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Make Africa the Place for Investment – Akufo-Addo to Diaspora Returnees

President Nana Akufo Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appealed to foreigners of African origin who have heeded to “Year of Return” initiative and have visited Ghana to help make Africa the place for investment and economic development. Addressing attendees of an event organized by the British High Commission for all people who are in Ghana as part of the “Year of Return” ...

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Traditional leaders can help curb rural-urban migration – Alhassan Andani

Alhassan Andani

The Chief Executive Director of Stanbic Bank, Alhassan Andani, says he is hoping to employ the services of various traditional leaders in North to help halt the rural-urban migration of young people from there. He said many of the brilliant young people from the North end up doing menial jobs for survival in the south because of the drift. Speaking ...

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Enforce or review law banning foreigners from retail trade – GIPC Boss

Yoofi Grant, CEO, GIPC

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre(GIPC), Yoofi Grant is demanding the enforcement or revision of the GIPC law which bars foreigners from engaging in retail trade in Ghana. According to him, this will resolve the unending retail feud between Ghanaian and Nigerian traders which has resulted in the closure of Nigerian shops in the past few ...

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Africa is the crucible of the global internal displacement challenge

From Morocco to Spain, from Libya to Italy, Africans are moving outside their continent, seeking new lives beyond its shores, and too often perishing in the process. From Somalia to Kenya, from South Sudan to Uganda, millions are also moving within their continent, fleeing conflict or disaster, and seeking refuge in neighbouring countries. But most families and communities on the move in ...

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Top African elections to watch and predictions for 2020

It is hard to imagine a quiet year for African election monitors, with Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire and Sudan offering soap operas, full of post-civil war storylines, unknown successors and internal regional conflict. Guinea, which is not covered in this article, will have to overcome tensions on the ground to get to election day without any protests. Here are the top ...

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Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin – The journey of a diaspora returnee to a king

Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin

As Ghana hosts the greatest return initiative for Africa, there is a lot to appreciate of those who have taken the decision to return permanently; to abandon the comforts of a western society and move to settle with whatever is left of the cradle of civilization. Although some may have awoken from the “American dream” with a slap of reality ...

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Lukaku: Ronaldo told me Italy is the hardest place to score

Romelu Lukaku

Romelu Lukaku has revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo told him that Italy is the most defensive league in the world. Lukaku told the New York Times: “He told me this is the hardest defensive league in the world. “He said he’d scored goals everywhere, but this was the toughest place to do it. And if Cristiano Ronaldo thinks it’s difficult, then ...

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Manasseh’s Folder: Who’s responsible for these children?

Our elders have taught us that it takes one to bring forth a child, but it takes the entire village or community to raise that child. The conventional wisdom in this saying is too glaring to escape one’s notice or understanding even in this modern era. No matter how rich or resourceful a child’s parents are, and irrespective of how ...

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Parliament considering bulletproof curtains to protect MPs

Speaker of Parliament, Mike Oquaye

Speaker of Parliament, Aaron Mike Oquaye says the House is considering putting up bulletproof curtains to protect Members of Parliament. “It will interest members to know the Board [Parliamentary Service Board] is seriously considering a bulletproof glass curtain to block the chamber for the upmost protection of Members in and out of the Chamber,” he said. The debate on security was reignited following ...

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Airline is ditching ‘ladies & gentlemen’ for a more gender-inclusive greeting

For years, cabin greetings such as “Good morning ladies and gentlemen” have been as much part of the flying experience as safety demonstrations and seat belt buckling instructions. But now, one European airline has advised its crew to make announcements more inclusive after a passenger complained. EasyJet, a low-cost carrier and one of Europe’s largest airlines, has issued its staff ...

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