Policy
Despite being Illegal, it is entrenched in Ghanaian society. Ghana’s two-year advance rent system squeezes millions of urban renters into debt, exposing the failure of housing policy and rent enforcement. Rosalyn Dery is a widow from the Upper West Region, Ghana; she has 2 children, and they moved
Policy
In Accra, Ghana, traffic gridlock is estimated to cost the Ghanaian economy about GH¢4.5 billion every year. This stark macroeconomic reality represents an invisible, ongoing tax on the working population, collected daily in lost hours, depleted incomes and diminished productivity.
Press Release
Bridge for Billions invites healthcare professionals, investors, policymakers and innovation enthusiasts to meet the entrepreneurs working to improve healthcare in Ghana.
Press Release
The Ghana FinTech Awards has officially opened nominations for its 6th edition. Nominations are open from Wednesday, 21st October to Saturday, 21st November 2026.
health
On September 25th, world leaders gathered at the United Nations headquarters in New York to discuss how countries can better prepare for future pandemics. The meeting focused on stronger health systems, fair access to vaccines and medicines, and reliable funding for emergencies.
Nature and Sustainability
South Asia has faced another difficult period of flooding, with recent disasters in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal showing how quickly heavy rainfall can disrupt agriculture and rural livelihoods.
Agriculture
According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Tanzania’s plan was submitted in January 2026. It covers mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar and sets out 36 programmes across 18 sectors ...
Despite being Illegal, it is entrenched in Ghanaian society. Ghana’s two-year advance rent system squeezes millions of urban renters into debt, exposing the failure of housing policy and rent enforcement. Rosalyn Dery is a widow from the Upper West Region, Ghana; she has 2 children, and they moved
In Accra, Ghana, traffic gridlock is estimated to cost the Ghanaian economy about GH¢4.5 billion every year. This stark macroeconomic reality represents an invisible, ongoing tax on the working population, collected daily in lost hours, depleted incomes and diminished productivity.
Bridge for Billions invites healthcare professionals, investors, policymakers and innovation enthusiasts to meet the entrepreneurs working to improve healthcare in Ghana.
The Ghana FinTech Awards has officially opened nominations for its 6th edition. Nominations are open from Wednesday, 21st October to Saturday, 21st November 2026.
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As companies invest heavily in artificial intelligence and cloud computing, the pressure on global internet infrastructure is growing. AI tools need large amounts of data and processing capacity, while cloud services depend on fast...
On September 23rd, the United Nations Security Council held a high-level briefing on artificial intelligence during the 81st UN General Assembly. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei ... addressed the Council on the growing opportunities and risks of increasingly powerful AI systems.
Nigeria is set to host CANEX Weekend 2026 in Lagos from November 5th to 8th, bringing together African creatives and industry leaders.
Benin has secured €500 million in international bank financing, with backing from the African Development Fund, to support development priorities across the country.
At the 81st UN General Assembly, African leaders made an argument repeated at every session for years. The continent sits in the Security Council's agenda yet it has no permanent place at its table.
The release of The DPI 50, a global initiative published by Apolitical in partnership with the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on GovTech and Digital Public Infrastructure. Designed to spotlight fifty public-sector leaders delivering measurable, citizen-centered digital systems at scale.
Africa pays for how it is seen. A rating decides what a road, a clinic or a market stall costs to build. Mauritius has launched an agency to look closer. Will anyone in Africa's last mile feel the difference?
Despite giving so much to the world, African nations have spent years relying on external financial aid, loans, and foreign development grants simply to fund domestic budgets. Over the decades, this relationship has evolved from post-colonial aid packages into a complex web of global dependency.
There is a growing question that cannot be avoided: how much time can a national leader spend away from home before that absence becomes a matter of public concern?
A striking example of this exact dilemma unfolded in Liberia. The detention of Liberia’s former Vice President, Jewel Howard-Taylor, at Roberts International Airport in Monrovia sent immediate shockwaves through the country's political landscape.
Every ten years, Africa adds roughly the equivalent of Germany's entire population to its youth workforce. However, the continent currently creates only enough formal jobs for about a quarter of them.
African agritech startups raised less than $170 million in 2025, down from more than $200 million in 2024, according to Briter’s State of Agtech Investment in Africa 2025.