Business Africa
Ghana’s Eco-Friendly Bamboo Bikes
Ghana’s Bamboo made bicycle is fast gaining world recognition while increasing youth employment.
Boomers International is a social enterprise training rural Ghanaian communities in the art of bamboo bicycle manufacturing to address issues like climate change, poverty, rural-urban migration and provide economic freedom – that many of them have never experienced, especially women.
Lourenço’s first economic reforms
When Angolan President Joao Lourenco was sworn in five months ago he promised an “economic miracle”.
But the path to transforming this oil dependent nation seems long as lourenco has been confronted with the bottlenecks the economy faces.
Since January, the new central bank governor has been presiding over a fiscal revolution, weaning the local kwanza currency off its artificial peg to the dollar, and phasing in a floating exchange rate.
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Ghana's former finance minister place on Interpol Red Notice list over corruption allegations
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Accra city authorities renew battle against roadside trading
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Gabon: former president Ali Bongo and family go into exile in Angola
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Cholera outbreak in Angola kills nearly 600 people
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Egypt and Angola strengthen bilateral ties during Cairo meeting
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Ghana moderators sue Meta over harm from reviewing extreme content