Only four ECOWAS nations comply with growth scheme

ngrguardiannews Thursday, October 14, 2010 4:05:00 AM CEST | info

ONLY four of the 15-member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have readied themselves for adoption of the instrument legally required for effective implementation of the Community Development Programme (CDP) of the sub-region....

Open source – resource centre for West Africa

ghanaweb Thursday, October 14, 2010 1:40:00 AM CEST | info

STORY BY: PATRICK ASFORD BOADU. Government says it will deliver better value for money in the e-governance programme. These include critical areas of the economy such as education, health and agriculture. Deputy Minister for communication, Gideon Quarcoo made this known at the launch of ‘’Open.......

G8 countries meet on facing rising threat of al-Qaeda in north Africa

DailyNation Wednesday, October 13, 2010 7:32:00 PM CEST | info

Diplomats seeking to increase awareness and step up the fight against the Islamic militants...

It’s time for men to give women more chances on the political stage, says Magoro

ngrguardiannews Wednesday, October 13, 2010 3:32:00 AM CEST | info

Do you think your stint in the private sector has prepared you enough for government because some people might question your experience? Most of the time, I worked with governmental organisations on the private sector side. All that has been with African Business Roundtable and African Development Bank, ECOWAS, UN, World Bank, UNICEF....

Ghana sheds cocaine label

myjoyonline Tuesday, October 12, 2010 12:32:00 PM CEST | info

The Minister of the Interior, Mr. Martin Amidu says Ghana is no longer tagged as a cocaine destination point by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime....

Jonathan explains comment on Abuja blasts

vanguardngr Tuesday, October 12, 2010 1:43:00 AM CEST | info

BARELY eight days after his comment on the twin bomb blasts in parts of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, which generated controversies, President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, said that he only meant to distance the spirit behind the bombing from the globally acclaimed Niger-Delta struggle....

Playing politics with Nigeria’s destiny?

vanguardngr Tuesday, October 12, 2010 1:12:00 AM CEST | info

Yes, millions of Nigerians have for months questioned the huge amount of money set aside for the celebration of what amounted to them as a non-event against the backdrop of mounting external debt, infrastructural decay and sundry failures in the system- Nigerians had expressed their reservations about the entire celebration....

The economic prospects of the oil discovery to the nation – Akufo-Addo

myjoyonline Monday, October 11, 2010 11:25:00 AM CEST | info

The national discourse on the economic and social impact of oil discovery in the country is very opportune at this crucial moment when the industry is emerging....

CEO of RLG Communications honoured by ECOWAS

myjoyonline Monday, October 11, 2010 9:25:00 AM CEST | info

CEO of RLG Communications, Roland Agambire has been honored at the 1st ECOWAS Entrepreneurship and Innovation Awards 2010....

ORU: Pain And The Refugees

ngrguardiannews Sunday, October 10, 2010 3:03:00 AM CEST | info

THEY didn’t need to narrate their story because it was well written all over them. One could see the ink of misery, as it scribbled long lines all over them. Their faces had been contorted by the hard years of lack, and in some cases, the difficult decades of dependence on the goodwill of their hosts, and the international community....

Open Source Resource Centre launched in Accra

myjoyonline Friday, October 8, 2010 7:42:00 AM CEST | info

A centre that would serve as a hub to research and develop open source software in West Africa has been launched in Accra to improve access to ICT....

Let all gather at El Wak!

ghanaweb Friday, October 8, 2010 6:26:00 AM CEST | info

Books! Most folks here would rather engage in some other activity than read them. All the same for all it might be worth, someone may consider writing one, a novel whose star character will keep repeating at every opportunity, “Folks, stop politicizing everything....

Guinea’s new date with history

ngrguardiannews Friday, October 8, 2010 2:07:00 AM CEST | info

Since June when the first round of elections was conducted, Guinea had suffered embarrassing multiple shift of the crucial second round following violent clashes and acrimony between the political parties of the two leading candidates whose supporters were divided along ethnic lines....

Nigeria seeks increased intra- ECOWAS trade

ngrguardiannews Friday, October 8, 2010 2:07:00 AM CEST | info

IT is regrettable that despite concerted efforts at local and regional levels, trade among members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) remains very low, standing at about 11 per cent, Commerce and Industry, Minister Jubril Martins-Kuye, said yesterday....

Open Source Resource Centre launched

ghanaweb Friday, October 8, 2010 1:08:00 AM CEST | info

Accra, Oct. 7, GNA - A centre that would serve as a hub to research and develop open source software in West Africa was opened at the Ghana India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) on Thursday, to improve access to ICT....

Chambas to get German Africa Award 2010

ghanaweb Thursday, October 7, 2010 6:44:00 AM CEST | info

Ghanaian top diplomat Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas will be honoured with the prestigious German Africa Award by the German Africa Foundation. Dr. Chambas will receive the Award on 6th October 2010 in Berlin by the German Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Guido Westerwelle. Dr....

NIGERIA @ 50: Lady Lugard’s child is a vagabond (3)

ngrguardiannews Thursday, October 7, 2010 2:41:00 AM CEST | info

Education CHRISTIANISATION and/or civilization could not thrive in the absence of an effective understanding of the ideas. Without communication and related skills, the logic of violence was itself crippled. So porters, household staff, associated and collaborations not necessarily in any order.......

Cocoa producers urge processors to expand local market

ngrguardiannews Thursday, October 7, 2010 2:41:00 AM CEST | info

THE Cocoa Producers Alliance (COPAL) has urged cocoa processors in the country to develop local market for consumption of the produce to reduce over supply to the international market. Mr. Michael Owusu-Manu, the COPAL head of Economic Department, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the local market had a huge untapped potential....

ECOWAS takes stock, seeks solution to region’s growth crisis

ngrguardiannews Wednesday, October 6, 2010 3:11:00 AM CEST | info

Somda, during one of the scientific committee sessions, said: “Our concern today is to make a roadmap of partnership for development. Africa must now move beyond celebrations and get back to the fundamentals. This is the new challenge for the continent and Ouagadougou will go down in history as the hearth of this new process just begun....

Babangida, Atiku, Gusau, Saraki accuse Jonathan of oppression

ngrguardiannews Wednesday, October 6, 2010 3:11:00 AM CEST | info

Ask UN, others to call President to order Condemn Dokpesi’s arrest ALL the four PDP northern presidential aspirants yesterday bared their minds on the ongoing threat to national security occasioned by last Friday’s bomb blasts in Abuja, and faulted President Goodluck Jonathan’s handling of the incident....

ECOWAS unveils regional power blueprint

ngrguardiannews Tuesday, October 5, 2010 2:40:00 AM CEST | info

Sets energy benchmark for sub-region FOLLOWING the alert it issued on energy emergency in the sub-region, leaders and experts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have resolved that member-countries must now seek to deploy indigenous, environment-friendly and readily available.......

Nigeria to benefit from PMP Fund

ngrguardiannews Tuesday, October 5, 2010 2:40:00 AM CEST | info

THE Peers Mentoring Programme (PMP), Nigeria and Peers Mentoring Programme International in collaboration with the NEPAD Business Group, have inaugurated a development fund to help informal sector businesses in Nigeria. Dr. Robert Aniebo, Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD Business Group Nigeria, told.......