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Africa's Climate Finance Model Pays Out as Madagascar Cyclones Hit Hard
5+ hour, 10+ min ago (507+ words) Africa's Climate Finance Model Pays Out as Madagascar Cyclones Hit Hard'News Ghana More than USD 29 million has been mobilised to support Madagascar's recovery from two back-to-back tropical cyclones, in what disaster finance experts are describing as one of the clearest…...
Cape Town Green Summit Ends With Call to Scale Climate Finance
17+ hour, 32+ min ago (208+ words) Africa's flagship green economy conference has closed in Cape Town with a clear message from investors, policymakers and industry leaders: the continent must move beyond declarations and mobilise capital at scale or risk losing the climate transition opportunity. The Africa's…...
Ghana and St Kitts Sign Three Pacts Including Visa and Labour Deal
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (427+ words) Ghana and St Kitts Sign Three Pacts Including Visa and Labour Deal'News Ghana Ghana and Saint Kitts and Nevis signed three bilateral agreements at the Jubilee House in Accra on Wednesday, March 4, including a landmark visa exemption arrangement that for…...
Malawi Calls on Ghana to Export Its Digital Playbook Across Africa
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (367+ words) Malawi has formally requested Ghana's support in deploying digital infrastructure across its economy, with the West African nation's Communications Minister Samuel Nartey George describing the request as part of a broader continental shift toward Africa-led technology solutions. "In fact, my…...
AfDB Approves US$9.57m to Strengthen Southern Africa's Health Emergency Systems
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (382+ words) AfDB Approves US$9.57m to Strengthen Southern Africa's Health Emergency Systems'News Ghana The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional arm of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved a USD 9.57 million grant to help Southern African Development Community (SADC) member…...
Cape Town Mayor Backs WTM Africa Tourism Awards as Deadline Nears
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (304+ words) Cape Town Mayor Backs WTM Africa Tourism Awards as Deadline Nears'News Ghana Cape Town Executive Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has added his voice to calls for tourism businesses across Africa to submit their entries for the 2026 World Travel Market (WTM) Africa…...
Afreximbank Tops Africa Loan Rankings for Second Consecutive Year
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (517+ words) Afreximbank Tops Africa Loan Rankings for Second Consecutive Year'News Ghana The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has claimed the top position in two of the three principal categories of the 2025 Bloomberg Africa Borrower Loans League Tables, reinforcing its standing as the…...
Afreximbank Doubles Down on Caribbean With US$5 Billion Pledge
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (500+ words) Afreximbank Doubles Down on Caribbean With US$5 Billion Pledge'News Ghana The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has raised its financing ceiling for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) from US$3 billion to US$5 billion, with the bank's president committing to reach full utilisation…...
Amenfiman Rural Bank Gets Shareholder Backing for Rights Issue Before March Transition
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (272+ words) Shareholders of Amenfiman Rural Bank PLC have unanimously approved a non-renounceable rights issue and authorised a name change to community bank, giving management a clear mandate to raise fresh capital ahead of the institution's planned transition on March 31 under the…...
GCTU Governing Council Formally Removes Vice Chancellor, Installs Malcalm
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (202+ words) The Governing Council of the Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU) has formally removed Prof Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa as Vice Chancellor following an emergency meeting held on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, and has confirmed Prof Ebenezer Malcalm as his replacement. The decision was…...