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Rio Tinto’s new CEO Trott announces three-unit revamp
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 28, 2025
Rio Tinto’s new CEO Simon Trott made public his first strategic shift on Wednesday, three days after being appointed, saying he would divide the miner into three core business units to focus on its most profitable assets. As part of the revamp,...
The striker who swapped Newcastle for Liverpool and ended up on a Beatles album cover
The New York Times
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August 28, 2025
The Newcastle United centre-forward pursued by Liverpool thought it would be a good idea to remove himself from the limelight. The situation was increasingly tense, he knew that. The Liverpool Echo was already running an hour-by-hour analysis of...
GHIB celebrates Niche Cocoa’s success with inaugural ‘Businessperson of the Year’ award
MyJoyOnline
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August 28, 2025
Ghana International Bank (GHIB) has presented its inaugural ‘Trader of the Year’ award to Mr. Edmund Poku, Chief Executive Officer of Niche Cocoa Industry Ltd., recognizing exceptional achievement in African commodity trade banking and value-added...
Singapore invests US$13.7bn in Africa
The Chronicle News Online
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August 28, 2025
Economic ties between Singapore and Africa are rapidly strengthening, with bilateral trade rising by 50% over the past five years from US$9.2 billion in 2020 to US$13.7 billion in 2024. Singapore’s cumulative investments in Africa have also...
USAID made America safer, stronger. Without it, we're vulnerable.
Courier-Journal - Kentucky
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A former USAID foreign service officer criticizes the agency's dismantling, citing its effectiveness in promoting American values and global prosperity. USAID's contributions to global health, counterterrorism, disaster relief and food security...
Niche Cocoa CEO honored with GHIB’s first ‘Businessperson of the Year’ award
Business and Financial Times
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August 28, 2025
Ghana International Bank (GHIB) has presented its inaugural ‘Trader of the Year’ award to Mr. Edmund Poku, Chief Executive Officer of Niche Cocoa Industry Ltd., recognizing exceptional achievement in African commodity trade banking and value-added...
FULL LIST: Burna Boy, Davido lead 2025 AFRIMA nominations with…
The Cable Lifestyle
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August 28, 2025
AFRIMA2025 NOMINEES LIST Continental Category Best Male Artiste in African Inspirational Music 1 S/NO ARTISTE TRACK TITLE COUNTRY 1 CHRISTIAN MUKUNA TOMBWAMA DRC 2 DJUNNY BEATZ PRAY FOR MOZ (FT. NIKOTINA KF) MOZAMBIQUE 3 GAISE BABA NO TURNING BACK...
Gov’t launches US$20m Agro-Input Distribution Project in northern Ghana
MyJoyOnline
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August 27, 2025
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Hon. Eric Opoku, has officially launched the Agro Input Distribution Project under the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP), additional financing to the Savannah Investment Programme, with a...
Dr Congo: the doctor who could not leave Goma
The European Times
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August 25, 2025
Shops have torn the darkness. Night after night, the 44 -year -old doctor of Guinea clung to the hope that the besieged city would last in one way or another. Then, one morning at the end of January, the call came: he and the remaining...
DR Congo: The doctor who couldn’t leave Goma
The European Times
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August 25, 2025
Gunfire tore through the dark. Night after night, the 44-year-old physician from Guinea clung to the hope that the besieged city would hold somehow. Then, one morning in late January, the call came: he and the remaining international staff had to...
Ghana International Bank Honours Cocoa Executive with Inaugural Award
News Ghana
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August 27, 2025
Ghana International Bank presented its first “Trader of the Year” award to Edmund Poku, Chief Executive Officer of Niche Cocoa Industry Ltd., recognizing his leadership in transforming African commodity processing. The ceremony took place at the...
Family of DoorDash shooting victim: ‘He will never be the same’
The Photo News - New York
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Family members of Alpha Barry – the DoorDash driver who was shot in the stomach outside the home of Chester Highway Superintendent John Reilly in May – say they want justice for what happened to their loved one. “He is home in Middletown and goes...
Nigerian Insurance Act introduces stiffer penalties against fake operators
Realnews Magazine
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August 27, 2025
Business NIGERIANS who buy insurance can now expect stronger protection, as the newly signed Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Act (NIIRA 2025) introduces stiffer penalties against fake operators. The new insurance law also makes insurance...
Ensure SOCO projects deliver value for money - Northern Regional Minister to MMDCEs
Graphic
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August 25, 2025
The Northern Regional Minister, Ali Adolf John, has charged metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) to ensure that all projects executed under the Gulf of Guinea Northern Regions Social Cohesion (SOCO) project meet the...
SOCO project delivering life-changing impacts in communities – Coordinator
Ghana News Agency
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August 25, 2025
By Philip Tengzu Wa, (UW/R), Aug. 25, GNA – Madam Elizabeth Ohenewah Agyei, the National Coordinator of the Gulf of Guinea Social Cohesion (SOCO) project, says the project is transforming communities and livelihoods through small but impactful...
Rio Tinto CEO Trott to split group into three units
BusinessLIVE
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London/Melbourne — Rio Tinto’s new CEO, Simon Trott, made public his first strategic shift on Wednesday, three days after being appointed, saying he would divide the miner into three core business units to focus on its most profitable assets. As...
TICAD9: Marrying African ingenuity with Japan’s technological strength
The Economic Times
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August 26, 2025
Ninth edition of Tokyo International Conference on African Development or TICAD was held in Yokohama, Japan from August 20 to 22. The theme for TICAD9 was “Co-Create Innovative Solutions with Africa” underlining the intent to leverage both African...
What Is A Haboob? The Giant Dust Storm That Plunged Thousands Into Darkness In The US
News18
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August 27, 2025
Last Updated:August 27, 2025, 10:15 IST A haboob is an intense dust storm, featuring a massive, rolling wall of dust and sand driven by strong winds. Large cloud of dust at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. (Image:...
Rio Tinto announces operating model and executive team updates to unlock additional shareholder value
The National Tribune
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August 27, 2025
Rio Tinto today announces a new operating model and executive team to shape the company’s next chapter. The changes simplify and streamline the organisation to drive greater accountability and safe, sustainable, profitable growth through focusing...
Mpox deaths, Kenya surge among top concerns in Africa's outbreaks
CIDRAP
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Health officials in Africa continue to report progress in the region's battle against mpox, but some challenges remain, including cutting the number of deaths and helping emerging hot spot countries such as Kenya contain rising cases, leaders from...