The Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UNO Geneva, Ambassador Audu Kadiri flanked on the immediate right and left by Hon Akande-Sadipe and Hon Ogunlola. respectively when they paid a courtesy at the Nigerian Mission
Nigerians in the Diaspora gathered recently in Geneva to celebrate their country’s independence day. The occasion was the 59th Independence Anniversary of Nigeria organised by Nigerian in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) aimed to foster stronger ties between them, the diplomatic and business communities in Geneva, Switzerland.
In a drop by with the President of the United States Donald J. Trump, held in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on 15 October, the Director General of the Universal Postal Union Bishar A. Hussein proudly displayed the letter revoking the United States’ decision to withdraw from the UN specialized agency for postal matters.
At an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting recently held in Abidjan, Governors of the African Development Bank, representing shareholders from 80 countries, approved a landmark $115 billion increase in capital for the continent’s foremost financial institution.
This year’s 1-54 art fair in London was a real delight. Galleries from across Africa and the diaspora showcased art from the four corners of the continent including artists from Angola, Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal and Zimbabwe.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono has launched the National Gender Policy in Agriculture.
The Document would promote and ensure the adoption of gender sensitive and responsive approaches towards engendering plans and programmes, in such a way that men and women have equal access and control of productive resources and facilities to bridge gender gaps.
2nd from left Aliko Dangote (Photo: Aliko Dangote Foundation)
Peeved with the negative perception of Africa by the outside world, Chairman, Aliko Dangote Foundation (Dangote.com), Aliko Dangote, on Monday, September 23, 2019 made a philanthropic donation of $20 million to The Africa Center in New York, United States of America towards reversing the trend.
Giselle Rufer, the Swiss creator of the unique women’s wrist watch DELANCE has unveiled a new fantastic collection christened OCEANE in June during the WIntrade week in London, and also in Switzerland at Hotel Baur au Lac, Zurich on 8 September on Luxury Day where luxury products were on display; among them were silk scarf, watches, jewelries, perfumes
President Buhari ( Photo Daily Post Nigeria)
The Nigeria’s President, Mr. Muhammadu Buhari has told the country that the “blight of corruption is fighting back.” This is contained in his address delivered on 1st October to mark the 59th Anniversary of the country’s independence.
Sierra Leone’s Minister of Mineral Resources Hon. Foday Rado Yokie (Photo The Calabash Newspaper)
Africa Oil Week (www.Africa-OilWeek.com) will be the place for major national roadshows in the oil & gas sphere. This year 30 ministries are taking part with over 20 making presentation. This is the best chance to get insider knowledge on key opportunities, legislation changes, bidding rounds and more – direct from the companies and government intimately involved in leading them.
Prince Harry paid a visit to President João Lourenço (Photo: Francisco Miúdo)
ANGOLA – The President of Angola, Mr. João Lourenço has expressed the efforts being made by his country to demine the remaining minefields in the country to enable acceleration of the economic development of the country.
Moussa Faki Mahamat
The AU–EU–UN Tripartite Taskforce on the Situation of Stranded Migrants and Refugees in Libya met this morning in New York in the margins of the high-level General Debate of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly.
Representatives of the organisers
The AU Office convened a Media Orientation workshop on Africa’s industrialization on 25th to 26th September 2019 to enable the media report competently on industrialization.
(Ecofin Agency) - Senegal is expected to achieve a 6% growth this year, the International Monetary Fund announced this week stressing that the figure should accelerate from 2022 thanks to the start of commercial production of hydrocarbons.
Between 2020 and 2021, the West African country’s GDP is expected to grow by 7% driven by private investment, and inflation is forecasted to remain low in the mid-term. However, the current account deficit is first expected to increase until 2021, as a result of imports needed for the construction of hydrocarbon projects, before declining once oil and gas production and exports begin.
As part of a 3-year program supported by the Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI), IMF wants to assist Senegalese authorities in the implementation of a “sustainable and transparent governance framework for newly-discovered hydrocarbon resources.” Let’s note the country is currently in the middle of a corruption scandal over the illegal allocation of two oil and gas fields to businessman Franck Timis by Aliou Sall, President Macky Sall’s brother.
