About 3,000 villagers mainly women and children facing potential displacement now have hope of a new home after a gold mining concession overlapped their native land.
Recognizing the many milestones it has reached in recent months, Strategies to Prevent Spillover, or STOP Spillover, a project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and led by Tufts University, has announced that the interim leadership team that was put in place in March 2023 will take on a permanent role for the next two years of the project.
The U.S. Treasury Department has begun sanctioning tankers transporting Russian crude oil valued above the West’s price cap.
Since Dec. 5, 2022, the Group of Seven nations, members of the European Union and Australia have barred their countries’ marine service providers from working with tankers carrying Russian crude priced above $60 per barrel.
BBC News, Accra
Ghana - once touted as a trailblazing African economic success story - is facing an unprecedented financial crisis.
This week, hundreds of protestors...
Liberia is exploring innovative ways to accelerate rice farming and meet market demands as big producers in industrialized nations like India are restricting exports amidst high levies.
In an effort to foster higher standards of journalism in West Africa, the Google News Initiative (GNI) and DUBAWA, the respected verification and fact-checking arm of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), have come together.
The partnership will focus on an extensive training program specially designed for journalists in non-urban communities of Nigeria, Ghana, and Liberia.
United Bank of Africa (UBA) has launched a $6 billion financing initiative with the goal of promoting Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) across the African continent.
This initiative is designed to provide funding access to SMEs in the Agro-processing, Pharmaceuticals, Automotive, Transport, and Logistics sectors, facilitating their expansion.
UBA has partnered with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) secretariat to launch the financing initiative.
This initiative would deliver $6 billion in funding to eligible SMEs throughout Africa over the next three years.
Liberia Cement Corporation (CEMENCO) has introduced Superplast 22.5X, a new product that is specifically designed for use in plastering and laying blocks and tiles.
Speaking at the launch on 25 September 2023, William Gaignard, CEMENCO’s General Manager, emphasised the historic importance of this product, highlighting its overall affordability, making it accessible for all Liberians to build their homes at a lower cost.
