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Joy Online
… The question is whether we have become so skilled at describing what Africa lacks that we have neglected to teach young Africans what Africa can become. …
WHAT IS WRONG WITH US: We keep training Africa’s youth to search for chairs instead of building tablesJoy Online
… Held under the theme “A Decade of Leadership, A Future Toward Holistic Impact,” the two-day conference and expo will bring together accomplished women leaders, business executives, entrepreneurs, professionals, policymakers and other stakeholders from Ghana and across Africa. …
Executive Women Network celebrates a decade of leadership, sets sights on next generation of impactJoy Online
… He made the observation at the inaugural Inter-Continental Dialogue on Political Parties in Seoul, South Korea, on September 7, 2026, where he spoke on behalf of political parties participating in the African Political Parties Initiative (APPI), established by the Africa Governan …
Asiedu Nketiah says better government begins before Election DayJoy Online
… Imagine one girl taken from a village somewhere in Africa. She knew which foods meant celebration, which songs meant mourning, and which elders carried the stories of her people. …
I am American, I am Ghanaian: Where do I stand in the reparations conversation?Joy Online
… He made the call at a youth dialogue on diaspora engagement and Africa’s future, held in Accra on Saturday on the theme: “Reclaiming Africa’s wealth, resisting neocolonial bondage.” The youth conference had attendees and speakers from regions across the country as well as Nigeria …
Dr Abu Sakara urges African youth to lead economic freedomJoy Online
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved an initial public offering of Dangote Group’s refinery business, the company said on Friday, officially kicking off Africa’s biggest-ever share sale. …
Nigeria’s SEC approves about $1.6bn Dangote Refinery IPOJoy Online
Africa’s commercial aircraft fleet will more than double by 2045, U.S. planemaker Boeing forecast on Thursday, as a young and increasingly urban population drives demand for travel within the continent and to the Middle East. …
Boeing predicts Africa aircraft fleet will more than double by 2045Joy Online
African Pan-African activists and speakers have called on the continent’s youth to intensify the campaign for debt cancellation, reparations, resource sovereignty and economic independence, arguing that Africa must use the current shifts in the global geopolitical order to break …
Youth Forum in Accra calls for debt cancellation, reparations and African economic independenceJoy Online
… The forum was held under the theme “Reclaiming Africa’s Wealth, Resisting Neocolonial Bondage.” He said the choice of Accra as the venue was significant because of the city’s historical role in the Pan-African struggle, recalling Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah …
PPF urges African youth to demand debt cancellation and reparationsJoy Online
Veteran journalist Kwesi Pratt Jnr has called for a fundamental transformation of the global political and economic order, arguing that Africa’s reparations struggle must go beyond financial compensation to secure equal rights, control over the continent’s resources and greater c …
Kwesi Pratt says reparations must deliver equal rights, African self-relianceAn opinion piece questions why political and business leaders from the developing world travel to orderly cities like Singapore, London and Tokyo, document best practices, but fail to implement similar discipline and systems upon returning home. The author argues that geographic ignorance can no longer excuse this gap.
6 hours ago · Joy Online →
An opinion piece questions why political and business leaders from the developing world travel to orderly cities like Singapore, London and Tokyo, document best practices, but fail to implement similar discipline and systems upon returning home. The author argues that geographic ignorance can no longer excuse this gap.
6 hours ago · Joy Online →
The Association of Ghana Industries called on small and medium-sized enterprises to adopt workplace-based training to enhance the employability of young people, arguing that closer collaboration between industry and TVET institutions is critical to ensuring graduates acquire practical skills that match labour market needs.
13 hours ago · Joy Online →
The U.S. Export-Import Bank will lend nearly $100 million to Africell, Africa's only American-owned telecoms firm, to enable investment in mobile network technology from American and allied suppliers as part of efforts to counter China's Huawei expansion in Africa. The loan is part of Washington's broader campaign to replace Huawei telecoms equipment overseas.
