11 articles tagged with “Ghana”
Two major fintech moves signal deeper integration of financial services into everyday digital platforms across West Africa, targeting gig workers and payment users.
Uganda's HerDelight Echoes deploys voice-based AI across healthcare and real estate while MTN Ghana posts strong results, illustrating how African tech growth spans both innovation startups and established telecom infrastructure.
As Ghana dispatches a minister to secure the release of nationals caught in Ukraine's conflict, the mission unfolds against a backdrop of escalating US-China nuclear tensions and renewed diplomatic efforts to end Europe's deadliest war since 1945.
New immigration measures across three continents highlight shifting border control strategies, with the UK implementing electronic authorization for 85 countries while Kenya deports a Zimbabwean lawyer and Ghana restructures passport services.
Nigerian authorities in Plateau State have detained a bar owner and an accomplice on charges of trafficking three girls to Ghana, highlighting the persistent challenge of cross-border human trafficking networks operating across West Africa.
Kenya has secured new partnerships with WHO, Ghana, and other nations to advance its universal health coverage agenda, with particular emphasis on reducing maternal mortality and expanding cancer care services.
South Africa's Rand Refinery is positioning for majority ownership of Ghana's Gold Coast Refinery, while Nigeria's solid minerals minister has sealed a Plateau State mine following an explosion that reportedly killed at least 37 miners.
Global cocoa futures have fallen below $4,000 per metric ton in recent weeks, marking a sharp reversal from historic highs that had squeezed chocolate manufacturers and threatened production in top exporters Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana.
The West African Examinations Council has rolled out its DigiCert platform in Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and The Gambia, marking a significant shift toward digital credential verification in the region's education sector.
A Ghanaian startup is building Sub-Saharan Africa's first unified loyalty network while South African initiatives scale digital literacy programs, even as municipal tech failures expose infrastructure gaps.
Points Africa is tackling Sub-Saharan Africa's fragmented loyalty landscape while digital skills programs expand across the continent, even as infrastructure failures expose the cost of outdated systems.