Siemens, Ghana Sign €250m Electricity Pact   Siemens has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Republic of Ghana to upgrade the nation’s electricity grid using €250m of financing from Germany. The MoU was signed by Siemens and the Ghana Grid Company Limited in the presence of...

Ghana Reveals Plan To Ban Rice, Poultry Imports   Rice importers would be ordered to cease their trade in three years if everything goes as planned, Ghana’s Agric Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto, has said. The same applies to persons who import poultry products. The policy, if implemented would...

Ghana’s IPR Withdraws From Hosting APRA 2020 Conference   The Institute of Public Relations (IPR) Ghana will no longer host the 2020 edition of the African Public Relations Association (APRA) Conference, as a result of some notable events that will take place in the West African...

NDIC Assists Uganda Deposit Protection Fund The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is assisting the Uganda Deposit Protection Fund (DPFU) to develop capacity to implement the Deposit Insurance System (DIS) in the East African country. The Corporation recently hosted a five-member delegation from DPFU who arrived...

Nigeria, Others Lose N2.89tn To Foreign Insurers Annually   Nigeria, Ghana and other regional insurance markets annually lose a whooping N2.89 trillion($8billion) to offshore insurance markets mainly in Europe and America, due to fragmented nature of African insurance markets. This, had resulted to the inability of firms...

Kenya Endorses African Free Trade Agreement Kenya has ratified the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement and was planning to submit to Africa Union Commission. The country’s parliament ratified the Agreement and the government is to submit the signed document to the Chairperson of the...