THE rampaging global low oil prices may have cost Nigeria, West African countries, the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil about $200 billion in capital expenditure due to deferred investments in the deepwater projects, Julie Wilson, Analyst with Wood Mackenzie, a global energy research and consulting Group, said.

The Association of Inland Basin States of Northern Nigeria (APIBONN) has accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, of frustrating the development and exploration of oil in the inland basins across the country, specifically in the Northern part of the country.

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.

An injured foot and Ghana’s heat haven’t stopped Kwame Anane Crane from running from Aflao to Accra to help raise awareness to prevent fire injuries and deaths in Ghana. He speaks to Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu while on his 200 km journey.

Australian tech entrepreneur Craig Wright has revealed he created the controversial digital currency bitcoin.

Jay Rogers, CEO and Co-Founder of Local Motors, believes the key to achieving sustainable manufacturing is to bring the focus to local manufacturing

The healthymagination Mother & Child programme uses Miller Center’s Global Social Benefit Institute’s practice of helping social entrepreneurs fulfil their promise of solving big social problems.  

The Ghanaian startup space went crazy, in the last quarter of 2015 with the great news of MeQasa securing $500,000 in venture capital funding from a world-class financier, Frontier. 

Princess Umul Hatiyya Ibrahim Mahama has visited 62 countries and seen how some have triumphed over advertises, leading her to question the assertion ‘Africa is rising’.

It uses software, data analytics and deep industry knowledge to make power plants run better and help utilities generate more power at a lower cost and reduce their emissions.

Various governments impose taxes on fuel to generate revenue that finances essential public goods and services for the benefit of the citizenry.

Anas Aremeyaw Anas has been injected with a used syringe, he’s been sedated and he’s witnessed “terrible” things, all in a bid to better his area of the world.

THE management of Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, has denied the allegation of negligence in the death of one of its patients, Mrs Ngozi Udebu, who was admitted to the hospital three weeks ago, but the widower, Ausbet Udebu, insisted that LUTH’s response clearly showed that his wife was suffocated to death.

The brand new GE9X is a winner in several disciplines. Its front fan spans a full 11 feet in diameter (3.35 meters), a world record.