France warns US it has one week to avoid trade war
Finance leaders of US allies have vented their anger over the Trump administration’s metal import tariffs but ended a meeting in Canada with no solutions. US President Donald Trump still has time to avoid a trade war over tariff hikes aimed at Canada, the European Union and Mexico, G7 finance ministers says after a meeting […]
Tunisia to Participate in Joint Military Exercises With France, U.S. and Germany
The Tunisian army has scheduled a series of joint military exercises in 2017, with the collaboration of some European countries and the United States, Belhassen Oueslati, spokesman of Tunisian Defense Ministry, said on Thursday. The spokesman confirmed that these military exercises will cover separate periods in 2017 and different regions of the country, while some […]
Activists urge Congo government to pass new mining code
Activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo are pressing the government to revive plans for a new mining code, claiming the country, which is Africa’s top copper producer and the world’s largest source of cobalt, needs the higher revenues a revised legislation would generate. Congo began reviewing the 2002 mining code in 2012 and last […]
Business Leader Samuel Owori will become first Ugandan to head Rotary International – 2018-19
Samuel “Sam” Owori of Kampala, Uganda was today confirmed president-nominee of Rotary International- a humanitarian service organization that unites leaders committed to improving lives and bringing positive, lasting change to communities around the world. As a member of the Rotary Club Kampala, Uganda for 38 years, Owori says, “Rotary has become a way of life […]
Carnegie Mellon University joins MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program to educate next generation of African tech leaders
Carnegie Mellon University’s commitment to educating Africa’s next generation of technology leaders and entrepreneurs received a boost today with a $10.8 million commitment from The MasterCard Foundation. This new partnership, which will be established at Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering program in Kigali, Rwanda, will benefit 125 academically talented but economically disadvantaged students from […]
Bill Gates launches plan to help Africa’s poor by giving them chickens
Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, has launched a campaign to help extremely poor families in sub-Saharan Africa by giving them chickens. The billionaire and philanthropist says raising and selling the birds can be efficient to tackle extreme poverty. He has promised to donate 100,000 chickens, and the project’s page has already been shared thousands of times. […]
It’s Time For Zimbabwe To Start Using South Africa’s Rands As it’s Official Currency
Zimbabwean banks have called for the adoption of the South African rand as the main currency of exchange arguing that use of the United States dollar was no longer sustainable. Zimbabwe dumped its hyperinflation-ravaged local currency in 2009, adopting a basket of foreign currencies, mainly the US dollar, South African Rand, Botswana Pula and Euro. […]
Intra-Africa trade to play larger role in local GDP contributions
As growth in developed markets such as Europe, China and North Africa continue to stagnate, greater regional integration in Africa, amongst all role players, is needed to capitalize on the continent’s growth potential. This is according to Hennie Heymans, CEO of DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa, who says that when comparing intra-regional trade statistics, Africa’s rates […]
Nigeria is The World’s Worst Place to Do Business In – World Bank
The World Bank Doing Business Report 2016 says Nigeria remains one of the poorest business destinations in the world, improving marginally by just one step from its ranking last year. Out of 189 countries surveyed, Nigeria moved from 170th position with 43.56 per cent points in 2015 to 169 with 44.69 per cent points. The […]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie awarded with and honorary degree by the Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, United States
The author of widely acclaimed novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has recently been named as one the distinguished achievers to be awarded honorary degrees, this year, by the Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, United States. The honorary degrees will be conferred at the university’s commencement ceremony on the 18th of May, […]
