BUSINESS & EDUCATION

Boost for African business as MBA graduates plan to return as entrepreneurs

15 December 2012: African Diasporan MBA students from leading Western business schools have affirmed their conviction in Africa's potential for fostering small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs). 70 percent will work in Africa after graduation, according to a new survey by Jacana Partners, the pan-African private equity firm that invests in SMEs to deliver social and financial returns. Of that 70 percent, half plan to become entrepreneurs and start their own company, as opposed to working for an existing business.

OPINION

OUK & his non-partisan political movement
By Odimegwu Onwumere

With the movement by Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, the former governor of Abia State, for sincerity in the political equation in Nigeria, calls for fête. Popularly called OUK (being the initials of his names) Kalu’s crusade through his non partisan-political movement – Njiko Igbo – is intact that Ndigbo should produce the next president of Nigeria in the 2015 elections.

OPINION

Did Susan Rice give Osama bin Laden a get out of jail free pass?

By Jean Damu

Susan Rice & Osama bin Laden

Now that UN ambassador Susan Rice has removed her name from consideration for elevation to Secretary of State, lingering questions concerning her foreign policy qualifications can be raised without being accused of holding Rush Limbaugh’s hand or fueling the Republican Party’s racist campaign against her.

NEWS & REPORTS

Rawlings not good for Ghana , says Ayittey 

Photo: Erik Forster/AMI

To Nigerians who hold a romantic view of the military adventures of Jerry Rawlings in Ghana, Ghanaian-born Prof. George Ayittey said Rawlings was not good for Ghana. He made the assertion in an interview with SaharaTV over the weekend.

OPINION

Ndigbo & OUK’s call for Unity
By Odimegwu Onwumere

Unity is something that is essential in the Igbo mythology. This is
why every family, kindred and village in ala-Igbo always meet in their
different soirees to discuss issues bothering on their welfares. The
Igbo knows the importance of unity, and the forebears had a proverb
that says, no one can break a bunch of broom, but it is easy to break
just one broom.

NEWS & REPORTS

John Mahama wins Ghana's presidential  election

By Oludare Ogunlana

Updated

President John Dramani Mahama is likely to remain the president of Ghana as all the interim results declared so far pointed to his emergence in the tightly contested election.

NEWS & REPORTS

Ghanaians Elect New President

By Paul Ohia with agency reports

Five months after the death of the former Ghanaian President, John Attah Mills, Ghanaians will head to the polls today to elect a president. Attah Mills died in office on July 24. The citizens will also elect members of the country’s parliament.