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WINVESTNET Ltd launches in Morocco the Pan-African Investment Funds (PAIF) of $2B US dollars, they also became the first to launch the Trade Finance Platform (TFP) in the continent of Africa. Reda RAMI, Chairman of WINVESTNET Ltd. The said projects (PAIF and TFP) were announced by Reda RAMI, president of WINVESTNET Ltd, an investment platform based in Hong Kong. This …

A United Nations panel has voted to remove medical cannabis from a list of dangerous drugs. In the Wednesday vote, the Commission for Narcotic Drugs voted on several World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations related to cannabis. Among them was a recommendation that the drug be stricken from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. The list currently …

Opined by many Western Regional inhabitants, and outsiders considerably as the best school in the Western part of Ghana, Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS) continues to register its name in the world of international competition, affiliation, and portfolios. The school is also known for its remarkable record of producing excellent graduates who later become Giants, legends and backbone of the …

Adeyemo US President-Elect, Joe Biden, is set to announce a Nigerian-born attorney, Adewale ‘Wally’ Adeyemo, as deputy Treasury secretary, US-based media Politico reported on Sunday. Adeyemo, who is a former senior international economic adviser during the Obama administration, will serve under former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, who Biden plans to appoint to lead the US Treasury Department. Adeyemo’s appointment …

Albert Einstein said, “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” Recently, I made some predictions on a radio programme about the upcoming general elections. Obviously, I cannot force anyone to accept my predictions, but the interesting thing is …

Just as the US President-elect Joe Biden has begun to name his cabinet choices ahead of taking the helm at the White House on January 20, a pearl among women and lover of Africa and Africans, who had served in Nigeria and other parts of continent is one appointment that has struck the right chord. At the turn of 2021, …

Donald Trump has said that he will leave the White House when the electoral college votes for Democratic president-elect Joe Biden in the closest the outgoing president has come to conceding defeat. Biden won the presidential election with 306 electoral college votes – many more than the 270 required – to Trump’s 232. Biden also leads Trump by more than …

15 African countries have been hit with latest travel restrictions imposed by outgoing president of the United States, Donald Trump. The new rule for foreign travellers means citizens of the 15 African countries will have to post bonds of up to $15,000 to visit the US. According to a new temporary travel rule which comes into effect on December 24 …

Accra based local food outlet Dimaensa Restaurant was adjudged the best indigenous caterer at the 2020 Ghana Arts & Culture Awards held at the Labadi Beach Hotel. The restaurant which mainly serves Ghanaian dishes in a unique way has been in existence since 2018 and managed to bag this huge award organized to encourage and motivate the EAT GHANA agenda …

The 63rd annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast by CBS from Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 31 — but not much else is known about the ceremony, one of the many awards shows taking place as the coronavirus pandemic and its resulting restrictions continue. After 40 years, the show’s longtime producer, Ken Ehrlich, has retired from the awards, and Ben Winston (known for …