Ethiopia: 412.6 hectares of land held by investors revoked over failed job promises

Ethiopia has revoked a total of 412.6 hectares of land held by investors, including Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire Mohammed Hussein al-Amoudi for failure to create jobs and develop the city, as promised when the lands were awarded to them, head of Addis Ababa Land Bank Tesfaye Tilahun told the Voice of America. The investors had promised to create […]

Abduction of Africa’s youngest Billionaire: victim back home safely, says his abductors are from South Africa

Tanzanian businessman and former politician Mohammed Dewji has returned home safely nine days after he was kidnapped in Dares Salaam and says he believes his captors are from South Africa. “I have returned home safely,” he said in a tweet through his company METL Group’s account. “I thank all my fellow Tanzanians, and everyone around the world […]

Adopting French as the global language: Africa has more French speaking people than the whole of Europe

Africa is contributing 47.7 percent (143.1 million) to the French-speaking population thereby making French a global language. This is more than 45.7 percent (137.1 million) of the whole of Europe and France with a population of 67.12 million. According to a recent report by the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), French has become the world’s fifth most spoken […]

Digitizing Ghana: Westblue consulting to help digitize and transform Ghana Post

The Managing Director of West Blue Consulting, Mark Addo has assured that, collaborative efforts with Ghana Post Company will transform Postal services in Ghana and make the company a world class courier service organization. According to Mark Addo, the Ghana Post Centralized Valuation Centre, together with the implementation of the Pre Arrival Assessment Reporting System […]

Car fraud alert: Cars are only cleared at the port, they are not sold there-Marine police cautions public

The Marine Police and Railways Commander, Chief Supt. Joseph Ababio has cautioned prospective car buyers to be vigilant in order not to fall in the hands of fraudsters who promise to sell to them auction cars at the Ports of Ghana. According to him, his outfit has received several complaints from some sections of the […]