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By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- In a not too distant Future, to put into practice an historic free trade agreement, the UN Chief beckons leaders of the Africa continent; to pursue economic growth that benefits both people and the planet. António Guterres made the appeal in his message for Africa Industrialization Day, observed annually on 20th November, every year. The UN Secretary-General said, industrial development is “of critical importance” for sustained and inclusive economic growth in African countries. Since manufacturing on the continent has been rapidly growing as expected than the world average, he said it is of the essence to expedite it. The African Continental Free Trade Agreement is expected to usher in a market of...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY  NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone-  CAMEROON, Heads of state from six central African nations aggrouped on Friday the 22nd November, 2019 in Yaounde for a gathering anticipated to adjust on the CFA franc, whose future has come under question in West Africa. The one-day meeting in Yaounde included Heads of state from Cameroon, Chad, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of Congo. Cameroon`s President – Paul Biya hosted the summit and said it “gives us a new opportunity to exchange and agree additional measures that can consolidate the economic recovery of our region.” Gabon`s President Ali Bongo Ondimba was represented by his prime minister. Precisely, the other five countries; were represented by...

BY ANIN AGYEI- NEW AFRICA DAILY  NEWS, Accra-  GHANA STATISTICAL Service (GSS) has announce that the second phase of the multi-staged Trial Census for the 2020 Population and Housing Census begun Monday November 18, 2019, with listing of structures. The trial census night will be the midnight of Sunday November 24, 2019, and the actual field enumeration will begin from Monday November 25 to December 7, 2019. A Government Statistician, Prof Samuel K. Annim, said the conduct of the census is in accordance with the Statistical Service Law, 2019 (Act 1003) which empowers the service to conduct Population and Housing Census in Ghana every 10 years in the month of March Prof Annim said the trial census is in accordance with the United Nations’ recommendations guiding the conduct of...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- Monday under the patronage of the Mano River Union, with a clarron called to fast forward solutions to the region’s energy to the regions energy poverty; a conference for multi stakeholders in renewable energy and clean cooking opens in the country’s capital city-Freetown. The conference which is being attended by representatives of governments (Energy Ministers and Parliamentarians), Civil Society Organizations, Development Partners, and the Private Sectors, President Julius Maada Bio said it was imperative to address the region’s energy poverty. President Bio said,”It is an imperative for our development that we address energy poverty in Sierra Leone in particular and in the sub-region in...