Meet the African women making strides in agriculture

Cultural factors such as the land tenure system continue to threaten the efforts of African women in farming and other agricultural activities. Coupled with this is the difficulty in accessing credit facilities....

Meet the African American missionary who pioneered deaf education in West Africa

At a time when many sub-Saharan African nations were still struggling to wrench themselves from colonial rule, the issue of special education was not a matter of priority. But it was during this period...

West Africa embraces Caribbean islands for mutual development

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States have renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed since the year 2000 to foster...

Aliko Dangote is only African among Bloomberg’s 50 most influential people in 2017

Nigerian Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has been listed among Bloomberg’s 50 most influential people who have impacted the world in 2017.  He is the only black African named...

King of the Ashanti People of Ghana wears sacred smock for the first time in 18 Years

The monarch of the Ashanti Kingdom of Ghana, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has donned the sacred traditional smock for the final funeral rites of his late mother and Queen Mother of the Kingdom, Nana Afia...