Oil price slide and sanctions ‘cost Russia $140bn’
The falling oil price is costing Russia up to $100bn a year, while Western sanctions have hit the country by...
Togo president Faure Gnassingbé arrives in Accra on state visit
Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé has arrived in Accra to begin a three-day state visit to Ghana.The visit is expected...
BT and Telefonica in ‘preliminary’ talks over O2 deal
Telecoms giant BT is in talks with Telefonica about buying the O2 mobile network from the Spanish firm."All discussions are...
African Dream: Uganda fashion label owners give advice
Definition Africa is a Ugandan fashion label founded by Nadia Bhegani, Olga Mugyenyi and Nahida Bhegani, which tries to source...
Insurance: Under what circumstance will an insurance company refuse to pay claims?
For two years, Ama has been consistently paying the annual insurance premium on her car but in October this year,...
Putting the Bang! into business in Tanzania
Nine years ago, without any experience in journalism, Tanzania's Emelda Mwamanga started her country's first lifestyle publication, Bang! magazine, which...
Ghana is HIPC again – ISSER Economist confirms
With a 60.8 per cent debt to GDP ratio Ghana has returned to the Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) regime,...
NSS releases outstanding July and August allowances
The National Service Scheme (NSS) has directed all immediate past national service personnel who have not yet been paid their...
Microsoft Azure faults knock websites offline
Faults with Microsoft's cloud computing platform have knocked many third-party sites offline, as well as disrupting the US firm's own...
Great gift — and a great investment?
Great gift —and an investment? If you’ve ever sat in a room full of wrapping paper, staring at a pile...