Author Archives: larryehu

Obama to speak at Mandela lecture

  The US’s first black President Barack Obama will deliver the annual Nelson Mandela lecture in South Africa’s main city, Johannesburg, on 17 July to honour the centennial of the anti-apartheid icon’s birth, the Nelson Mandela Foundation has said. The @NelsonMandela Foundation is honoured to announce that President Barack Obama accepted our invitation to be the speaker at this year’s ...

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The 5 different types of cheating explained

All cheating is not created equal. Ask 10 people what “counts” as cheating and you’d probably get 100 different answers. “Infidelity is a gray area because different individuals have their own boundaries and ideals for romantic relationships,” says Dana Weiser, Ph.D., assistant professor at Texas Tech University. While you might consider texting an ex to be crossing a line, other ...

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Zuma’s New Fiancee Forced To Resign

The woman who is set to become the seventh wife of South Africa’s ex-President Jacob Zuma has been forced to resign from her job at She Conquers, a non-governmental organisation, local media reports. Nonkanyiso Conco’s “affiliation” with Mr Zuma – 52 years her senior – was contrary to the organisation’s campaign to “empower young women in every phase of their ...

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Africa Too Quiet On Global Issues – Rawlings

Former president JJ Rawlings has expressed concern about the silence of the voice of Africa on global issues, describing it as ‘disturbing’. He said though there had been so many negative developments since the collapse of the bipolar world (East-West divide), Africa had remained too quiet. Mr. Rawlings cited the persecution of Palestinians by the Israelis and the treatment of ...

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100 thousand graduates to be employed from May 1 – Bawumia asserts

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has announced governments intention to create 100,000 jobs under the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) initiative will be launched May 1, 2018. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to launch NABCO on May Day which is aimed at tackling graduate unemployment in Ghana. The programme will operate seven modules designed to meet the pressing needs ...

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Economies growing in Sub-Saharan Africa, potential for more – IMF

Sub-Saharan Africa is seeing a “modest pickup in economic growth,” from a rise of 2.8 percent in 2017 to 3.4 percent in 2018, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF African Department reported on Friday the growth is helped by external conditions, including stronger global growth, higher commodity prices and favorable financing conditions. IMF’s African Department Director Abebe ...

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Ecobank launches Fintech Challenge for African start-ups

Ecobank is inviting African fintech entrepreneurs to enter its Ecobank Fintech Challenge. Now in its second year, the initiative gives African start-ups the chance to promote their fintech solutions, and potentially to partner Ecobank in rolling-out their solutions across Ecobank’s 33 markets. Ecobank is currently welcoming submissions from all start-ups and developers in any of Africa’s 54 countries to enter its ...

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GRA, others sued over TIN

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the Attorney-General’s Department and the Judicial Service have been sued over the introduction of the Tax Identification Number (TIN) policy. The Centre for Juvenile Delinquency, an NGO, is seeking to invoke the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court on the consistency or otherwise of the law governing the TIN with other Constitutional provisions. The TIN ...

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