According To The World Bank Equatorial Guinea Is The Wealthiest Country In Africa
Monaco and Qatar get lots of play on the wealth beat, but some of the lands of Swarovski and Cristal keep a lower profile. Like coast-of-West-Africa low. According to the World Bank: Teensy Equatorial Guinea is the wealthiest country on the African continent. This Spanish-speaking nation of just under 800,000 people is not only the […]
The Value Of Dual Citizenship For African’s Wishing To Take Advantage Of Opportunities
The Value of Dual Citizenship for African’s Wishing to Take Advantage of Opportunities within the Continent and Abroad. It is estimated that only around 1% of the world’s population have two or more passports, making dual citizenship an exclusive privilege. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 5 October 2015/ “No man is an island” is the theme of […]
Africa’s Governance Winners, Losers And Surprises
Zimbabwe is one of the African countries where governance has improved most in the four years up to 2014. Senegal just might surge ahead of its African counterparts in the future, to become one of the continent’s powerhouses. Developments in Somalia, long the worst-governed country in Africa, can be described as “a good news story”. […]
Better Off Riding A Wheelbarrow To Hospital Than Waiting For Ambulance In South Africa
Either walk 30km to the nearest hospital or be loaded and pushed in a wheelbarrow – because the ambulance is likely not to come until it’s too late. These are some of the shocking findings made by the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) after it investigated access to emergency medical services in the Eastern Cape. […]
The Top 10 Fastest Growing Economies In Africa, Number 1 Will Surprise You
Africa is preparing to take its place in a future global economy which will see the earth’s population reach 10 billion by 2050. As people are saying, Africa is where the ball is bouncing right now. The continent is currently experiencing an average economic growth of between 5 to 8% a year. It’s the youngest […]
Africa Metro: Sub-Saharan Africa Gets Its First Metro
GETTING around African cities is famously stressful. Whether in Nairobi, Lagos or Johannesburg most journeys involve negotiating roads clogged with honking cars and choked with fumes.This is also true of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s fast-growing capital. But it is now possible to make at least some journeys there without braving the hectic streets. On September 21st, […]
Zambia National Airline To Begin Operating In 2016
Edgar Lungu says the government has made significant progress in establishing a national airline which is scheduled to start operating in 2016. President Lungu in his parliamentary address this morning said the aviation sector had potential to contribute to tourism development, increased business and transformation of Zambia’s economy. “In this regard, government has commenced the […]
Another Nigerian Pastor, Adeboye Buys Brand New $65 Million Gulfstream Jet, Starts Luxury Airline
About 24 hours after we revealed that controversial “miracle” prophet, T.B. Joshua, had secretly purchased a $60 million private jet, our investigators have learned that another high profile pastor, Enoch Adejare Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has taken delivery of a brand new jet. The sources familiar with Pastor Adeboye’s purchase […]
Egypt Closes Seaports Due to Sandstorm
Egypt closed four seaports in Suez due to bad weather on Wednesday, the Red Sea Ports Authority spokesman told state-owned news agency MENA. Sandstorms have reduced visibility to less than 15,000 meters. The closed ports are usually used for transferring containers, goods, petroleum products and passengers. The ports will be reopened as soon as the […]
Ethio-Djibouti Railway to Begin Operation Early 2016
The new railway line connecting Ethiopia and Djibouti will open starting early 2016, the head of the Ethiopian Railways told the press. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, the 450-mile line which is being built by China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC) and China Civil Engineering Construction (CCECC) at a cost of 4 […]