16 hours ago · Joy Online →
Ghana is positioning its horticulture sector for export growth through a cut-flower corridor aimed at connecting local producers to European, West African, and Gulf markets. The Presidential Advisor on the 24-hour Economy said building a full industry requires connecting production to aggregation, processing, logistics, markets, and supporting services, citing Ghana's $75 million mango exports to 42 markets in 2024 as evidence of competitive potential.
18 hours ago · Joy Online →
Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission director-general Major-General Maxwell Obuba Mantey has called for stronger cross-border cooperation among African countries to tackle synthetic drugs, cocaine trafficking and transnational organised crime, arguing that no country can effectively combat drug trafficking alone and that countries must move beyond fragmented national responses to strengthen intelligence sharing and joint operations.
12 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Prof. John K. M. Mawutor, Vice Chancellor of UPSA, outlined his "Mawutor Mandate" for ethical entrepreneurship at the Engineering in Africa Conference 2026, arguing that professional success must be rooted in moral integrity and character, not technical skill alone.
11 September 2026 · The Chronicle →
On September 11, 2001, nineteen al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial aircraft in coordinated attacks that killed 2,977 people, destroyed the Twin Towers in New York, hit the Pentagon, and changed America and the world forever.
10 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana Tourism Authority and Africa's Brain Bank have partnered to establish a medical city at Ada in the Greater Accra Region offering primary to tertiary healthcare services, aiming to position Ghana as a medical tourism hub in Africa and reduce the need for Africans to seek treatment abroad.
10 September 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Minister Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah visited China to encourage Chinese mining giant Zijin Mining Group to make Ghana a focal point for its exploration and investment across Africa, positioning the country as a major mining investment hub on the continent. Armah-Kofi Buah emphasized Ghana's readiness to establish a long-term, mutually beneficial partnership with Zijin, citing the company's recent support for government initiatives including degraded mining lands reclamation.
10 September 2026 · The Chronicle →
Ghana's High Commissioner to Nigeria, Baba Sadiq, met with Barbados's High Commissioner to Ghana to discuss strengthening cooperation in aviation, tourism, trade, education, culture, migration, security, reparations and multilateral affairs, building on recent high-level engagements between the two nations.
9 September 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
An opinion piece argues that high debt-to-GDP ratios do not inevitably harm nations; what matters is whether borrowed funds expand productive capacity and are used responsibly. The article cites examples of countries with debt exceeding 100–200% of GDP that remain economically stable, and notes that Ghana's debt crisis reflects how money was spent rather than how much was borrowed.
9 September 2026 · Joy Online →
A private equity transaction led by Kofi Kwakwa through Olive Africa Partners Fashions has acquired GTP and Woodin, two of Ghana's recognized textile brands. The acquisition highlights a trend in Africa's private equity market of using local investment expertise to restructure and grow established businesses.
9 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The article argues that education systems should be judged by how effectively they prevent disadvantage from becoming destiny, and that transition from basic to secondary education is a critical point where many young people fall through institutional cracks. It notes UNESCO estimates 251 million children and young people remain out of school globally, and calls for African education systems to become more equitable and capable of ensuring vulnerable learners develop competencies for meaningful participation in society and the economy.
9 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Togo's government has established an autonomous national agency to regulate and monitor medicines and health products, aiming to strengthen pharmaceutical safety amid concerns about substandard and falsified medicines and challenges in quality control, inspections, and market surveillance.
9 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Dorothy's Hope Foundation, a non-profit focused on breast cancer awareness and women's health across Ghana, will host the Health is Wealth Forum on 24 September 2026 and the Brushes of Strength Fundraising Gala on 23 October 2026 in New York to strengthen Africa-Diaspora engagement.
8 September 2026 · Joy Online →
President John Dramani Mahama assured Ghanaian football clubs competing in African tournaments of government support through a newly established Sports Development Fund, noting that Ghana's fortunes in club football have declined and the country must rebuild strong teams capable of competing on the continent.
8 September 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Ghana's Minister for Lands and Natural Resources urged Zijin Mining Group to make Ghana a strategic base for expanding operations across Africa, calling for a long-term partnership that would benefit both the company and the country during his visit to China.
