Ethiopia has requested the United States to restore its status under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) that allows the East African nation to access the U.S. market with duty free goods.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana says that the new Jamestown Fishing Harbour will create jobs and empower the domestic economy. Inaugurating the facility, the President said that apart ...

As the countdown to the 2024 Africa International Investment Summit and Trade Exhibition (AITE), holding in September in New York and Atlanta, Georgia, begins, the confirmation that First Bank, ...

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has ranked Ghana as a Tier One entity on the 2024 Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) which was released last Friday. Ghana scored 99.27 per cent on the ...

Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, Somalia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, over the weekend was quoted as saying that “If the Ethiopian government is pushing the effort to implement the agreement with Somaliland, his ...

The Director General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mr. Segun Ajayi-Kadir, has faulted the proposed nationwide ban on single-use plastics, warning the ban portends doom for many ...

The United States over the weekend announced that it wil not recognise Ethiopia’s port access deal with Somaliland, and called for a diplomatic resolution of ongoing tensions with neighbouring Somalia ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of Pravin Gordhan, a lifelong activist and former Minister of Public Enterprises, who died on Friday at the age of 75 ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced the establishment of an Access and Allocation Mechanism (AAM) aimed at ensuring that mpox vaccines, treatments, and diagnostic tests are readily ...

Nigeria and the United Kingdom have signed eight partnership agreements that will support some critical sectors of the Nigerian economy with £272.6m (about N589bn). Nigeria’s Minister of Budget and ...

The Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. ABIKE Dabiri-Erewa, says that a Nigerian man, Emmanuel Ihejirika, who had been sentenced to death for drug trafficking in ...

Placed under the coordination of HE Mrs. Damtien TCHINTCHIBIDJA, Vice-President of the ECOWAS Commission, the ECOWAS Regional Stabilization and Development Fund is an initiative supported by the ...