Ghana is advancing its industrial agenda as President John Mahama has commissioned the Phase III expansion of Zonda Tec’s vehicle assembly plant in Tema. With an expanded capacity of 3,000 vehicles per year, the facility strengthens domestic production, job creation, and supply chains.
The Iphone Cult Phenomenon And Its Hidden Cost in Africa
The recent launch of Apple’s iPhone 18 predictably became another installment in the now-familiar annual consumerist spectacle that characterises Apple device launches, complete with live in-store events and smug influencers unboxing their new gadgets in front of their drooling audience.
To many, this familiar yearly routine is just a routine consumer event that hurts nobody and has no wider significance. To those in the know however, there are multiple sinister undertones of African child exploitation, brutal colonial economics, and severe African cultural degradation that are hiding under the cover of the seemingly harmless festival of consumerism surrounding Apple, its business model and its device launches.
Senior reporter @big__mck goes under the hood to examine what exactly makes this annual consumer extravaganza possible, and why from an African perspective, there is absolutely nothing to celebrate here.
China-Backed Kingfisher Oilfield Nears Completion in Uganda
Uganda’s Kingfisher Oilfield has reached mechanical completion, marking a major milestone as the nation prepares for its first commercial oil production.
Jointly developed with China’s CNOOC, the project highlights how growing China-Africa infrastructure partnerships are driving economic transformation across the continent.
António Guterres: UN Security Council Needs Permanent African Seat
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has again called for a permanent seat for Africa on the United Nations Security Council.
The only countries with permanent seats are China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The 10 non-permanent seats rotate amongst regions, with three seats for African states; two each for the Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Western Europe and “Other States” regions; and one for Eastern European states.
Guterres last raised the issue in 2024.
Is a seat at this table going to make a difference for Africa? Drop us a comment.
Video credit: UN Web TV
Africa Should Boot the IMF & World Bank!
Denison University associate economics professor Fadhel Kaboub (@fadhelkaboub) says whether the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank are incompetent or out to oppress formerly c*lonised countries, Africans need to give them the boot.
Do you agree?
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