing package from the African D…
Energy Summit in Senegal to bring together key investors and African power utilities to enhance the energy mix in West Africa
The 4th annual Regional Energy Summit: West Africa (RES: West) will arrive for the first time in Dakar, Senega…
Nigeria is the second biggest oil-rich country in Africa, after Libya
Estimated to hold 37 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, Nigeria is the second biggest oil-rich country in Africa, after Libya. The exploitation of these resource…
The Future of Public Health Response is here: World Health Organization (WHO) Summit explains the lives it will save
The experience of Uganda and other countries is part of a four-day WHO summit this week in Brazzaville, Congo
It was…
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General highlights importance of a crop that is “more than just a commodity”
Managing trade policy and climate risks are critical to supporting the more than 25 million farmers who grow c…
As the debut single for a then up-and-coming star in 2011, Ed Sheeran's 'The A Team' seems an appropriate initiation song choice for a young talent who has rapidly become a key member of Cheltenham Town's senior squad.
Jacob Greaves say…
The President had ordered the release of 333 persons arrested in the context of the conflict in the Northwest and Southwest regions
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday welcomed the release of hundreds of p…
A statue of former Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been built in his hometown in Sweden.
The bronze structure, commissioned by the Swedish FA, was unveiled in front of hundreds of fans outside Malmo's stadium on Tuesday…
Brazil's assistant coach Cleber Xavier is expecting a stern test when the five-times world champions play their first ever match against Senegal.
Brazil will also face Nigeria for just the second time as part of a friendly double-header…
Nuage Networks’ SD-WAN 2.0 will provide virtual business connectivity services to Batelco’s enterprise customers in Bahrain and the international markets
The industry’s leading SD-WAN solution will enable Batelco to provide software-d…
Three months and six games on from victory in a World Cup quarter-final, England finally have another win.
Tuesday's laboured 1-0 friendly success over Portugal in Lisbon ended a five-game winless run - including World Cup semi-final an…
The five-time world champion edged even closer to his sixth title with a gifted victory at the Russian Grand Prix after a virtual safety car cost Ferrari's Charles Leclerc the lead.
Mercedes technical director James Allison called…
New research shows an alarming surge in the creation of so-called deepfake videos, with the number online almost doubling in the last nine months. There is also evidence that production of these videos is becoming a lucrative business.
…
On Sunday Chris Wyatt will watch his final game in Japan. His 43rd World Cup match since 2011.
Forty three games in three men's tournaments. His favourite one to date?
"The one that I really enjoyed the absolute most was between Geor…
England are preparing for their World Cup match with France to be moved or cancelled as Typhoon Hagabis continues its destructive path towards Japan.
The category five super typhoon, the most powerful in the region this year, is on cour…
Argentina finished their World Cup with a bonus-point win over the USA as they came third in Pool C and confirmed a spot at the 2023 tournament.
The Pumas, who have failed to reach the knockout stages for the first time since 2003 after…
The office at the University of Lagos of an academic who featured in a BBC Africa Eye report about sex for grades has been sealed off.
Boniface Igbeneghu was suspended after he was caught on film propositioning and sexually harassing an…
A first poster for “No Time to Die” was released over the weekend via the 007 Instagram account. Featuring star Daniel Craig in his fifth performance as MI6 agent James Bond, the relatively simple poster represents the 25th installment in …
Strong sales of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note 10 smartphone series are limiting forecast profit falls at the South Korean tech giant, raising hopes it is getting back on a growth track after years of moribund sales.
Samsung, the worl…
Mr Mohammed Ahmed also known as "Polo", former player of the national football team, the Black Stars, has called on Ghanaians to take their personal hygiene seriously, and maintain a clean environment in order to stay healthy at all times.…
The US recently reopened its embassy in Somalia after 28 years, citing security improvements in the East African nation blighted by conflict for many years.
The announcement came days after a US military base about 90km outside Mogadish…
Emirates, a global connector of people and passion have announced Abu Samuel of Vision Football Club as the winner of the third edition of the Emirates Football Challenge held in September.
The challenge which took place from September …
For the first time, all Canada's main party leaders were on stage together, in what is likely to have been the most watched TV debate in this federal election campaign.
So the stakes were high.
It was a crowded stage: Liberal leader …
Nick Jonas is set to become the new coach on NBC’s The Voice.
The actor-singer is taking a seat on the competition series starting in spring 2020.
In a sense, Jonas is helping fill a slot vacated by longtime coach Adam Levine, who st…
On 9 January 2007, one of the most influential entrepreneurs on the planet announced something new - a product that was to become the most profitable in history.
It was, of course, the iPhone. There are many ways in which the iPhone has…
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, says the NDC will continue to promote greater academic freedom in universities.
He said the government had no business interfering in the running of uni…
A ferry that sank off the Pacific nation of Kiribati - killing 95 people - was overloaded, had a drunken crew, and was not allowed to carry passengers at sea, an inquiry has found.
Of the 102 people aboard the MV Butiraoi last year, onl…
The Notorious BIG's Juicy has been named the greatest hip-hop song of all time in a poll for BBC Music.
A rags-to-riches tale loosely based on his own childhood ("birthdays was the worst days"), it beat songs by Nas and Kanye West to cl…
Access to Photoshop and other Adobe software has been cut off in Venezuela as the firm seeks to comply with US sanctions.
President Donald Trump banned virtually all trade with the country in August, a move aimed at increasing pressure …
The Auditor-General, Mr Daniel Domelevo, has called on heads of public sector institutions to comply with the laws of the country to ensure accountability and prevent financial malfeasance and other impropriety.
He said failure to compl…
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has nominated Dr Akinwunmi Adesina for re-election as the President of African Development Bank (AfDB) Group.
Dr Adesina who disclosed this while speaking at an event in Lagos on Sunday, expressed a…
Accra Brewery Limited (ABL), producers of beer, malt and aerated soft drinks has supported the 2019 Ghana Journalists Association Volta Chapter Awards with drinks worth GH? 2,080.00.
The drinks were five crates if Eagle Larger Mini, fiv…
Productivity in the UK fell at its fastest annual pace in five years in the April-to-June quarter, according to the Office for National Statistics.
The figure - measured by output per hour - fell by 0.5%, after two previous quarters of …
Mr Oscar Ofori Larbi, the former District Chief Executive (DCE) who is also the Parliamentary candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Aowin Constituency has embarked on the re-graveling and re-shaping portions o…
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