The United States government has issued visa restriction threats to Ghana for failure to issue travel documents to over 7000 Ghanaian citizens awaiting deportation from the U.S. The U.S. Embassy in Ghana issued the threats in a statement on Thursday explaining that the Ghana government failed to meet its ICAO [International Civil Aviation Organisation] obligation regarding theContinue reading “U.S. threatens Ghana for non-compliance with deportation of 7,000 Ghanaians”
Author Archives: Ismail Akwei
Akon is dreaming about a futuristic city in Senegal that uses cryptocurrency
Musician and entrepreneur Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam, widely known as Akon, has shared his plan of building a futuristic city in Senegal that will use a cryptocurrency called Akoin – named after himself. He made the revelation at the Cannes Lions Festival on Monday where he described the city he plans on building asContinue reading “Akon is dreaming about a futuristic city in Senegal that uses cryptocurrency”
Brave Nigerian lawyer denied call to bar for wearing hijab gets second chance
Nigerians have received with great joy the admission into the Nigerian Bar Association of a brave hijabi law graduate who was kicked out of a call to bar ceremony in December 2017 for refusing to remove her hijab. The graduate of the University of Ilorin, Amasa Firdaus, was denied entry into the hall and denied a callContinue reading “Brave Nigerian lawyer denied call to bar for wearing hijab gets second chance”
If you can raise $1.5m, you will be an outright citizen of African nation Mauritius
The island nation Mauritius is offering its citizenship and passport to foreigners for a fee of $1 million and $500,000 to be used to boost the African nation’s sovereign wealth fund. The decision was announced in the country’s 2018 budget by the prime minister and finance minister, Pravind Jugnauth, reports the BBC. This forms part ofContinue reading “If you can raise $1.5m, you will be an outright citizen of African nation Mauritius”
A black woman finally makes it on the world’s 500 richest people’s list
She is very popular and rich but was never on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index until this week. Media mogul and billionaire Oprah Winfrey were just announced as the first black female entrepreneur to rank among the world’s 500 richest people. Oprah Winfrey is the 494th richest person on the list, which has only 65 women of which sixContinue reading “A black woman finally makes it on the world’s 500 richest people’s list”
Ismail Akwei 