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+ Across Africa’s over 1.3 billion people likes an emerging economy in the west of Africa that not only as a whole has shown potential but also in its fintech space. Ghana in recent memory has been a market to watch in terms of its economic development in the African continent as a whole. Beyond just recent memory, it has an interesting history. In Sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana was the first place where Europeans arrived to trade – which initially included gold and then later in slaves. According to the United Nations Development Programme, it was also the first black African nation in the ...

Graphic Online BY: Emmanuel Bonney 30.5k Shares 705 The stage is set for the swearing-in today of the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the Vice-President-elect, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on the precincts of Parliament House. The duo are entering their second term in office, after President Akufo-Addo’s victory in the December 7, 2020, presidential election. Officially, the first term of President Akufo-Addo and Vice-President Bawumia came to an end last midnight, the same period that the seventh Parliament was dissolved to pave the way for the inauguration of the eighth Parliam...

Graphic Online BY: Emmanuel Bonney 705 Some roads leading to and from Parliament House will be closed to the public on Thursday, January 7, 2020 during the swearing-in of the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Vice President-elect, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. The move forms part of security measures put in place by the Ghana Police Service to ensure a smooth conduct of activities during the inauguration. The roads to be closed are the Osu Cemetery Traffic Light on the Lokko Street, the Castle Road from AU Circle to Osu Cemetery Traffic Light, the Crossroad heading towards Starlet ...

  The government has detailed plans for the swearing-in of President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday, January 7, 2021. The event, according to the Inauguration Committee, is strictly by invitation. According to the Committee, “Twelve Heads of State and Government have so far confirmed their participation for the Swearing-in Ceremony. More confirmations are expected as the date draw close. Other foreign dignitaries have also confirmed their participation." Deputy Minister for Information, Pius Enam Hadzide while giving details for the ceremony in an interview on Peace FM mor...

By Robert Neff Yi Sung-tak was a young man from Pyongyang ― likely a Christian ― who arrived in Seoul in 1893 in search of a career. Like many young men, he dreamed of becoming rich and powerful and knew that a good education was key to his success. Somehow, possibly through family connections, he managed to gain the coveted entrance into one of the few foreign schools in Korea at the time, Paichai, where he studied English. With the knowledge he gained from school and Korea's continued modernization and interaction with the rest of the world, his future seemed reasonably secured. It sh...