Moutiou Adjibi Nourou
L-R Madam Finda Koroma, V.P. ECOWAS Commission and Dr. Khaled Sherif, VP of AfDB (Photo ECOWAS)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is on a five-day consultative mission to the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in preparation for the West Africa Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP) 2020 – 2025.
Nestlé announced yesterday the 3 start-ups winners of the Nestlé Research and Development (R&D) Sub-Saharan Africa innovation challenge. They are SHOPIT, EXPORTUNITY and WAKULIMA from South Africa, Benin and Tanzania respectively.
It has become routine attacks on Africans, especially the Nigerians in South Africa for more than a decade now. The past and present governments seemed not to have taken the attacks seriously hence the attacks continue to grow in scopes, casualties and destructions.
(Ecofin Agency) - Japan’s car company Toyota will soon set up a car assembly plant in Côte d’Ivoire. This is the purpose of an agreement the company signed on August 29 in Yokohama, Japan, with the Ivorian government.
African business leaders are less optimistic about the strength of the global economy and their organisations’ ability to grow revenues in both the short and medium term than they were a year ago. A quarter of African CEOs (25%) believe that the global economy will decline over the next 12 months.
Amb. Dr. Athaliah Lesiba Molokomme
The Swisscham Southern Africa (SCSA), with the support of the Embassy of Botswana recently organised an African summer barbeque to go with a presentation: An Audio–visual presentation on Botswana as a tourism and investment destination held in Georg C. Umbricht Law office at Bahnhofstrasse in the heart of Zurich.
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Thursday apologised to the Nigerian government after a spate of deadly xenophobic attacks in the country.
(Ecofin Agency) - The government of Benin adopted this week its Finance Act for 2020. The new budget of 1,986.9 billion CFA Francs ($3.3 billion) is 5.8% higher than the 1,877 billion CFA Francs ($3.1 billion) adopted in 2019.
(Ecofin Agency) - Optical fiber Internet provider Angola Cables and TM Global, the wholesale arm of Telekom Malaysia Berhad, entered into a partnership to connect Asia to South America via a submarine optical fiber.
(Ecofin Agency) - The Sierra Leonean microfinance institution A Call to Business Savings and Loans (ACTB) will receive $1.5 million from the Dutch Development Finance Fund (FMO) as the Fund’s first commitment to the West African country’s financial sector.
(Ecofin Agency) -Maroc Telecom announced on August 26 it has signed an investment deal with the government for MAD10 billion (about a billion dollars). Funds, disbursed by the incumbent operator, will be pumped into the development and strengthening of telecommunications infrastructure, broadband and very high speed (mobile and fixed) deployment across the country.
President Vladimir Putin
(Ecofin Agency) - Exchange between Africa and Russia last year reached a total of $20 billion, we learnt. While the black continent imported $17.4 billion worth of goods, it sold only $3 billion to Russia, making a $14.5 billion for Vladimir Putin’s country.
(Ecofin Agency) - Some Chinese companies committed to invest $1.4 billion in energy and mining projects in Africa. They expressed their intention during the visit to Beijing of the African Chamber of Energy (CAE), an organization bringing together government actors and companies involved in the development of the African energy sector.
[New Dawn] Population Services International (PSI) -Liberia has confirmed here that 200 sex-workers living with the HIV/AIDS disease have fled their treatment center located on 16th Street, Sinkor due to a recent attack on the facility by individuals believed to be drug addicts or "zogoes".
[Ghanaian Times] About 328 childhood cancer cases have been recorded at the Korle Bu and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospitals in Accra and Kumasi respectively between January and October this year.
[Ghanaian Times] The American Diabetes Association (ADA) standards of medical care is a document I refer to from time to time. The document covers so many areas in diabetes care. Going through the document gives you the far-reaching consequences of diabetes. The ADA notes that diabetes is associated with a significantlyincreased risk, and rate, of cognitivedecline and with increased risk ofdementia. In a 15-year prospectivestudy of community-dwelling peopleover the age of 60 years, thepresence of diabetes at baseline signi
[Ghanaian Times] Lambussie -Two persons have been confirmed dead following an outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) in the Lambussie District of the Upper West Region (UWR).
[Ghanaian Times] The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has kicked against government's decision to export the services of trained nurses to Barbados.
