Ghana’s Newest University is Putting West Africa at Forefront of the Digital Revolution

The newly reformed institution is envisioned to become the premier technology institution in West Africa for equipping students and educators in the technology space ACCRA, Ghana, December 2, 2022/ — As part of a national drive to put Ghana at the forefront of the digital revolution in Africa, the former Ghana Technology University College has been granted university status and reformed to become the Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU) (https://site.GCTU.edu.gh); The newly reformed institution is envisioned to become the premier technology institution in West Africa for equipping students and educators…

Rwanda’s Kigali Green City, the first of its kind to be built in Africa

An international team has been appointed for the implementation of the Kigali Green City project in Rwanda. The team was appointed by the UK headquartered Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, which won an international design competition for the project. The FCBS team comprises the local architects Light Earth Designs, A Studio Space, and Studio FH Architects, as well as Turner & Townsend. The team also included Grant Associates, AKT II, and Atelier Ten Top of Form In addition, the East Africa leading planning, design, architecture, and engineering firm, FBW Group, was appointed to offer the key services…

ESG in Africa is colonialism 2.0

OPINION by N.J. Ayuk Many today believe the era of colonialism in Africa is over. They’re wrong. The era of colonialism in Africa has merely entered a new and insidious phase. Some call it “neo-colonialism.” I call it colonialism 2.0. In colonialism 1.0, Western and other nations conquered large parts of Africa, and in colonialism 2.0, they use their money to impose their unrealistic ideologies on an unwilling but still desperate continent. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the mania surrounding ESG, a set of environmental, social, and governance criteria for financial investments…