A World Bank Group report examining laws in 173 economies finds that 90% of economies still have laws restricting women’s economic empowerment. Violence and lack of jobs are amongst the key barriers for women in developing countries.
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has defended his country's decision not to sign the continental free trade deal just yet despite participating in earlier discussions.
44 African leaders on Wednesday signed onto the world’s largest free trade area at a gathering in Rwanda with countries like Nigeria and Uganda missing out for the mean time.
One of Ghana’s prominent indigenous banks, uniBank has been declared by the country’s central bank to be bankrupt exposing savings of customers to major risk.
The World Health Organization has announced that some 16 African countries are exposed to the deadly listeriosis outbreak which is linked to contaminated meat food in South Africa.
Afro Asian Reinsurance Brokers has began operations in West Africa with the official launch of its branch in Ghana. Afro-Asian was established in 1988 by Rasik Patel, to build on his extensive network of connections and resources in the Afro-Asian countries.