[UN News] Violent attacks by extremists "almost every day" in the Sahel nations of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have displaced nearly one million people and caused emergency levels of malnutrition, UN humanitarians have said.
[allAfrica] Cape Town -All those who were looking forward to see Burna Boy perform in Mzansi are left with a heavy heart.
[Premium Times] Nigerian musician, Burna Boy, has made the nomination list of the 2020 edition of the Grammy Awards.
[Vanguard] David Adeleke, AKA Davido, has finally released the front cover art work of his long awaited "album of the century." The artwork, which was released on his Instagram page, has photos of several people that have been in Davido's live in the last 7 years; he wrote an emotional tribute to these people who he says are very important to him.
[New Dawn] On November 16, Liberian music was celebrated at the 2019 MTN Liberia Music Awards (MLMA). Music superstars, Bucky Raw, Jaredo and ChristophThe Change emerged as the night's biggest winners with two awards each in major categories.Bucky Raw took home the Artist of the Year and Video of the Year ('Thank You') awards. ChristophThe Change won the awards for Hipco/Trapco Artist of the Year and Album of the Year ('Bonnie Dust') while Jaredo won Collaboration of the Year and Afro Pop Artist of the Year.
[The Herald] Gemma Griffiths is expected to headline events at the Permican Gospel Awards to be held on Friday at City Sports Centre in Harare.
[Observer] Bucky Raw shakes hands with fan during his performance
[SNA] Khartoum -Member of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Professor Siddiq Tawer, has affirmed the government support to Al-Nelein University's Department of Medical Physics to carry out its full role.
South Africa: More Than 90 Percent of Gauteng Pupils Placed in Schools As November 30 Deadline Looms
[News24Wire] A total of 267 611 pupils have been granted space to learn in Gauteng schools next year, while more than 14 000 are still waiting to be placed.
[Nation] Lafey in Mandera County is mostly remembered for terror attacks by Al-Shabaab.
[Observer] ... Senator Gueh recommends to gov't.
[This Day] Abuja -The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has stated that the federal government's N-Power Scheme is not suitable for the strengthening of the capacity of early child education and does not conform with best practises for a holistic and functional development of the child.
[News24Wire] Lobby group AfriForum is expected to announce a "comprehensive campaign" aimed at applying pressure on Gauteng Premier David Makhura to dismiss the province's education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi, on Wednesday.
[Foroyaa] Stakeholders in the tourism industry on Monday urged the Gambia Government to invest in tourism, a sector that is among the highest contributors to the country's gross domestic product.
[Addis Fortune] Bahir Dar, capital of the Amahara Regional State, will be getting a Radisson Blu Hotel Group branded hotel. The hotel will be the fourth hotel under the Group's brand in Ethiopia.
[This Day] The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has threatened to shut down Arik Air's operations nationwide for sacking its staff members in Uyo station without due process.
[Premium Times] The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has unveiled Nigeria's plans to digitise tourist visa before the end of the year.
[VOA] Ethiopian Airlines and Kenyan Airlines are threatening to halt service to Juba International Airport because too many customers' bags are being stolen.
[Daily News] THRILL. Adrenalin rush. Acclimatization. Conquest. There are many adjectives that the 'wizards of adventure' have used to describe the arduous but delightful escapade of summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro.
The Prado Museum opened its doors on November 19, 1819. Today, the museum is a mecca for art lovers in the heart of Madrid.
Austria's government has struggled for years to decide what to do with the house where Adolf Hitler was born, including considering tearing it down. The building will now house a police station to deter neo-Nazi tourism.
On November 22, the International Music Award ceremony will be held in Berlin. Pianist and entertainer Chilly Gonzales is one of its jurors. He spoke with DW about prizes and his way of supporting fellow musicians.
The German edition of "Rolling Stone" has initiated a new music award. The prize aims to honor artists with innovative ideas and couragous stances.
After winning the reality talent competition, Claudia Emmanuela Santoso has big plans for the future. DW spoke with the talented singer before her tour around Germany.
[New Frame] By giving us a glimpse into the remarkable life of anti-apartheid activist Onkgopotse Abram Tiro, journalist and Tiro's nephew Gaongalelwe Tiro memorialises the young firebrand's life.
