Kwabena Adu Gyamfi

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Senior Digital Journalist at Africanews

Award winning Journalist || Senior Digital Journalist and Social Media strategist 📱 @africanews @euronews || Former @tv3_Ghana Journo || @sheffhallamuni alum

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TikTok vs Trump: Are Chinese factories telling the truth about luxury brands?

1 week ago | africanews.com | Kwabena Adu Gyamfi

China As tensions simmer between the United States and China over trade, an unexpected battleground has emerged on TikTok and it involves some of the world’s most recognisable luxury brands. In recent weeks, dozens of videos have gone viral, showing Chinese factory workers and influencers claiming that many luxury goods from Louis Vuitton handbags to Lululemon leggings are manufactured in China, and can now be bought directly from the source at a fraction of the price.
Africa off track on maternal mortality targets, UN warns on world health day 2025

2 weeks ago | africanews.com | Kwabena Adu Gyamfi

Africa must increase its annual rate of progress twelvefold to meet the global target for reducing maternal deaths by 2030, according to new estimates from the United Nations. While the region has halved maternal deaths since 2000, it still accounts for seven out of every ten maternal deaths worldwide. The findings, released by the UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Interagency Group, show that maternal mortality in Africa fell from 727 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2000 to 442 in 2023.
RSF urges Sahel States to sign declaration protecting journalists’ right to information

Nov 6, 2024 | africanews.com | Kwabena Adu Gyamfi

Journalist Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is urging Sahel authorities to endorse a new declaration on press freedom and the right to information as violence against journalists in the region escalates. At the summit organized by UNESCO and the African Union in Addis Ababa between 6 and 9 November, RSF highlighted the alarming realities facing journalists across Burkina Faso, Mali, Chad, and Niger.
AfricaNews.com: Migration myths vs. facts: Numbers show a decline in Europe

Sep 13, 2024 | dehai.org | Kwabena Adu Gyamfi

Unauthorized migration to European Union nations declined sharply in the initial eight months of the year, regardless of increasing political rhetoric, violence aimed at migrants, and gains by far-right anti-immigration gatherings. However, migrant arrivals to the Canary Islands, a crucial route situated near Africa, observed a notable surge.
Migration myths vs. facts: Numbers show a decline in Europe

Sep 12, 2024 | africanews.com | Kwabena Adu Gyamfi

illegal migrant Unauthorized migration to European Union nations declined sharply in the initial eight months of the year, regardless of increasing political rhetoric, violence aimed at migrants, and gains by far-right anti-immigration gatherings. However, migrant arrivals to the Canary Islands, a crucial route situated near Africa, observed a notable surge.
Workers call off protest that grounded flights at Kenya's main airport

Sep 11, 2024 | africanews.com | Kwabena Adu Gyamfi

Air traffic Kenya's airport workers' union has called off a strike that grounded flights in the country's main airport on Wednesday over awarding the contract for its modernization and operations to an Indian firm. The decision came after a day-long talks between the union leaders and the government.
Mpox outbreak: DR Congo faces severe medicine shortages and overcrowding

Sep 1, 2024 | africanews.com | Kwabena Adu Gyamfi

Democratic Republic Of Congo Several patients at a temporary Mpox isolation ward in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are in dire need of proper medical care as overwhelmed hospital staff struggle with medicine shortages and overcrowding. These patients have been diagnosed with Mpox, a virus which was declared a global public health emergency three weeks ago.
Is social media becoming the new grounds for political accountability?

Jul 5, 2024 | africanews.com | Kwabena Adu Gyamfi

Kenya In an event that brings to light the evolving role of social media in political communication, Kenya’s President William Ruto on Friday, July 5 apologized for police brutality during an online forum with anti-tax protesters on X formerly known as Twitter. The apology came in response to a question by Kevin Monari, a protest leader who recounted his abduction by security forces during the demonstrations two weeks ago which has claimed the lives of at least 39 Kenyans.
Ghana’s Afronita and Abigail emerge 3rd at 2024 Britain’s Got Talent

Jun 3, 2024 | africanews.com | Kwabena Adu Gyamfi

Ghanaian dance duo Afronita and Abigail placed third after a highly competitive finale of the 2024 Britain’s Got Talent show in London on Sunday, June 2. Their captivating choreography and amazing African story, wowed the world throughout the competition, raising high the flag of Ghana and Africa on the global platform. At the finals on Sunday, June 2, they put up an electrifying performance in bright Ghanaian colours coming up in the top three out of the ten finalists.
Ghana's Afronita, Abigail reach Britain's Got Talent finale

May 30, 2024 | africanews.com | Kwabena Adu Gyamfi

Ghana “Looking at you makes me happy, you really are a tonic for the spirit. Your individual style of dancing is so unique and beautiful, your musicality is out of this world and your personality really shines through. Love you, love you,” Britain's Got Talent judge Bruno Tonioli told Ghanaian dancers Abigail and Afronita after their semi-final performance the 2024 Britain's Got Talent.