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Sénégal Airlines opts for Sage FRP 1000 as its financial management solution

February 5, 2014 Global AuthorAbdoul Aziz NDAO, Africa Business, Senegal, Sénégal Airlines

DAKAR, Sénégal, February 4, 2014/ -- At the time of establishment, Sénégal Airlines considered its choice of service provider for information system management, including the financial management of its business. The airline opted for Sage FRP 1000 (http://www.sage.com) due to its flexibility, and its open and interfacing capabilities with other business management solutions which are essential for airlines. As accounting and turnover calculation... Read More

Ghana to base in Maceio during 2014 World Cup

February 5, 2014 Global AuthorAfrica Soccer, Brazil 2014 World Cup, Ghana Blackstars

The Black Stars of Ghana will be based in Brazil’s costal city of Maceio during the 2014 World Cup. Maceio, a city located between Mundau Lake and the Atlantic Ocean in Brazil’s Alagoas state has a population of little over 900,000. It is a tourist hub with tropical wet and dry climate. Ghana’s other group opponents: USA will base in… Read More

Why it is time to rebrand Ghana’s fugu

February 5, 2014 Global Authorafrica, African Traditions, Archie Casely-Hayford, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Fugu, Ghana, Kojo Botsio, Komla Gbedemah, Krobo Edusei, N.A. Wellbeck

Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and five of his comrades in the struggle for Ghana’s independence, Komla Gbedemah, Kojo Botsio, Archie Casely-Hayford, Krobo Edusei, and N.A. Wellbeck, all appeared in splendid smocks at the Old Polo grounds on 6 March1957, to declare Ghana’s independence from British colonial rule.The picture of Dr. Nkrumah and his five comrades standing on a podium in splendid... Read More

20 years on, France confronts Rwandan genocide

February 5, 2014 Global AuthorCaptain Pascal Simbikangwa, France, French Trial, hutu, kigali, Paul Kagame, Rwanda Genocide, Tutsi

The first French trial of a Rwandan accused of involvement in the genocide of 1994 opened in Paris on Tuesday. The Rwandan justice minister called it a “positive sign”, while the plaintiffs hailed it as a “historic” event. He appeared in the court room in his wheelchair. 54-year-old Pascal Simbikangwa (pictured, above), a paraplegic since 1986, is charged with complicity... Read More

Vision-GRAM International visits DRC: Interview with Executive Director Victor Amisi

February 3, 2014 Global AuthorBukavu, Child Soldiers, DRC, Rebel groups, Vision-GRAM International

Vision-GRAM International (Group of action against Marginalization) is an organization of human rights affiliated to project GRAM- Kivu, which works to promote human rights in defending the rights of children and women. The vision of the organization dates from 1996 when the region of the Great Lakes – (Africa), conflicts have plagued the Democratic Republic of Congo and created millions… Read More

Africa: DHL’s deliveries just got stranger

February 2, 2014 Global AuthorDHL, Shipping, South Africa, Sumesh Rahavendra

JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, January 30, 2014/ -- DHL Express (http://www.dhl.com) recently released its annual list of quirky, strange and speedy delivery requests for 2013 which ranged from delivering nine gorillas across two continents, to transporting the Webb Ellis trophy and a specific heart internal defibrillator. In addition to these global shipments, a few more interesting packages which were delivered closer to home have come... Read More

Malawi ‘Cashgate’ cases begin

January 29, 2014 Global AuthorBruno Kalemba, Caroline Savala, Cashgate, Joyce Banda, Leonard Kalonga, Malawi, Malawi Graft, Maxwell Mkwezalamba

BLANTYRE(AGV) _ The first two out of the 70 defendants appeared in court in the Malawi capital, Lilongwe, Wednesday at the beginning of what has been dubbed "cashgate", the biggest corruption scandal in Malawian history. . Read More

Emirates and Proflight Zambia Sign Global Ticketing Agreement

January 28, 2014 Global AuthorAir Travel, Zambia

International passengers can now fly to Zambian domestic destinations with a single booking LUSAKA, ZAMBIA, January 28, 2014: Emirates, a global connector of people and places, and Proflight Zambia, has signed an interline agreement that will make it easier for international passengers to reach domestic destinations throughout Zambia. Popular Zambian attractions such as the Victoria Falls – one of the... Read More

RWANDA’S PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS: A POISONED PILL THAT BLACKMAILS THE WEST INTO SUPPORTING KAGAME’S BLOODY DICTATORSHIP.

January 27, 2014 Global AuthorPaul Kagame, Peace Keeping Troops, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa, UN

Kagame has come to love United Nations Peacekeeping Operations. This is an irony since he hates the United Nations, and does not believe in peacekeeping. It is now an unwritten rule that the West ( mostly the US and UK) will ask Rwanda to participate in UN Peacekeeping Missions, and Kagame will kindly oblige. What is the deal? First, the… Read More

Former Malawi Justice Minister, president’s finance chief arrested over massive government looting

January 27, 2014 Global AuthorBlantyre, Brown Mpinganjira, Cashgate, IMF, Joster Njanji, Joyce Banda, Ken Lipenga, lilongwe, Malawi Graft, Manondo, MZUZU, Oswald Lutepo, Ralph Kasambara

Lilongwe 2014-01-27_ Former Malawi Justice Minister Raphael Kasambara and Principal Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Joster Njanji have been arrested following on-going investigations into how millions of dollars were allegedly looted in government in dubious deals. "We have today, the 27th of October 2014, arrested Mr. Raphael Kasambara on money laundering offences," said police spokesperson Rhoda... Read More