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West Africa has been at the heart of the continent’s growth and economic transformation in recent years. Notwithstanding the sharp slowdown experienced in 2016 and 2017, the region’s economy is expected to rebound in 2017 onwards. Commodity-based economies, like Nigeria, are slowly recovering from the fall in oil prices and oil production, while countries like Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal have shown economic resilience and sustained growth. As many of the countries continue to stabilize – politically and economically – the region will be better integrated from a local and international context. This increased integration raises the need for quality…

Obuobia Darko-Opoku’s newly launched motivational series – Pause for Three Minutes – has been nominated for an award. Pause for Three Minutes, the unique inspiring bi-weekly show on Social Media, made it in the L.E.A.D Series Merit Awards category alongside Becca and others for the month of October. The L.E.A.D Series Merit Awards recognizes and acknowledges individuals or companies whose individual activity in various areas of expertise have inspired the society positively within the month under review. A winner will be announced on November 24 after an ongoing voting process on the website of the L.E.A.D Series organisers . The…

Obuobia Darko-Opoku’s newly launched motivational series – Pause for Three Minutes – has been nominated for an award. Pause for Three Minutes, the unique inspiring bi-weekly show on Social Media, made it in the L.E.A.D Series Merit Awards category alongside Becca and others for the month of October. The L.E.A.D Series Merit Awards recognizes and acknowledges individuals or companies whose individual activity in various areas of expertise have inspired the society positively within the month under review. A winner will be announced on November 24 after an ongoing voting process on the website of the L.E.A.D Series organisers . The…

As part of its first anniversary celebration, Treasure Kids Newspaper has officially launched its flagship literacy program called ‘Sponsor a School’ (SAS) at the Christian Home School in Dansoman, Accra. The SAS programme was setup to give back to society where individuals (old students, etc), philanthropists or corporate institutions invest in education by adopting one or two schools and donating copies of TKN to encourage reading amongst children. Chichi Yakubu, CEO of NyoNyo Essentials, pioneered the project by signing up to donate 500 copies to her alma mater (Christian Home School) every month for one year. “I truly believe in the…

Former minister of state and founder of the African University College of Communications, Kojo Yankah has called on government to prioritise the study of history in school. “Let me draw your minds to what happens in our schools. History is NOT a core subject; so what statement are we making? That Our History, let alone the history of Africa, is not important. This is a dark blot on our development as a people.” He was speaking at the launch of the 2017 Ghana Association of Writers (GAW) Literary Awards where he underscored the importance of documenting Ghana’s history and that…

One thousand hectares of the 6,000 hectares maize farm in the Central Region had been completely destroyed by the fall armyworm. Mr Richard Baffour Asare, the Central Regional Operations Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), announced this at a public forum organised by the Gomoa East District Office of NADMO at Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region. He said the timely intervention by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) and Regional Coordinating Council salvaged the 5,000 hectares of maize farm. The public forum, which was attended by school children, market women, farmers, and drivers among other stakeholders,…

The Member of Parliament of Ledzokuku Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, is accusing the Minority NDC in Parliament of trying to block the “light in the tunnel” which Ghanaians are seeing due to government’s prudent policies. The Minority in Parliament on Monday chastised government for its management of the economy citing the country’s rising public debt stock as a situation that can take Ghana back to HIPC [heavily indebted poor country] by the end of 2019. They also warned that Ghanaians will experience “severe hardship” equivalent to the 1983 experience. Responding to the Minority on TV3’s New…

Zimbabwe’s army chief has warned those responsible for “purging” the country’s ruling Zanu-PF party to stop, or the military will step in. The rare intervention comes just a week after President Robert Mugabe sacked his deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa. General Constantino Chiwenga, who appeared at a news conference with another 90 senior army officers, did not refer to anyone by name. Mr Mnangagwa, once seen as a successor to Mr Mugabe, has fled into exile. Mr Mugabe’s wife Grace, who is now the favourite to succeed her husband, referred to Mr Mnangagwa as a snake which “must be hit on the…

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Four-time champions Italy failed to reach the World Cup for the first time since 1958 after a play-off defeat against Sweden. It means the Azzurri will not be present in the competition for only the second time in their history having declined to play at the inaugural tournament in 1930. Midfielder Jakob Johansson’s deflected strike in the first leg was the difference as the second leg at Milan’s San Siro stadium ended goalless. Sweden sat back on their advantage and, despite the hosts enjoying 75% possession, they failed to find the breakthrough – their best chance saw goalkeeper Robin Olsen…