Month: October 2023

Celebrating Black Innovation: the Global Black Impact Summit (GBIS) 2023 to Connect the Global Healthcare Community

Mr Mohammed

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, October 25, 2023/ — The healthcare sector has long stood as a vessel for innovation, driven by relentless efforts to prevent disease, promote health education and wellness while advancing global health security and resilience. This industry has been at the forefront of modernization, and in the field, Black entrepreneurs have emerged as trailblazers, bringing innovative solutions to tackling health crises, strengthening systems, and equipping people and communities with the tools they need to thrive. The global COVID-19 crisis in 2020 was a testament to the critical…

Call for applications – YouthADAPT Challenge 2023: empowering Africa’s female tech innovators to tackle climate change

Mr Mohammed

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, October 25, 2023/ — The Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (https://apo-opa.info/3s7IvoI), a joint initiative of the African Development Bank (http://www.AfDB.org) and the Global Center on Adaptation, has launched a call for applications for the third edition of the YouthADAPT Challenge, which seeks to support young entrepreneurs driving solutions to tackle climate change. The annual YouthADAPT competition invites young entrepreneurs leading micro, small, and medium enterprises in Africa to submit innovative solutions and business ideas that can drive climate change adaptation and resilience across the continent. This year’s call…

Inspiring and supporting Junior High School Girls

Mr Mohammed

Appolonia City, 24 October 2023 – Appolonia City’s dedicated female staff visited Appolonia Kpone Katamanso District Assembly Junior High School for an inspiring interaction with final-year female students. The visit, which commemorated International Day of the Girl Child, aimed to empower and encourage young women to strive for success. The team from Appolonia City, led by Claudia Otoo, Head of City Management, also included members of the sales and marketing departments. The Appolonia City women shared their personal stories with the girls, highlighting the struggles and obstacles they faced on their journeys to success.…

Giving a Graphite touch to Wa’s Emerging Gold Image in Ghana

Mr Mohammed

Story: Mohammed A.Abu Over a decade of passion and commitment on the part of  the Australia Securities  Exchange(ASX) listed company ,Castle Minerals Ltd ,is set to give Ghana’s up country’s generally agrarian driven economy, a diversification to  commercial gold and Graphite(one of the”Critical Minerals”) production touch. Gold The company’s  ambitious Wa Gold Project owned by its local subsidiary,Azumah Resources Ghana Ltd,has since earned for the Upper West region in international investor community circles the accolade, ‘The Emerging North Western  Gold Province” The project is located approximately 10km away from the…

Gbewaa Palace Denies Blasting of Hon Ken Allegation

Mr Mohammed

The office of His Royal Majesty, Ndan Yaa Naa Abukari II, the King of Dagbon State in Ghana’s Northern Region, has vehemently denied ever having blasted Hon Kennedy Agyapong, a New Patriotic Party(NPP) Presidential hopeful according to an official statement issued in Yendi, Friday. This was in response to allegations carried by some online media portals to the effect that, the King had taken a swipe at the latter during his recent courtesy call on him at the Royal Gbewaa Palace in Yendi. “This is a palpable falsehood and a…

About the Much Publicized Client Eastwood’s ‘Death’

Mr Mohammed

Contrary to various  online reports  that Hollywood Cinema Legend Client Eastwood is dead,a fact Check report filed on Wednesday,October 18,at 11.30 GMT by Yahoo Entertainment online’s Izz Scott LaMagdeleine says the internet should be ignored and that there is no truth in it. Indeed if there is any Hollywood  cinema/movie  star who over his long career had left  an indelible mark in the minds of millions globally and footprints on the sand of cinematography time,that is,Client Eastwood. On the African continent today only the surviving old folks who were his…

Unlocking Opportunities for Print Service Providers in the Booming African Print Decor Market

Mr Mohammed

By Somesh Adukia, Managing Director – Canon Central and North Africa  In recent years, Africa’s interior decor industry has witnessed a remarkable surge in the demand for printed decor solutions, a trend that shows no signs of slowing down. With the African printing industry projected to reach a staggering value of US$235.3 million by the end of 2031, the timing couldn’t be better. The market remains vibrant and promising, offering lucrative growth prospects for print service providers (PSPs) across various sectors of interior decor, including wallcoverings, fine art prints, and applications…

The Etymology of Dagbon’s Damba Festival

Mr Mohammed

By: Mohammed A. Abu The official endorsement of the rebranding of the 2023 edition of the age-old Damba  by the Kingship of Dagbon,in Ghana’s Northern region for peace and development, marked  a great turning point in history of the festival. A  full programme line up  heralded the event making it eventful than all previous ones. Major side attractions like the first ever football match between historical playmates of the Savulgu and Kumbungu townships to compete for the Gbewaa Damba Trophy,horsemanship competition,Dagbon traditional menu cooking competition among others,indeed enriched the Dagbon…

Leveraging Islamic Finance to address Impending Economic Slowndown

Mr Mohammed

The Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) together with the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB), represented by IsDB Institute (IsDBI), is set to host the 18th edition of its annual Islamic banking and finance conference under the auspices of the Central Bank of Bahrain. The two-day conference will be held physically at the Crowne Plaza, in Kingdom of Bahrain, on 29-30 November 2023, with the theme “Strategies for the Impending Economic Slowdown and a Post Oil World: Through Economic Diversification and Leveraging Islamic Finance”. The two-day conference…