Economy

Professor Mrs Rita Akosua Dickson, Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says it is imperative that Africa takes the investment in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology …

The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), has advised cowpea farmers in the country to take advantage of identified planting windows, which was carefully arrived at after studying the weather pattern …

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi expressed the country’s readiness to share its technical achievements with the African states, calling for plans to facilitate the Iranian private sector’s engagement in various projects …

The Russian government has donated 20,000 tons of fertilizer to Malawi as part of its efforts to garner diplomatic support from various African nations. Russia will give 260,000 tons of …

The African Union has postponed a conference that was due to take place in Tunisia this month, Bloomberg reports, after criticism over a government crackdown and racial attacks against sub-Saharan …

French President Emmanuel Macron will unveil on Monday his country’s changing economic and military strategy in Africa for the coming years, as France’s influence substantially declines on the continent. Macron …

Rescuers are once again searching for people trapped under rubble in Turkey after two new earthquakes hit the country, killing at least three people. Tremors of 6.4 and 5.8 magnitudes …

Zimbabwe plans to set up an offshore financial centre in the resort city of Victoria Falls that the government wishes to vie with the likes of Dubai and the Isle …

The African continent has the capacity to achieve 7-10 per cent yearly growth by taking advantage of its population to grow a robust single market, as China and India have …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari delayed a plan to outlaw high-value notes to April 10 as the nation struggles with a shortage of the new currency. The central bank in October …