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A team at Baylor University has made trunk liners, floorboards and car-door interior covers using fibers from the outer husks of coconuts, replacing the synthetic polyester fibers typically used in composite materials. The approach has…

When you're buying new electronics products there's lots to consider. A few years ago there was practically zero information if you wanted to make an environmentally sounder choice. The huge problems caused by the dumping of old…

BPL Global(R), Ltd. (BPLG), a smart grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy efficiency and reliability, announced Wednesday January 7, 2009 that it has signed a 5-year modern grid contract in partnership…

The release of Q208 results by many of West Africa’s major mobile operators (specifically France’s Orange, Kuwait’s Zain, Luxembourg’s Millicom International’s Tigo and Morocco’s Maroc Telecom) has allowed us to assess the likelihood that…

Information technology has become a priority in the development process of Ghana. Recently, the Ghana Stock Exchange was completely computerized. The government and schools are also converting to a digital solution system. This challenge…

U.K. stocks declined for a second day as the Bank of England’s interest-rate cut to the lowest in its three-century history failed to ease concern the recession will erode earnings. Rio Tinto Group and BHP Billiton Ltd. tumbled more than 6…

Shares in Tullow Oil gain 3.5 percent, making the UK-based oil explorer the top gainer in the FTSE 100 as it and U.S. producer Anadarko Petroleum make new discoveries around their Jubilee field in Ghana. Tullow said in a statement its…

  Elections of one sort or another have taken place in all 48 sub-Saharan African countries in the past decade. On a continent that has also experienced some 83 successful coups in half a century, this is often cited as a mark of progress.…

Nigerian aviation workers are spoiling for a face-off with the Ghanaian authorities over non-payment of severance benefits to 15 Nigerians who worked with the defunct Ghana Airways. While Nigeria Airways was liquidated in 2003, Ghana…

Ghana’s Cocoa Board bought 4.8 percent fewer beans from farmers so far this season because of cross-border smuggling to Ivory Coast that may result in annual output targets being missed, its Chief Executive Officer said. The Accra-based…