Africans across the world are increasingly attracted to the option of going to Africa to develop their career according to reports by Global Career Company. With over 100 global giants such as KPMG, Colgate Palmolive, SAB Miller and Chevron leading the charge for the region’s future business leaders, many executives are recognising the opportunities available to [...] [...more]
I have added another two new sections on the site. The first is Development - this site will deal with news specifically related to Development issues, the Millennium Development Goals and West Africa. The second is EMWAB - East Midlands West Africa Bureau - this site which I’m currently developing is specifically aimed at encouraging companies from [...] [...more]
I have created two new pages on the Top Menu bar - Country Blogs and Online Newspapers. The idea behind Country Blogs is to get a diverse range of views and experiences when it comes to each country. This could be someone living there, someone originally from there who is now part of the diaspora or [...] [...more]
By Will Ross BBC News, Ghana Take [...] [...more]
The challenge I set myself in doing EWA News was to deliberately set out to find “good news” about West Africa. I could easily fill this site with posts from many sources all of which tell negative aspects of the region. Personally, I have always had the ‘audacity of hope’ and please don’t think I’m [...] [...more]
I was researching online for television stations located in or covering West Africa and came across a UK Government supported website called Teachers TV. It provides resource videos for teachers covering a wide range of subjects and has several good films about Africa. The video described here is fantastic viewing and I recommend you take [...] [...more]
The BBC’s Focus On Africa magazine talks to three policemen in three countries about their lives. Burkina Faso: Pierre Kazoni reports for duty on the busy streets of Ouagadougou with Burkinabe police officer Adelaide Valea. At 0530 Valea and I go to Ouagadougou Central Police Station’s parade ground - a vast compound where more than 200 dusty [...] [...more]
Geldof has spent much of the last 25 years stressing to world leaders the importance of Africa. “It is the only continent yet to be built,” he writes. “It will be here that some of the great politics of our century will play themselves out.” Click for details: Sir Bob Geldof [...more]
News on Togo continually updated from thousands of sources around the net. Click here for full details: Togo News - Topix [...more]
Poverty in Africa is predominantly rural. More than 70 per cent of the continent’s poor people live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for food and livelihood, yet development assistance [...] [...more]
