Highlights of the week
What to know about HWPL’s 11th Sept. 18 World Peace Summit
The 11th Anniversary of the September 18th HWPL World Peace Summit will take place on 18 September 2025 in Seoul, South Korea, and other locations worldwide. The event will commemorate the 2014 HWPL World Peace Summit and examine the key achievements of the agreements signed that day to establish future plans.
This year’s anniversary will focus on regional events held across the globe to build networks essential to promote and solidify peace, and encourage collaboration to this end. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect and collaborate with individuals from all walks of life across the globe, and engage in discussions to shape and implement strategies for each initiative.
Eric Vlidzo talks about his innovative advertising firm, EDALL Media
Eric Kwaku Vlidzo is a Ghanaian media sales and business development expert with over a decade of experience helping brands grow through strategic and creative solutions. He is the co-founder of EDALL Media Limited, a firm specializing in advertising campaign management, media services, and sales training.
He spent ten years at GhanaWeb and its parent company, AfricaWeb Holding, rising from Sales Executive to Commercial Manager. During his time, he led sales strategy execution, built strong client relationships, and drove consistent revenue growth.
Invest in Black businesses to expand US economy says Brookings
A report from the Brookings Institution lays out a strategy for expanding local economies across the United States, emphasising that supporting Black entrepreneurship is not only a step toward equity but also a sound economic approach.
The Brookings Metro Centre for Community Uplift introduced the Black Business Parity Dashboard this month, a data-driven tool aimed at guiding policymakers, advocates, and community leaders in tackling racial disparities in business ownership.
Pre-colonial Zambian writing system revises African history
A wooden hunter’s box etched with an ancient Zambian language has gone viral online not just for its craftsmanship, but for what it symbolizes, which is a long-overlooked African writing system. The box is part of The Frame, a social media campaign launched to revive women’s roles in pre-colonial Zambia and reclaim cultural heritage nearly erased by colonialism.
Fifty artefacts, including intricately patterned leather cloaks, ceremonial tools, and reed baskets, are featured, many collected during colonial times and now stored in foreign museums.
Golden Tintona Investments rebrands to GTI Holding
Golden Tintona Investments, a prominent African conglomerate with diversified interests across finance, technology, infrastructure, health, and sustainable development, has announced its rebranding to GTI Holding. According to the firm, the strategic rebranding is to unify its vision as a forward-thinking holding company prepared for global impact.
Founded in August 2016, the company has grown to enrich its portfolio across various sectors, through its global offices in New Jersey (USA) and Accra (Ghana), and regional offices in the Dubai (UAE), China, Sao Tome & Principe, Liberia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Its holding subsidiaries have left footprints on continents as a result of its cutting edge products and services.
WATCH: Selorm Djaba Mensah also known as Selorm 'Dreamaker' on Episode 96 of #TheAfricanDream
Selorm Djaba Mensah also known as Selorm 'Dreamaker' on Episode 96 of #TheAfricanDream shared with us how she made her dream come true in her passionate pursuit of becoming a full blown professional Interior Designer in her native country of Ghana.
Selorm is a Project Manager and interior Designer at Accento Projekts in Ghana's capital city of Accra, helping homeowners and builders reach their goals by effectively managing and executing their projects with speed, creativity and precision.