Last month Daniel Berninge posted some comments on GigaOM about his recent trip through Ghana…
A recent two-week visit to Ghana, Africa, offered up scenes that seemed frozen in time. Most of the buildings and infrastructure date back to the 1950s, before seven military coups over a period of 30 years made investment impossible. Open sewers [...]

One of the (many) incredibly scary things about the recent crises in Zimbabwe, Kenya and South Africa was the lack of information available to people trapped on the ground, or (for that matter) people tuned in from abroad. The amount of information that’s available to the public about African politics is abysmal, often due [...]

Somewhere along the line a few people have gotten the idea that anything that they aren’t using anymore should be boxed up and mailed off to China, India or places like Ghana in Africa. While the motivation and general compulsion is good, how much do these discards actually help the recipients? What [...]

ItNewsAfrica is reporting that the somewhat secret talks between Vodafone and Ghana Telecom have reached a conclusion:
Vodafone is expected to be confirmed the new owner of Ghana Telecom (GT) today according to Ghana’s newspaper the Daily Guide citing the ministry of finance sources.
Vodafone was said to have concluded negotiations with government to acquire a [...]

The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) is a US$50-100m private sector fund, backed by some of the biggest names in development finance and hosted by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). Their aim is to encourage private sector companies to compete for like-for-like investment support for their new and innovative business ideas.
The [...]