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ECONOMY-AFRICA: The "Threat" of an Independent Private Sector

ECONOMY-AFRICA: STOCKHOLM, Oct 27 (IPS) - From Algeria to Zimbabwe, there have been calls to develop the private sector. But some governments regard independent private sectors as a threat to their power and have even actively blocked ...

From FRANCIS KOKUTSE, Inter Press Service,  27 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Donald Kaberuka

AFRICA: Broken Promises Litter the Aftermath of Global Crisis

AFRICA: STOCKHOLM, Oct 26 (IPS) - It seems that, once again, Africa and the rest of the developing world have been short-changed, given the broken promises in the wake of the global economic implosion. The developed world has not acted in ...

From FRANCIS KOKUTSE, Inter Press Service,  26 Oct 2009
Related Topics: International Monetary Fund,  European Union,  G-20,  George Soros,  Northern Rock

Q&A: "African Farmers Benefit When They Organise Themselves"

Q&A: Francis Kokutse interviews COMFORT KUDADJIE FREEMAN, agricultural researcher ACCRA, Aug 28 (IPS) - Research into an initiative to improve the lot of Ghanaian farmers shows how important it is that farmers organise themselves to ...

From FRANCIS KOKUTSE INTERVIEWS COMFORT KUDADJIE FREEMAN, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHER, Inter Press Service,  28 Aug 2009

Q&A: EPAs Will Provide Africa With "Better Export Opportunities"

Q&A: Francis Kokutse interviews DICK NAEZER, EU trade representative in Ghana ACCRA, Aug 13 (IPS) - The European Union has pressurised Ghana to sign an economic partnership agreement (EPA) despite civil society concerns being raised about ...

From FRANCIS KOKUTSE INTERVIEWS DICK NAEZER, EU TRADE REPRESENTATIVE IN GHANA, Inter Press Service,  13 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Environmental Protection Agency,  World Trade Organization,  European Union,  European Commission

To rapt crowds in Ghana, Obama delivers a frank message

once a place where black Africans were shipped in slavery to America. ACCRA, Ghana — From taxi drivers to politicians, Ghanaians reveled Saturday in the first visit of an African-American president to sub-Saharan Africa. Barack Obama is the third ...

From FRANCIS KOKUTSE AND STEVEN THOMMA, TwinCities.com,  12 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Michelle Obama,  Bill Clinton,  Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  John Atta-Mills

GHANA: Tomato Queens Short-Change Farmers

GHANA: ACCRA, Jul 7 (IPS) - When you meet Naomi Aframea, 60, in the streets of Accra, you could take her for any other Ghanaian woman going about her business. But step into her stall at Agbobloshie Market, one of the capitals satellite ...

From FRANCIS KOKUTSE, Inter Press Service,  7 Jul 2009

TRADE: ECOWAS Delay on EPA Allows Ghana to Re-Think

TRADE: ACCRA, Jun 29 (IPS) - There are conflicting signals about whether west African countries will sign an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union, as the original deadline of Jun 30 has been postponed and ...

From FRANCIS KOKUTSE, Inter Press Service,  29 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Environmental Protection Agency,  European Union,  World Bank

GHANA-ECONOMY: Credit Crunch Starts To Bite

GHANA-ECONOMY: ACCRA, Jun 9 (IPS) - When the news of the global financial crisis broke in Ghana last year, the then-President John Kufuor said the countrys economy was insulated against the effects of the credit crunch being reported in ...

From FRANCIS KOKUTSE, Inter Press Service,  9 Jun 2009
Related Topics: John Kufuor,  World Bank,  Tullow Oil

AFRICA: ‘‘Invest in Job Creation to Buffer Global Crisis’’

AFRICA: ACCRA, May 28 (IPS) - African governments should invest in creating jobs, providing social services and building food security to shield people against the effects of the global economic and financial crisis. They should also ...

From FRANCIS KOKUTSE, Inter Press Service,  28 May 2009
Related Topics: European Commission,  European Union,  New York University

AGRICULTURE-GHANA: Few Signs of Concern as GM Crops Advance

AGRICULTURE-GHANA: ACCRA, May 15 (IPS) - Ghanaians are daily consuming genetically modified (GM) products imported by various traders without much care. However, as the government prepares to allow the planting of GM crops locally in a bid ...

From FRANCIS KOKUTSE, Inter Press Service,  15 May 2009

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