[Daily News] PRESIDENT Dr Ali Mohamed Shein yesterday presided over Women Trade Fair that was organised in Zanzibar to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the re-establishment of the East African Community (EAC), with a call on public servants and youth to engage in entrepreneur work.
[IWPR] IWPR's work with women-led NGOs highlighted at embassy event.
[Daily News] A NON-Governmental Organisation, Reaching the Unreachable Tanzanian (RUT), has launched a project against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Dodoma Region, a crucial initiative which has so far reached out to at least 963 people since its inception in July this year.
[Namibia Economist] Namibia will join the rest of the international community and commemorate and observe the 16 Days of Activism campaign against Gender Violence (GBV).
[Observer] -- Urges graduates to utilize what they have acquired
[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa has used its Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to champion the human rights of women in situations of armed conflict.
The Prado Museum opened its doors on November 19, 1819. Today, the museum is a mecca for art lovers in the heart of Madrid.
The German edition of "Rolling Stone" has initiated a new music award. The prize aims to honor artists with innovative ideas and couragous stances.
Production of coal, oil and gas is set to outstrip carbon budgets required to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius.
The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 30 years ago. How is the convention being implemented in Germany? DW visits children who know their rights — and have to fight for them.
Germany will not be challenging to lift the European Championship trophy in 2020, and that's fine given the team's new development cycle. The current squad lacks in two key areas, writes DW's Jonathan Harding.
Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro loves to speak of his hatred for the US. It makes his warm words for the enemy's currency a little puzzling. Dollarization is a reality in Venezuela but the benefits are dubious.
[Lesotho Times] The Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) paid M10 000 to the family of Lisebo Tang, who was gunned by soldiers guarding the Ha-Leqele residence of then army commander, Tlali Kamoli, on 9 May 2014.
[News24Wire] The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is ready to prosecute those implicated in the controversial Gupta-linked Estina dairy farm project, according to media reports.
[Lesotho Times] Opposition legislators have refused to adopt a parliamentary report recommending salary increments for members of parliament and officials in charge of the parastatals.
[The Herald] Ms Esther Zinyoro of Mbare, Harare, also known as Mbuya Gwena, has become an overnight sensation due to the assistance she has been rendering to expecting mothers, most of whom were stranded after council nurses went on strike citing incapacitation.
[Lesotho Times] Tempers flared in parliament this week when outspoken Thaba-Bosiu Principal Chief, Khoabane Theko, accused Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and his coalition partners of prioritising their entertainment in lavish foreign trips instead of driving the crucial multi-sector reforms process which has hitherto proceeded at a snail's pace.
[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa should have cleared out the hierarchy of the country's security establishment following the White City bombing that nearly claimed the life of the national leader, a month before last year's elections.
Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro loves to speak of his hatred for the US. It makes his warm words for the enemy's currency a little puzzling. Dollarization is a reality in Venezuela but the benefits are dubious.
Amid outright confrontation between the European Union and Turkey about Ankara's drilling program in the Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus is moving on with its gas export plans. Could it be a bumpy ride?
[Lesotho Times] The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) is investigating former Standard Lesotho Bank (SLB) Chief Executive Officer, Mpho Vumbukani, for allegedly breaching the bank's procurement policies in connection with his purchase of a house from the bank.
[The Herald] The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's Financial Intelligence Unit is investigating the Ecobank Zimbabwe customer pictured with the $15 000 in new notes that he had withdrawn from the bank, to establish if the money was sold on the parallel market or paid to dairy farmers as he promised the bank he would do.
[New Zimbabwe] While South Africa and other countries in the region are ready to help, only Zimbabweans have the solutions to the country's problems, a Cabinet Minister in President Cyril Ramaphosa's government has said.
[The Herald] Government will engage the Chinese Embassy in Harare to establish a common accounting position on how much Harare received from Beijing as development partner support for 2019.
Germany will not be challenging to lift the European Championship trophy in 2020, and that's fine given the team's new development cycle. The current squad lacks in two key areas, writes DW's Jonathan Harding.
UEFA is usually keen to preach that football and politics should remain separate. But even European football's governing body makes exceptions in some cases. There's a fair chance they will have to do so at Euro 2020.
