Early newspapers in Africa

The first English newspaper on the continent of Africa was published in Cape Town in 1800. The following year in Sierra Leone, The Royal Gazette and Sierra Leone Advertiser were published in Freetown. Both were European undertakings concerned with matters of government. In 1826, Charles Force, an American freed slave, published the Liberia Herald. He…

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How Cocoa Built Ghana’s Economy from the Gold Coast Era to Today

Few business stories have shaped Ghana as deeply and enduringly as cocoa. From a small agricultural experiment in the late 19th century to becoming the backbone of the national economy, cocoa transformed the Gold Coast into one of the world’s most important producers and laid the foundation for modern Ghana’s economic identity. The Birth of…

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