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By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- NIGERIA, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has divulged the official launch of UBA Connect – a new product and service that “enables the customers of the bank to conduct traditional banking transactions at any UBA branch in the twenty African countries where the bank operates.” This service is to build intra-Africa trade as cash withdrawal could be done in local currencies within the continent,...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- In England, African Development Bank (AfDB) President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has praised the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) over its investments in the bank. He made the glorification while speaking at the at the UK-Africa Investment Summit, “Sustainable Infrastructure Forum.” Stressing that, the DFID is a key strategic partner of the AfDB, Adesina pronounced that...

BY ANIN AGYEI- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Accra- GHANA CASE involving the commercial release of the first batch of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in three crops in Ghana, is scheduled for hearing at the Accra Human Rights Court on Thursday, January 30, 2020. Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) and three others are sued the government of Ghana represented by the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, the National...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- RWANDA, President of the African Export Import (Afreximbank) – Benedict Oramah, has pronounced $500 million in support to the production and trade of African cultural and creative products over the next two years. President Oramah intimated his audience at the Creative Africa Exchange Weekend (CAX WKND) that was held in Kigali that the funds, would be directly directed to build on what the...