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Liberia Likely to Experience Delay in 2017 Presidential Elections

Liberia Likely to Experience Delay in 2017 Presidential Elections

In only a matter of weeks, Liberia’s National Elections Commission will commence unveiling the list of candidates certified to contest the upcoming presidential and legislative elections. “The bottom line is if you do not have Ombudsman in place, everyone will be allowed to run because the Senate is dragging its feet on the confirmation process […]

Liberians Have Better Access to Healthcare Than Indians – Report

Liberians Have Better Access to Healthcare Than Indians – Report

Liberia is a better country than India in terms of access to healthcare, a new research by ‘Lancet’ shows. India sits at 154 out of 195, worse than Bangladesh, Nepal, Ghana and Liberia, according to the research. Liberia, a postwar nation, is struggling to better access to healthcare after years of civil war. Why is […]

George Weah’s Optimistic of Becoming Liberia’s Next President

George Weah’s Optimistic of Becoming Liberia’s Next President

The Standard Bearer of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) has expressed optimism of becoming Liberia’s next president. In an interview with Radio France International (RFI) recently, Ambassador Weah said he is the choice of the Liberian people stressing “I am a winnable candidate.” Weah is quoted by RFI as saying that he has no […]

Merck marks ‘International Women’s Day’ with the launch of ‘More than a Mother’ campaign and ‘STEM program for Women and Girls’ for the first time in Liberia

Merck marks ‘International Women’s Day’ with the launch of ‘More than a Mother’ campaign and ‘STEM program for Women and Girls’ for the first time in Liberia

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today marks ‘International Women’s Day’ with the launch of ‘Merck More than a Mother’ and ‘Merck STEM for Girls and Women’ program for the first time in Liberia. ‘Merck More than a Mother’ will empower infertile women in Liberia through improving access to information, health, change of mind-set […]

Oranto Launches $500-Million Oil Exploration Campaign in South Sudan

Oranto Launches $500-Million Oil Exploration Campaign in South Sudan

Oranto Petroleum will invest $500 million to develop South Sudan’s Block B3, launching a comprehensive exploration campaign starting immediately. The Ministry of Petroleum and Oranto Petroleum Company, South Sudan signed the exploration and production sharing agreement for the block today in Juba. The B3 area covers 25,150 square kilometers. Some aeromagnetic and seismic data have […]

Merck continues to empower Kenyan women through ‘Merck More than a Mother’ and ‘Merck STEM for Women and Girls’ programs

Merck continues to empower Kenyan women through ‘Merck More than a Mother’ and ‘Merck STEM for Women and Girls’ programs

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announces their commitment to empower Kenyan women through their ‘Merck More than a Mother’ and the start of ‘Merck STEM for Women and Girls’ programs. Speaking at the event in Nairobi, Belén Garijo, Member of Executive Board and CEO of Merck Healthcare emphasized: “I believe in women […]

Liberia Governor Weeks Calls for the Consolidation of Forex Bureaus

Liberia Governor Weeks Calls for the Consolidation of Forex Bureaus

The Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia, Milton A. Weeks, has called for the consolidation of the foreign exchange bureaus in the country to enhance their performance. Governor Weeks observed that Monrovia alone has more than one hundred licensed foreign exchange bureaus. The consolidation of these bureaus, the Governor said, would enhance uniformity […]

Sensational Artist Quincy B Ready to Storm Monrovia

Sensational Artist Quincy B Ready to Storm Monrovia

This month is slowly coming to an end and we haven’t had a sound event in a while. However, the long awaited will soon be over next week as sensational artist Quincy B gets set to bless the city with a live concert. The show, which will take place at two vibrant locations – Executive […]

MasterCard & UBA are Partnering Across 19 African Countries

MasterCard & UBA are Partnering Across 19 African Countries

Five year deal across 19 markets focused on driving financial inclusion in Africa.United Bank Africa (UBA) and MasterCard have announced a partnership which will see UBA act as the issuer for MasterCard in 18 new markets in Africa. The partnership which came into effect in the second quarter of 2016 will see UBA issue MasterCard […]

Visa-free African Union Diplomatic Passport Launched: Everything you need to know about it and how to get it

Visa-free African Union Diplomatic Passport Launched: Everything you need to know about it and how to get it

It’s official—the African Union has launched its continental e-passport program Sunday as part of the opening ceremony of the 27th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in Kigali, Rwanda. But unless you’re Rwandan President Paul Kagame or Chadian President Idriss Eby, who are already carrying their fancy-looking red and gold document, an […]

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