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Lake Lanier to Host Global Dragon Boat Championship

Since 1996 when the Olympic rowing, canoeing and kayaking events were held at Lake Lanier, the venue’s prestige has grown exponentially. Now known as Lake Lanier Olympic Park, it has drawn a host of prestigious events including U.S. national championships in all three sports. Two years ago it was the site for the Pan-American Championships drawing […]

  • Atlanta
    • Education

KSU’s Division of Global Affairs Honors International Achievement

Kennesaw State University has presented its International Achievement Awards this year to a wide range of recipients including an authority on classical architecture and urban planning, three entrepreneurial sisters from Cartagena, Colombia, a member of the faculty of the  university’s business school, and a vice chancellor of a university in Ghana. Rodney Mims Cook Jr., […]

  • Africa
    • Business

Ghana Women of Georgia Celebrate 10 Years of Impact With Gala

What started as an expat brainstorm at a Decatur coffee shop is now celebrating 10 years of impact in West Africa.  Formed as a gathering place for local women hailing from Ghana, the Ghanaian Women’s Association of Georgia has also always had a charitable impulse at its core. 

  • Africa
    • Business
    • Law

When Laws Fail: UGA Law Student Asseses Ghana’s Domestic Violence Act

Editor’s note: The following is a commentary piece written by Zack Lindsey, a second-year law student at the University of Georgia who participated in the global externship program this summer. Disclosure: The law school’s Dean Rusk Center for International Law, which runs the program, is a Global Atlanta advertiser.  Ten years ago, Ghana passed the […]

  • Nigeria
  • Tanzania
    • Economic Development
    • Global Health

UGA App Helps Attract Grant to Aid African Poultry Farmers

An app developed at the University of Georgia is partially responsible for the Jan 23 announcement that the World Poultry Foundation has been awarded a four-year $21.4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to enhance poultry production in Africa. Justin Fowler, an assistant professor in the UGA Poultry Science Department, released the […]

  • Africa
    • Business

Atlanta Team Aims to Build Stadium-Led Entertainment District in Ghana

An Atlanta real estate partnership has announced plans to build what could eventually amount to a $6.5 billion entertainment district anchored by a soccer stadium in the West African nation of Ghana.

  • Africa
    • Diplomacy
    • Economic Development

Liberia’s Consul Pushes ‘Re-engagement’ Now That Ebola Is Contained

containers at Garden City terminal

With Liberia’s Ebola crisis officially over, Cynthia Blandford, the West African country’s Atlanta-based honorary consul, has put a “re-engagement policy” in overdrive. The continued support for Ms. Blandford’s local initiatives on behalf of Liberia was evident at the “United for Liberia” ball held the evening of Sept. 26 on behalf of the University Consortium for […]

  • Africa
    • Education

Young African Leaders Return Under Prestigious YALI Program

Fifty Mandela Fellows, who will be participating in programs at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University and the School of Business at Clark Atlanta University, will be hosted by the city of Atlanta and its Office of Film and Entertainment at a welcome reception Tuesday evening where they will learn of […]

  • Africa
    • Diplomacy

Ghana Ambassador: Honorary Consulate Considered for Atlanta as Business Ties Increase

Ghana is considering appointing an honorary consul in Atlanta as commercial connections between the West African nation and Georgia intensify, Ambassador Joseph Henry Smith told Global Atlanta during a recent visit. 

  • Africa
    • Trade

Ghana Trade Minister: Atlanta Is World’s ‘African American Capital’

Atlanta’s status as the “African American capital of the world” gives the city a unique platform to promote trade and investment with the continent, Ghana’s minister of trade and industry told Global Atlanta Tuesday.  “New York can’t make that claim. Chicago can’t make that claim. Los Angeles can’t make that claim. They may be bigger cities with bigger economies, but Atlanta can use that historical […]

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