Building Ghana's Aluminium Empire: Leveraging Resources And Infrastructure To Become A Major Player In The Global Market By Daniel Danino , Former Forbes Councils Member.

As part of its milestone 10th anniversary celebration, the Black Star International Film Festival (BSIFF), in collaboration ...

As most of us know or should know, present day Ghana was known as the Gold Coast during the pre-independence era. The name Ghana was adopted at the time of independence from Britain in 1957.

The name Ghana as given to this country was primarily a name that related to the ancient Ghana empire located near modern day Mauritania and had nothing to do with the location of modern day Ghana.

The Ghana Empire (circa 300 AD – 1200 AD) Not to be confused with modern Ghana, the Ghana Empire thrived in West Africa, in the region that is now southeastern Mauritania and western Mali.

Powerful empires controlling vast territories flourished in the West African savannah, with a huge impact on the history and cultures of the whole subcontinent: the Ghana Empire (800s-1100s), the ...

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While politicians wave flags and chant slogans of independence, the true emperors of the modern world operate quietly behind ...

By Christian Akorlie and Cooper Inveen ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana will freeze the hiring of public and civil servants and extend a moratorium on government car purchases and non-essential travel in ...

The Ghana Empire laid the foundation, followed by the Mali Empire and the Ashanti Kingdom. The Ashantis, in particular, amassed great wealth, using gold for trade, currency, and cultural celebrations.

…the then powerful Ghana Empire declined to the point of finally becoming a vassal state of the then rising Mali Empire at some point in the 13 th century…there was also several allegations of ...