Leaders of African Union member-states, including President Nana Akufo-Addo, at an Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union signed onto a roadmap for the proposed Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on Wednesday, March 22.
As part of...
The father of a schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria has described the pain of losing his daughter again.
His daughter was among several others taken to the capital, Abuja, to meet President Muhammadu Buhari after their release from a month in captivity.
The father told the BBC that he...
Ghana has urged members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to show commitment to a borderless sub-region.
Mr. Ambrose Dery, the Minister of Interior who made the call, said the rationale for forming ECOWAS - which was a borderless West Africa - still remains relevant, and requested...
The European Union and its free trade agreement took decades to establish. Africa is now hoping it can achieve the same in a fraction of the time.
But with Nigeria pulling out, questions are being raised over just how achievable it really is.
The vision is a free trade deal encompassing...
On the occasion of Namibia's Independence Day, the Ghana-Namibia Friendship Association has released a statement to commemorate the day and foster partnership between both countries in areas of tourism and business.
A statement signed by former High Commissioner of Ghana to Namibia and Chairman of the association, Harruna Attah, welcomed the "resumption...
Within less than two decades it will be cheaper to operate robots in US factories than hire workers in Africa, a new report warns.
Falling automation costs are predicted to cause job losses as manufacturers return to richer economies.
Some analysts say poorer countries could be less impacted by this trend,...
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Monday companies and individuals had returned $591 million in funds illegally stashed abroad after a 90-day amnesty to bring back the money expired last week but $827 million was still outstanding.
Mnangagwa announced a three-month amnesty for the return of public funds illegally stashed...
South Africa will learn soon whether Cyril Ramaphosa’s first month as president has saved the country’s last remaining investment grade rating, but even if it hasn’t, a broader rise in optimism should limit the damage.
Moody’s, with a downgrade review on South Africa since last November, is to make a...
US President Donald Trump has blocked a planned takeover of chipmaker Qualcomm by Singapore-based rival Broadcom on grounds of national security.
His order cited "credible evidence" that the proposed $140bn (£100bn) deal "threatens to impair the national security of the US".
There were concerns the takeover could have led to China...