Energy grids in Ghana and West Africa: Assessing access, reliability, and sustainability for actionable solutions

Have you ever stopped to think about the electricity that powers your home, your office, or even your mobile phone? For many of us, flipping a switch and seeing the lights come on feels almost automatic. Yet, for millions in Ghana and across West Africa, …

Mastercard Unveils Expansion in West Africa

Mastercard has opened its first office in Accra, Ghana, expanding its operations in West Africa. This strategic milestone demonstrates Mastercard’s commitment to helping the country’s burgeoning digital economy by offering market-specific banking products …

West Africa: Civilians Unprotected in Conflicts

Armed groups and government forces in West Africa have committed atrocities with impunity in 2024, with thousands of dead and injured, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2025. For the 546-page world report, in its 35th edition, Human Rights …

West Africa: Civilians Unprotected in Conflicts

Multi-Billion Dolar investment signals new era of industrial transformation for West Africa 

Africa’s contribution to the global GDP currently stands at 3%, contributing only 2% to the world’s manufacturing value add (UNIDO 2024). Resource-rich nations with economies based on the export of commodities are only able to capture a maximum of 30% of …

Multi-Billion Dollar Investment Signals New Era of Industrial Transformation for West Africa

Africa’s contribution to the global GDP currently stands at 3%, contributing only 2% to the world’s manufacturing value add (UNIDO 2024). Resource-rich nations with economies based on the export of commodities are only able to capture a maximum of 30% of …

HRW report: Governments, armed groups intensify abuses in Africa

NAIROBI, KENYA —  Human Rights Watch has found that African governments continue to crack down and wrongly arrest political opponents, critics, activists and journalists. The rights group also says armed forces and armed groups in some African countries …

'Mammoth task' to identify South Africa mine victims, police say

Rescued miners have been taken for medical checks It will be a "mammoth task" to identify the bodies brought up from a disused mineshaft in South Africa this week, a police spokesperson says. Seventy-eight corpses, along with more than 240 …

2024 witnessed ‘absolute failure’ of west to lead fight for human rights, says watchdog

The past year has marked the “absolute failure” of western democracies as champions of human rights around the world, the head of Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. Tirana Hassan lambasted western capitals for their double standards over the course of 2024 …

Africa File, January 16, 2025: SAF Advances in Central Sudan en Route to Khartoum; Canadian Gold Mining Company Leaves ...

Data Cutoff: January 16, 2025, at 10 a.m. CTP is delaying the next Africa File by one day until Friday, January 24, due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day in the United States. CTP will publish the subsequent Africa File as usual the week …