Omar Sakr, founder and CEO of Nawah-Scientific pocketed $150,000 cash prize during the grand final event "Africa's Business Heroes", hosted by Jack Ma Foundation held Saturday in Accra, Ghana.
The Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative is Jack Ma's (...)
The Nationals in Egypt have seen the emergence of a new bombshell in table tennis: 11-year-old Hana Gouda of Ahly Club, reports Inas Mazhar. The Egyptian and African junior champion, ranked fifth in the world, beat Egypt's No 2, Zamalek's Farah (...)
أعربت المخرجة مروة كامل، عن سعادتها بتمثيل فيلمها "صندوق الدنيا" من إنتاج المركز القومي للسينما، لمصر ضمن أفضل عشر أفلام في المسابقة الرسمية لمهرجان أكرا الدولي للرسوم المتحركة في دورته الأولي بدولة غانا Accra Animation Film Festival، خاصة أن (...)
EgyptAir announced the re-operation of flights to Abidjan, with two flights per week starting from 20 June.
In a statement Wednesday, chairman and CEO of EgyptAir Holding Ahmed Adel said that the re-operation of flights to Abidjan coincides with the (...)
Egypt set for friendlies
The Pharaohs of Egypt are ready for their two friendly games to be played in preparation for next month's Africa Cup of Nations, or AFCON. Egypt is scheduled to enter a training camp at Borg Al-Arab Stadium in Alexandria on (...)
Kenya and hosts Ghana have lost out to Egypt and Nigeria and will miss the forthcoming Table Tennis World Junior Championships to be hosted in Bangkok, Thailand from November 24 to December 1.
In addition, an eight-man squad has been named as (...)
Sudanese Abdel Halim Mohamed proposed the idea of holding the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) whose first edition kicked off in 1956 with the participation of three teams. AFCON is one of the major continental championships.
On 8 June 1956, Egyptians (...)
إنشاء أول نقطة من شبكة المرافق الرياضية ذات الجودة العالية والمتاحة لدعم الرياضيين الغانيين الطموحين
ACCRA, غانا, 2019 يناير 23/ —
أكرا، غانا – بشكل عام يوشك عالم كرة القدم والرياضة في غانا، غرب إفريقيا، أن يمتلك مرفقه الخاص الذي يعد بجعل حياة لاعبي (...)
While entrepreneurship is thriving in many parts of the developing world, starting a business in Africa remains an uphill battle. Founders face a lack of capital, an abundance of bureaucracy, and often have no one to turn to for advice.
Start-ups in (...)
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has eliminated Sierra Leone from the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers after the FIFA suspended them due to the country's government interference in the football affairs.
"The CAF Executive Committee (...)
قالت قناة "الرياضية" المغربية التابعة لتلفاز الدولة المغربي إن الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم "كاف" سحب تنظيم بطولة أمم إفريقية من الكاميرون.
تقارير عدة أشارت إلى أن اجتماع اللجنة التنفيذية للاتحاد الإفريقي يوم الجمعة في أكرا سيشهد إصدار قرار رسمي بسحب (...)
أعلن الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم «كاف» رسميًا مساء اليوم، الجمعة عن سحب حق تنظيم أمم إفريقيا 2019 من الكاميرون عقب الاجتماع الذي عقد اليوم، في مدينة أكرا الغانية، وشهد عرض تقرير عن آخر زيارتين تفتيشيتين للكاميرون خلال هذا الاجتماع.
وكتب «كاف» عبر (...)
With only seven months to go for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has decided that Cameroon was not qualified to host the next edition.
At an extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee in (...)
ACCRA, Ghana, Oct 3, 2018 (News Wires) - Melania Trump opened her first big solo international trip as US first lady on Tuesday with a wave, a smile and a baby in her arms, aiming to promote child welfare during a five-day tour of Africa.
She (...)
ACCRA, October 2, 2018 (News Wires) - US First Lady Melania Trump arrived in Ghana's capital Accra on Tuesday on her first solo international trip in Africa, during which she will visit child health facilities, orphanages and meet caregivers.
The (...)
U.S. First Lady Melania Trump arrived in Ghana's capital Accra on Tuesday on her first solo international trip in Africa, during which she will visit child health facilities, orphanages and meet caregivers.
The stop is Trump's first on a (...)
Power shortages are stalling African development. Private sector green power providers say renewables could close the energy gap – but better market conditions are essential.It's one thing when the power fails for an hour, but quite another when (...)
ACCRA, Ghana, September 13, 2018 (AP) — Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will be buried on Thursday after days of visitations and a final funeral ceremony.
Mourners have thronged to the conference centre in Accra, where his coffin (...)
One person died and 40 were injured in a stampede before kick-off at an African Nations Cup qualifier between Madagascar and Senegal in Antananarivo on Sunday.
Local hospital officials confirmed the fatality after fans tried to enter an already full (...)
ACCRA, Ghana, August 30, 2018 (News Wires) - Casandra Hall and Zethu Myeki got South Africa's title defence in the 14th All-Africa Challenge Trophy underway with a solid opening round at the Achimota Golf Club in Accra, Ghana on Wednesday.
Hall and (...)
Alphabet's Loon is to bring 4G internet access to remote parts of Kenya by using high-altitude balloons, it was announced on Thursday.
The pilot scheme is to be Loon's first commercial service in Africa, achieved through working with Telkom Kenya, a (...)
قامت شركة «جوجل» و«فيسبوك» بإنشاء مكاتب في القارة السمراء باعتبارها من المصادر الهامة لمستخدمي تطبيقاتها .
وتعتبر شركات وادي السليكون من بين الشركات التي تتنافس للحصول على مركز رئيسي في الدول الأفريقية، وذلك لأنها تأمل في استيعاب أكثر من مليار عميل (...)
LAGOS, July 17, 2018 (News Wires) - With its colourful hammocks and table tennis table, a new tech hub in the Lagos metropolis wouldn't look out of place among the start-ups on the other side of the world in Silicon Valley.
But the NG_Hub office is (...)
The undercover Ghanaian journalist who filmed football officials appearing to take bribes said on Monday that African football will continue to be held back on the world stage unless corruption is tackled more vigorously.
Anas Aremeyaw Anas released (...)
Digitization and high-quality education are top of the agenda at this week's World Congress of German Schools Abroad in Berlin. In addition to experts and politicians, alumni will also be taking part for the first time.From Abu Dhabi to Accra, from (...)
