How text messages help to fight Malaria in Nigeria and Ghana

" Mobile phones could soon be helping re-assure Nigerians and Ghanaians they are getting genuine medicine. A pilot scheme in the two nations has begun putting unique scratch codes on more than 500,000 medicine bottles and packets of pills. When the code is texted to a free...

Ghana, Africa's California holding elections Dec 7th

Ghana the "californian" Westcoast democracy of Africa Ghana with 6% growth rate over years, is considered as the African success story. Now elections must proof the continuous process. Oil fields found recently...

Ghana celebrates 50th year of independence

Today is Ghana's 50th year of independence from British colonial rule. To get an idea of where the country fits on the world stage, you need not look far: Former UN Secretary General (and Nobel Peace Prize winner)...

How to tell an African from an African

"It comes, as something of a surprise to many Africans to discover that all Africans look the same to non-Africans. How do you tell a Nigerian from a Kenyan? And I am not talking about passports or clothing. The easiest way, of course, is the name for example Ogunkoye can...

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