The industrial art and craft sub-sector contributed a total of $30,630,413 (1.08 per cent) of Ghana’s non-traditional exports (NTEs) earnings in 2020, the report on ‘Analysis of Non-Traditional Export Statistics’ has revealed. The figure indicates an increase of 110.88 per cent from $14,524,610 in 2019, and it is attributed to...

Discover how Edves transforms Nigerian education with innovative Educational Technology solutions by Dimeji Falana and team. In a recent interview with Dimeji Falana of Edves, a leading EdTech company in Nigeria, we delve into their innovative approach to digitizing school operations and transforming the educational landscape in Africa’s most...

The Africa Young Innovators for Health Award is IFPMA and Speak Up Africa’s flagship programme to provide young entrepreneurs in the healthcare sector an opportunity to develop their business ideas and advance promising solutions to support, equip, protect, and train healthcare workers. Applicants must be 18 to 35 years and be...

Nigeria’s Green Africa Airways led by Founder & CEO Babawande Afolabi to commence operations after receiving its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). On August 9th, Green Africa Airways finally received its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The...

In North America and Europe, around a third of the population are fully vaccinated, but in Africa, with an average of 13% fully vaccinated. As the world starts to open up, a number of nations are actively contemplating allowing free travel to those who have received both shots of...

Nearly nine in ten (84%) of Ghanaian youth polled suggest that the rise of ‘fake news’ breaking out across their country and around the continent has impacted their ability to stay informed, according to the African Youth Survey (AYS). Commissioned by the South African-based Ichikowitz Family Foundation, the survey...

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, many universities are currently deliberating what to do for the forthcoming semester. St. Teresa’s College of Education, one of five female-only colleges in Ghana, is leading the way with e-learning by consolidating the use of messaging applications like Telegram and WhatsApp....

This entrepreneur watch series focuses on a Zimbabwe-based entrepreneur who wants to create a global market for baobab products. Baobab powder is just one of the products processed from the fruit of the iconic baobab tree, abundantly found in approximately 30 countries in Africa. Before 2008, it was illegal...

Government has rolled out digital solutions to disseminate information and tackle the “infodemic” of false claims, including a 24/7 Coronavirus 311 Information Service helpline and WhatsApp chatbot. The Ministry of Health provides updates through the Ghana Health Service’s website. According to Amazon's web insights tool Alexa, internet traffic on...