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Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Herbert Krapa, has announced that Ghana, together with seven other countries are set to commence trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). So far, 54 African countries have signed the AfCFTA agreement with 46 including Customs Union having submitted their tariff offers. …

Only four of the 21 African businessmen on our radar with a net worth of $1 billion or more have seen their fortunes improve since the beginning of the year. Among them are Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote and Egypt’s wealthiest man Nassef Sawiris. The recent surge in the shares …

Petroleum tanker drivers’ are expected to start a sit-down strike from Monday, 1st August 2022 to protest poor working conditions and some decisions by the regulator, NPA, which are affecting them. The tanker drivers’ unions, comprising Gas Tanker Drivers Union, Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union, GOIL Tanker Drivers Union …

Zimbabwe will start selling gold coins this month as a way to tame inflation that has weakened the local currency, the country’s central bank said. The governor of the central bank, John Mangudya, noted that the coins, known as Mosi-oa-Tunya, would be available for sale from July 25 in local …

Clinics have begun closing in some US states after a Supreme Court ruling on Friday removed American women’s constitutional right to abortion. About half of states are expected to introduce new restrictions or bans after the court overturned its 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision. Of these 13 have outlawed abortion …

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Usmanu Nuhu Sharubutu has formally declared April 3, 2022, as the start date for this year’s Ramadan fast. In a statement broadcast live on online TV platform, Sharubutu TV, the Imam addressed the Muslim faithful by stating a number of Islamic texts on the relationship …

The United Nations (UN) Eminent Peace Ambassador and the Country Director for International Association of World Peace Advocates, Ghana Chapter, Dr Samuel Owusu has urged the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo to reduce his salary and cut down certain privileges. He has also advised political leaders, including Ministers …

The former Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (retd), says the youth of Ghana are angry due to extreme hardship in the country. He has therefore advised Ghanaian leaders to tread cautiously to prevent any instability. To him, we are not running Ghana well and the …

Euro 2020 gets under way on Friday – and what was already going to be a unique tournament will be notable for several other reasons too. The competition keeps its name even though it was delayed for a year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. It will now run from 11 …

image captionThe withdrawal will be completed by 11 September The US has started formally withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, beginning the end of what President Joe Biden called “the forever war”. The US and Nato have had a presence in Afghanistan for almost 20 years. But the withdrawal, which runs until …