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Brain gain: Skilled diaspora return to Africa
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... reportedly had 20 medical doctors leaving each month, whilst Ghana reportedly lost 60% of its medical doctors. In 1993, the UNDP's Human Development Report stated that close to 21,000 Nigerian doctors ...
Thursday, 09 September 2010
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Journalism in Africa - Ex, Former, Retired or Aspirants?
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... removed from office prematurely because they are unpopular and retired presidents are those who have served their term and left office constitutionally." This is how the retired President of Ghana was ...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
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Africa's first World Cup: After the final whistle
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... with the African continent for the first time as they supported Ghana through to the quarter finals, people talked to each other using the words "we" and "us", shared food, blankets, viewing experiences ...
Thursday, 15 July 2010
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Black Stars: Carrying the hope of a continent
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... moving traffic. Ghana had just beaten the US to become the only African team to reach the quarter finals of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM and the euphoria in the Cape Town city centre was tangible. While ...
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
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Could aid squeeze help Africa?
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... be able to borrow at 8 percent if it proceeds with plans for up to $4 billion in international bonds this year, roughly in line with a landmark $750 million eurobond launched by Ghana in 2007. That is ...
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
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Riders saving lives in Lesotho
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... is the official charity of the Grand Prix motorbike championship, or MotoGP. The organisation operates in Gambia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Lesotho, with projects completed in Ghana, Democratic ...
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
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Aid from the needy: Africa's support of Haiti
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... nations. Ghana has offered $3 million in aid, making it the second biggest worldwide donor to Haiti after Guyana, based on donor countries' Gross Domestic Product. The Democratic Republic of Congo ...
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
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The road to prosperity
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... normal electoral cycle and institute regular and democratic functioning of institutions." Last year Ghana was one of the continent's shining stars, after a commendable free and fair election the country ...
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
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2009: a good year
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... in the face of the crisis. Some of the larger economies, South Africa, Botswana, Algeria and Egypt all have survived the down-turn far better than expected. Other economies like Ghana, the Congo Republic, ...
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
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No excuses accepted
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... Cup final, and Ghana is playing Brazil for the title. Ghana won, in the second round of penalties, against all odds; playing the undisputed football kings of the world, Brazil, and doing so with only 10 ...
Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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China in Africa: Is the continent being re-colonised?
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... George Bush has made only two visits to Africa in a decade, the most recent coming in February this year where he visited Tanzania, Liberia, Rwanda, Benin and Ghana promoting humanitarian assistance and ...
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
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Local engagement key to bringing biotech to Africa
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... in Ghana suggests that people adopt technologies more readily if they are involved in their development and if they hold power over the decisions that affect them. To do this, researchers and policymakers ...
Thursday, 03 September 2009
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Africa - open for business like never before
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... of Databank, an investment group in Accra. The two are ivy-league educated Ghanaians, had top jobs on Wall Street, but left in the early 1990's to return to Ghana and be part of building the nation. ...
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
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Investment in Africa
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... Nigerian stock exchange has nearly trebled in value since 2006. Similar growth opportunities have emerged in other African exchanges, Ghana, South Africa and Botswana to name a few. While it is true that ...
Wednesday, 05 August 2009
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Warriors, and warriors in waiting
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... Nana Yaa Asantewaa and the War of the Golden Stool. It was she, Queen mother of Ghana's Ashanti Kingdom, who led the final war between the British and the Ashanti. The Queen's aim was to protect the Golden ...
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
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African heroes
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... for a visit to Ghana. This was a home-coming (of sorts), and as the posters which adorned the streets of Accra testified, Barack Hussein Obama is an African icon and son. In his strong words, his warm ...
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
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Sisters are doing it for themselves
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... they have visited Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, Cote d ‘Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Liberia, Mali, Namibia, Senegal, ...
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
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Africa: the good news
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... note of Maker Faire Africa, which will be held in Ghana August 13-15, and will bring together innovators and inventors from across the continent. We value intermediate technology highly, and also can’t ...
Friday, 08 May 2009
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African countries step up bid to host SKA telescope
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Tags: [Square Kilometre Array, Australasia, radio telescope, SKA bid, African SKA initiative, SKA African Associate Countries, SKA telescope stations, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, ...
Tuesday, 07 September 2010
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African Green Revolution Forum promises to transform African agriculture
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Tags: [African Green Revolution Forum, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. Kofi Annan, Kwasi Ahwoi, Ghana breadbasket initiative, Mizengo Pinda, Tanzania Southern Corridor, African Union, Yara, ...
Monday, 06 September 2010
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