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Business & Financial Times
… The framework is outlined in Agenda 2063. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is expected to establish a single market worth $3.4 trillion. …
Our moment at the African Union: Beyond symbolism, toward substanceJoy Online
… the Executive Director of the Centre, Mathias Bonzo-Ewereko Boateng, described the attacks—targeting fellow Africans, including Ghanaians—as a grave affront to the ideals of Pan-Africanism. “These attacks are a betrayal of Pan-African solidarity and a direct threat to Agenda 2063 …
Xenophobia: Centre for Global Affairs and Responsible Governance urges AU intervention in South AfricaAn opinion piece warns that growing xenophobic sentiments and social media divisions among Africans threaten continental progress, arguing that Africans should instead unite around shared development challenges rather than turn against one another.
7 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
An opinion piece warns that growing xenophobic sentiments and social media divisions among Africans threaten continental progress, arguing that Africans should instead unite around shared development challenges rather than turn against one another.
7 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Ghana's newly launched e-Visa platform has potential to boost tourism and investment through faster processing, but tourism analysts warn that high visa fees for non-African travellers could undermine the country's competitiveness.
5 June 2026 · The Chronicle →
Professor Akin Akinpelu has officially assumed duties as an Ambassador of the African Union Agenda 2063 Ambassadorial Assembly, with a mandate to advance political affairs, strategic engagement, leadership development, governance advocacy, and continental cooperation across Africa.
4 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's newly launched electronic visa system, introduced May 25, 2026, has potential to boost tourism and trade through faster processing and digital modernization, but a tourism analyst warns that visa costs for non-African travellers could weaken the country's competitiveness and undermine those gains.
3 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana officially launched an e-visa system on 25 May 2026 to modernize visa administration and simplify travel, with the government announcing that African passport holders will not be required to pay visa fees when using the platform.
1 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat and Ecobank Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deepen economic integration and expand access to trade and finance opportunities for African businesses, particularly SMEs, women-led businesses, and youth entrepreneurs. The partnership builds on Ecobank Group's US$3 billion trade finance commitment announced at the Africa-Forward Summit in Nairobi.
25 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Ecobank Group and the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat have signed a memorandum of understanding to accelerate intra-African trade and support SMEs, women-led businesses, and young entrepreneurs through a $3 billion trade finance commitment to be deployed over three years.
21 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Professor Vladimir Antwi-Danso has warned that allegations of involvement by local state officials in the closure of foreign-owned businesses in South Africa could have far-reaching consequences for regional stability and Africa's broader integration agenda, with potential to trigger retaliatory actions against South African businesses and nationals elsewhere on the continent.
12 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Recurring xenophobic attacks against African migrants in South Africa undermine continental solidarity and Pan-Africanism, with Ghana formally petitioning the African Union to address the issue at its Mid-Year Coordination Meeting as a matter of urgent continental interest. Nigeria's Senate has also demanded accountability following attacks and reported deaths of Nigerian nationals.
8 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Xenophobic attacks against African migrants in South Africa undermine Pan-Africanism and continental solidarity, prompting Ghana to petition the African Union to place the issue on the agenda of the AU Mid-Year Coordination Meeting as one of "urgent continental interest." Nigeria's Senate has similarly demanded accountability for attacks and reported deaths involving Nigerian nationals.
8 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana will become First Vice-Chair of the African Union after the February 2026 summit, positioning itself to help shift the AU from aspiration to implementation. The AU has long-standing frameworks like Agenda 2063 and AfCFTA, but implementation remains weak, with intra-African trade below a fifth of total trade and less than a third of flagship projects on track.
5 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
The Centre for Global Affairs and Responsible Governance has condemned recurring xenophobic attacks in South Africa targeting Africans, including Ghanaians, and called for AU intervention, warning the violence threatens Pan-Africanism, bilateral relations, and the African Continental Free Trade Area.
29 April 2026 · Joy Online →