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To say that oil is big business in Africa would be an understatement. It is in every sense what keeps the wheels of the continent’s economy turning as Africa’s crude oil production capacity, particularly in North Africa, Nigeria and Angola, fuels over 10% of the world’s petroleum needs. However, what is often forgotten is that [...]
Read the rest of this story »Africa, averagely, has attained fifty years of independence. Every year, all its countries celebrate their independence day. That’s a logical thing to do. Who doesn’t do it? But a critical question to ask is, why do we really celebrate our independence day? What have we done with the independence we won? To clarify my point, [...]
Read the rest of this story »Chinese investment in Africa has escalated rapidly over recent years, but what are the implications of China’s foray in the continent, asks expert in China-African relations Solange Guo Chatelard. China is an economic powerhouse with long-term ambitions in Africa. Like Brazil, Russia and India, it is here to stay. Asking whether China is good or [...]
Read the rest of this story »Peace Corps, a youth leadership organisation, is having its 7th annual conference at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology campus in Kumasi. The weeklong conference ends on 26th May, 2012 and dubbed, “2012 Ghana students taking action reaching for success (STARS) conference, is to help develop the potential and nurture senior high school [...]
Read the rest of this story »ARTICLE BY: HONOURABLE SAKA The 20th century saw many conflicts in Africa, breaking out along ethnic divisions. For instance, according to an African researcher Abdalla Bujra, it took only the Ibos to start a major civil war in Nigeria – a highly factionized society. The Ibos were cohesive and well organised. Besides, the civil wars [...]
Read the rest of this story »An academic group based in San Antonio, Texas, USA, calling itself Super Scholar, has listed prolific Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe’s, bestseller, ‘Things Fall Apart’, now a movie with veteran Nigerian actor Pete Edoche starring as the lead character Obi Okonkwo, as one of the ‘50 Most Influential Books of the last 50 years.’ The [...]
Read the rest of this story »Botswana and Central African Republic have both been hit by problems in the build-up to their 2014 World Cup qualifier next month. CAR’s coach, Jules Accorsi, has quit his job after not being paid for more than six months. Meanwhile Botswana have had a number of training sessions cut short because the country’s football association [...]
Read the rest of this story »THIS country would indeed be a sight to behold if and when institutions take recommendations from various schools of thought on how to run their machinery rather than play the ‘we know better’ phenomenon which has bedeviled many sectors of the country. READERS would recall that Today in its quest to offer salient views in [...]
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