[Nation] Harambee Starlets on Tuesday stormed the semi finals of the Cecafa (Council of East and Central African Football Association) Women's Championship after thrashing minnows Djibouti 12-0 at the Chamazi Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
[SNA] Khartoum -Minister of Youth and Sports Wala'a Issam Al-Boushi met on Wednesday with Qatar's Ambassador to Sudan, ambassador Abdulrahman bin Ali Al-Kubaisi.
[The Herald] One of Zimbabwe's top junior motocross riders Emmanuel Bako continued with his winning ways on the South African circuit.
[The Herald] As the costs of funding sport continue to soar, Glow Petroleum, the principal sponsors of the Rainbow Amateur League, have revealed that they have sunk in half a million dollars this season.
[New Era] Windhoek -Namibia is among the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries expected to receive high rainfall, this is according the consensus forecast produced by the 23rd Southern African Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF) that met in Luanda, Angola, on 28-30 August.
[Ghanaian Times] The Chairman of the National Development Planning Committee (NDPC), Professor Stephen Adei, has called on Ghanaians to be productive in order to build the nation.
[Ghanaian Times] Kumasi -Nestle Ghana and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to give opportunity to students for practical skill development.
[Namibia Economist] The 25th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was held on 12 to 14 November in Kenya, , where Lucia Iipumbu, Namibia's Head of Delegation reaffirmed her commitment to the implementation of the SDGs and elements of the ICPD Programme of Action that are consistent with local National Statutes and development priorities.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -The project for the sustainable management of Eastern Ecosystems in Tunisia will be proposed for funding at the next COP 25 conference of parties to be held from December 2 to 13 in Madrid, said on Tuesday Basma Jbali, Secretary of State for Local Affairs and Environment.
[Ghanaian Times] Two business startups, AiScarecrow Technologies and ProSect Feed Limited have emerged winners of this year's Kosmos Innovation Centre (KIC)'s AgriTech Challenge which ended recently in Accra.
[New Era] Windhoek -As eligible Namibians go to the polls on 27 November 2019 to elect a state president and National Assembly members for the next five years, the Anglican Bishop of Namibia, Right Reverend Luke Lungile Pato, has called for peaceful elections.
[Zimbabwe Independent] WHEN the churches issued a statement calling for a seven-year sabbath on national elections, there was an overflow of criticism. People of Zimbabwe, with our well-known polarisation, saw many things in that call. Some called it an attack on "democracy". While other "democrats" felt the church must not be involved.
[News24Wire] While the EFF wants to halt "academicism" - a trend which, it says, places more value on theory instead of the organisation, it also wants those who want to serve in its highest structures to have tertiary qualifications.
[News24Wire] DA parliamentary leader John Steenhuisen appointed Natasha Mazzone as his chief whip at the party's caucus meeting on Thursday morning.
[News24Wire] The Cabinet will consider the minority report of the presidential panel of experts on land reform and agriculture, President Cyril Ramaphosa assured the National Assembly on Thursday.
[News24Wire] The problem in the DA was one of leadership, not race, and the party had to get that right, newly elected federal council chairperson Helen Zille has told the Cape Town Press Club.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -Tunis will play host to the 2nd edition of the National Invention Competition and the 1st Fair of Mediterranean Inventors on the occasion of the 2nd edition of Smart Industry (February 19-20, 2020), said the Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation (APII) on its website.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -Four new startups created by young graduates will soon be installed at the Monastir remote work centre, after obtaining the approval of the regional commission in charge of studying the application forms.
[VOA] Ghana is regarded as a West African hub of invention, with growing numbers of young people looking at local solutions to local problems. In December, Ghana is hosting two conferences on innovation and technology.
[Reporter] There was a time when traditional ecological knowledge was enough. When ancestral wisdom guided communities to sense the moods of the rains, the temperaments of the winds, the hidden messages of the clouds. Through these interpretations of nature, farming communities could foretell times of planting, times of abundance and times of harvest.
[New Times] Fabrice Goffin, the Belgian owner of a company specialising in new robotics solutions, on Friday gave The New Times a demonstration of what service robots, "humanoid looking" creations with machine intelligence cable of detecting and talking with humans, can do to make our lives easier.
[Citizen] Arusha -The East African Community (EAC) says member states have not been investing enough in innovation and skills development.