If you were to ask any Ghanaian, whether local or in the diaspora, what Ghana’s biggest issue is, the response would undoubtedly be dumsor, pronounced “doom-sore.” This term refers to the continuous and unpredictable electric power outages in the country. Though dumsor has been a problem for decades, it was not until 2012 that this […]
The United Nations World Food Programme recently announced that a record pledge of $675 million, made at the Supporting Syria and the Region conference, will restore full food rations for Syrians. In early February 2016, world leaders gathered at the conference in London to plan the restoration, the U.N. News Centre reports. According to the […]
Kenyan startup BRCK, which creates the BRCK wifi device, has recently secured $3 million in funding for their product, which could advance Internet connectivity in Africa. The BRCK wifi device is a solar-powered modem designed to withstand harsh environments and work using limited sources of power and Internet connections. It is also unique in that […]
In addressing the progress made in containing the Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) argues that, since July 2014, “unparalleled progress has been made in establishing systems and tools that allowed rapid response.” From the first report of this outbreak on Mar. 23, 2014, this disease became a devastating epidemic, which led to nearly […]
On Feb. 22, 2016, vaccine experts from all over the world convened in Ethiopia with leaders from the 26 African “meningitis belt” countries to celebrate the success achieved by MenAfriVac, a vaccine created for use in Africa. The vaccine was developed specifically for Africa and targets meningococcal A meningitis, a bacterial infection of the thin […]
On Mar. 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued an executive order to establish a new “army” of civilians who would volunteer their time to help underdeveloped nations. This army, as JFK referred to it during his 1960 presidential campaign, was the Peace Corps. According to Politico, Kennedy wrote a message to Congress stating that […]
According to Paul Collier, a professor of economics at Oxford University and the author of “The Bottom Billion,” a book about the poorest one billion people in the world, “the countries at the bottom billion coexist with the 21st century, but their reality is the 14th century: civil war, plague, ignorance.” Countries and their citizens […]
President Obama’s visit to Cuba this month will mark the first visit to the Caribbean island by a sitting American president in 88 years. The trip is part of a series of efforts by Cuba and the U.S., begun in December 2014, to ease restrictions and pave the way for greater cultural and economic exchange. […]
KenGen is Kenya’s leading electric power generation company, producing about 80 percent of electricity consumed in the country. The company utilizes various sources to generate electricity, including hydro, wind, thermal and geothermal energy. Last August, KenGen won two awards at the prestigious East African Power Industry Awards gala in Nairobi when the company was voted […]
The presidential election in Haiti was postponed indefinitely due to recent violent protests and government fraud. The election was originally set for Dec. 27, 2015, then pushed to Jan. 24, 2016 and finally canceled without a new date announced. The eight Haitian presidential candidates refused to participate because of the irregularities that occurred in the […]