8 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghanaian artist Gyakie has secured two Top 10 entries on the Apple Music Nigeria Albums Chart with her projects My Diary and After Midnight, demonstrating the growing reach of her music in one of Africa's biggest streaming markets.
8 September 2026 · Joy Online →
A Daily Guide columnist reflects on Africa's recent UN map-correction celebration, arguing that while the continent possesses abundant natural resources—including gold, diamonds, oil, gas, fertile land, and a youthful population—poor resource management has prevented development. The writer uses the proverb "in the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty" to illustrate how Africa exports raw materials while importing finished goods.
8 September 2026 · Daily Guide →
The Executive Women Network will mark its 10th anniversary with the EWN@10 Conference & Expo on October 1–2, 2026, in Accra. The two-day event will bring together women leaders, executives, entrepreneurs and policymakers to discuss leadership and impact in self, family, career and legacy.
8 September 2026 · Daily Guide →
A Joy Online opinion piece argues that African societies repeatedly emphasize the continent's deficits and external dependencies, risking that young people internalize poverty and lack as identity rather than circumstance. The author contends that this narrative neglects to teach African youth what Africa can become, positioning solutions as arriving from elsewhere rather than being built locally.
8 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Executive Women Network, founded in 2016 to support women in senior management and executive roles, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with the EWN@10 Conference & Expo on October 1–2 in Accra, bringing together women leaders, entrepreneurs, and policymakers from Ghana and Africa to discuss leadership and impact.
7 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, National Chairman of Ghana's NDC, told the inaugural Inter-Continental Dialogue on Political Parties in Seoul that the quality of government is shaped long before elections; political parties must regard the pre-election period as preparation for governance, using that time to decide whom to trust and promote and how seriously to develop policy, rather than treating it solely as a period for mobilising votes.
7 September 2026 · Joy Online →
A person with American and Ghanaian identities reflects on the complexity of the reparations conversation, asking where she stands as both a descendant of enslaved people transported from Africa and a current Ghanaian citizen, and questioning what "healing" should look like without first honestly naming the wound.
7 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Abu Sakara Foster, founder of the National Interest Movement, has urged African youth to dismantle the economic and political systems constraining the continent's freedom and development. Speaking at a youth dialogue in Accra on diaspora engagement and Africa's future, he argued that Africa's current global economic position limits its ability to employ its own resources for its own people, and called for greater diaspora engagement to confront this "suppressive system."
7 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission has approved an initial public offering of Dangote Group's refinery business, which could raise approximately $1.63 billion if fully subscribed through the sale of 4.1 billion ordinary shares at 525 naira per share. The 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery, built at a cost of about $20 billion on the outskirts of Lagos, has transformed Nigeria's fuel market and the order book for the offer is set to open on September 14.
7 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Boeing predicts Africa's commercial aircraft fleet will grow to 1,625 aircraft in 2045 from 755 in 2025, driven by a young and increasingly urban population, requiring 1,165 airplane deliveries over the next two decades. Single-aisle aircraft will account for about three-quarters of forecast deliveries, with passenger traffic within Africa expected to grow 6.5% annually.
7 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Pan-African activists at a Youth Forum on Debt and Reparations in Accra called on African youth to campaign for debt cancellation, reparations, and economic independence, arguing that current global disruptions present an opportunity for Africa to break free from economic and political dependency.
5 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Humphrey Abbey Quaye, coordinator of the Pan-African Progressive Front, has called on African youth to intensify campaigns for debt cancellation and reparations at a forum in Accra, arguing that Africa's debt burden stems from slavery, colonialism, and neocolonial control rather than poor economic management.
5 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Veteran journalist Kwesi Pratt Jnr has called for reparations that go beyond financial compensation to include equal rights, control over Africa's resources, and greater collective self-reliance. Speaking at the Youth Forum on Debt and Reparations at the University of Ghana, Pratt emphasized that the struggle for reparative justice is winnable and cited the UN General Assembly resolution recognizing the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism, and neocolonialism as crimes against humanity as evidence of progress through African unity.
5 September 2026 · Joy Online →