The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has launched a $100 million development fund for the implementation of a 10-year development plan for the Ashanti Region. The fund, an initiative of the Asante Professionals Club, a group of young Asante businessmen and women, is to help implement the plan to complement efforts by the government to...[READ MORE]
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has assured that effective construction work on the Marine Drive project will begin in June this year. Reasons for the delay has been attributed to the slow evacuation of Ministries, Department and Agencies from the proposed...[READ MORE]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's plan to take a train journey of about 480km (298 miles) from Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa to the capital, Nairobi, is of huge significance. It is seen as a major endorsement in the push for Kenya and Uganda to build a seamless Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) through Kenya’s western border to...[READ MORE]
Ghana city authorities not being able to control encrochment on railway lines has remained a major setback The Minister of Railways Development, Joe Ghartey, says his outfit is considering a policy proposal to secure funding to fence the country’s rail lines. Mr Ghartey said,...[READ MORE]
The $20 billion megaproject further connects mainland China with the semi-autonomous territories of Hong Kong and Macau, with a 55-kilometer (34-mile) road bridge that has...[READ MORE]
The Inga dam in the DRC. Picture: REUTERS Kinshasa — The Democratic Republic of Congo gave two groups of investors a four-week deadline to submit a joint proposal on the development of the multibillion-dollar Inga...[READ MORE]
The latest official figures confirm that house price growth is slowing across the UK, with Scotland recording the strongest rise in the country. On average house prices increased by 0.1% in May month on month to £226,351 and were up 3% compared to the same month in 2017, but this was a fall from the 3.5% annual rate...[READ MORE]
Although it only covers 17 square miles, Lake Nakuru draws plenty of tourists to its stunning area. Visitors come here from around the world to go bird watching, view large game like rhinos, lions, giraffes, waterbucks and cheetahs, and go on incredible hiking trips. [READ MORE]
After weeks of what feels like a game of tug and war, between the South African Energy Ministry and the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA), IPPs finally have reason to celebrate. The Minister of Energy, Jeff Radebe, has signed the 27 Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Projects...[READ MORE]
Oil and gas production on the Jubilee Fields will be shut down from the first week in May this year to enable engineers to carry out repairs on the production platform, the Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, Kwame Nkrumah. The shutdown is part of a programme by the Jubilee partners to continue a remedial...[READ MORE]