GE Chairman & CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt told graduates of NYU’s Stern School of Business on May 20 during a commencement address. 

Renowned Nigerian Professor of Pharmacognosy, Maurice Iwu, and entertainment maestro, Charles Oputa a.k.a Charley Boy, have taken campaign for natural products for human health improvement to Gwarinpa, Abuja.

The World Bank Group, in partnership with Ashesi University, the governments of the Denmark and the Netherlands, and Ghana’s Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), inaugurated today the Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC), a technology hub designed to help over 100 local clean technology businesses develop and commercialize innovative solutions to climate change.

Each day starts with a toolbox tour where the  previous day’s work is inspected and decisions are made about the day ahead.  “Every day is different,” says Roland Ester, Centerline Manager Kusile Power Plant, GE Power.  “Not one day is the same as we regularly find ourselves facing challenges and  issues that we need to solve.”

GE looks back at the five best Olympic performances from  African athletes this century.

Africa’s population will snowball to 2.5 billion by 2050, which should translate to a demographic dividend which will feed the continent’s growth. Yet it is clear that without certain investments in policy and education, this dividend along with the benefits of hosting the world’s workforce will remain elusive.

Kenyan entrepreneur John Matano is turning elephant excrement into paper, and providing livelihoods by doing so.

The myth is cemented by history books. These are replete with stories of scientific innovators from the developed world.

But Ghana’s oil and gas sector is facing a talent crunch as demand for labour exceeds supply. Without a skilled, educated workforce, efforts to deliver on the sector’s potential may fall short. Stakeholders are united in their belief that the root cause of the skills shortage must be tackled head on.

Many countries commemorate the occasion with demonstrations, parades and other festivities to celebrate the enormous impact of workers and labourers.