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Kenya signs Alcohol Bill into law: Beats Ghana, pacesetter to it
Kenyan President Kibaki signed into law the Alcohol Drinks Control Bill that legalises the traditional liquor. The manufacture and packaging of these brews will...
Kofi Annan Receives Borlaug Medallion at African Green Revolution Forum
Accra, Ghana, 2 September 2010 – Former UN Secretary-General Mr Kofi A Annan was awarded the Borlaug Medallion by the World Food Prize Foundation...
The plight of the Tenant in Ghana
Somewhere in a suburb of Accra, one property-owner triples the size of his or her house in three years, with new construction work underway...
International leaders call for new commitments at African Green Revolution Forum
Accra, Ghana, 2 September 2010 – International leaders today expressed their commitment to transforming agriculture in Africa while opening the inaugural African Green Revolution...
African Green Revolution Forum welcomes delegates to Ghana
Accra, Ghana, 1 September 2010 – Heads of state, private sector leaders and agricultural experts are arriving in Ghana for the inaugural African Green...
Ghana’s protectionist and anti-business clampdown
Nigerian traders in Ghana claim the authorities are closing them down under a long-ignored 1994 law that demands a minimum investment of US$300,000. Ghana...
Ghana: Reverend Minister raises the Politico-religious bar
Until two Sundays ago, Ghanaians lived with the delusion that politics can be separated from the other institutions of society, such as religion and...
Africans are primitive, pet-eaters and child-killers…
A veteran novelist, VS Naipaul is stirring controversy over his recent book on Africa and its people. Since the tasteless headline of The Economist...
Football: Who is Africa’s best Goalkeeper?
Who is the best among equals? The glorious times of the Songo'os, Zakis and Rufais are over. The elders have successfully passed on the...
Ghana: What is ahead for Rajevac?
Two years after arriving in Accra as a pariah, Milovan Rajevac has become a force to reckon with. The Serbian coach who led the...
World Cup 2010: Ghana to petition FIFA on ‘declaration of goal’
After their elimination from the 2010 World Cup at the quarter final level due to a deliberately stopped goal by a Uruguay striker, Luis...
“Impressive arrival ceremony” as Black Stars set to return
The first African World Cup was largely disappointing to the local football fans. One team was a gleam of hope in a dark night...
Uruguay broke the heart of a whole continent
The world press couldn’t understand how Ghana went out. “What went wrong at the world cup?,” asked Allafrica.com and even the British Daily Telegraph...
Uruguay end Ghana dream
Third times's the charm? Not in football as Uruguay break Ghanaian hearts in penalty shoot-out, ending Africa's hopes of a home victory. Once more...
Abedi Pelé believes in Ghana
At 48, Abedi Pelé remains one of the legends of African football. The former Black Star believes Ghana must seize the opportunity and become...
Ghana make history
Ghana have become only the third African team to reach the quarter finals of the World Cup. After 90 tense minutes, Asamoah Gyan scored...
Ghana-USA Rustenburg encounter will be close
The Black Stars of Ghana go into battle with United States of America in a repeat of their group stage clash at the 2006...
Mensah: “We will do our best for Ghana and for Africa”
Ghana remains the last African team in the World Cup. For John Mensah, Lyon's defender on loan to Sunderland, the Black Stars can count...
Foreign coaches head home after World Cup
Carlos Alberto Parreira, Sven Goran Eriksson, Paul Le Guen, Lars Lagerback... Foreign coaches plying their trade in Africa with little success. Ghana is the...
Ghana sits on borrowed money & borrowed time
The World Bank Ghana Country Office’s Conference Room was the scene of lively discussions and startling revelations on Friday, 18th June 2010.
It emerged in...
Ghana wave African flag
Germany set up a last 16 showdown with England courtesy of a 1-0 win over Ghana at Soccer City, with the Black Stars also...
Ghana stumble to 10-man Australia
Ghana will be disappointed as they drew 1-1 with 10-man Australia after forward Harry Kewell was dismissed for handling on the line. The Black...
World Cup: “Australia will fight” warns Ghana coach
The Black Stars of Ghana could be regarded as Africa’s World Cup hopefuls after being the only team from the continent to post a...
Is Ghana amongst the worst-branded in Africa now?
On June 9th this year, a certain Daniel Fisher, a Senior Editor at Forbes Magazine specialising in macroeconomic and legal issues, wrote an article...
Seeing Africa with different eyes
As I prepare to travel to South Africa to attend the 19th FIFA World Cup event, I am reminded of the incomparable power of...
West African Heritage & History Explored on Crystal Voyage
As cultural and heritage tours become increasingly popular in West Africa, luxury specialist Crystal Cruises has set more than a dozen shoreside options in...
Ghana officials corroborate Ivorian stowaways’ story against Chinese vessel
Ghanaian officials have corroborated the story of three Ivorian stowaways who were thrown into the sea on Saturday night after being discovered in the...
Ghana: Rajevac wants to focus on next game
Africa bagged on Sunday its first three points of the first African World Cup thanks to Ghana. No time for euphoria, the Black Stars...
Late goal lifts Ghana
The Black Stars became the first African team to win a World Cup finals match on African soil, defeating Serbia thanks a late Asamoah...
SAP Participates in New Project to Drive Extractive Industries Transparency in Ghana
AP AG (NYSE:SAP) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, acting on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and...