The E-learning and EdTech Growth in Africa is changing the face of education in the continent, increasing the rate of access, enhancing learning, and filling the existing education gaps of decades. Digital learning platforms, mobile based education, and virtual classrooms have been on the rise over the last ten years in Africa as more people […]
A slow change is happening in fields, farms, and food stores across Africa. Agriculture was once seen as a way to make a living only when there were no other options. Now, young entrepreneurs are drawn to farming because they see it as a scalable business rather than a subsistence job. Africa’s agriculture boom, driven […]
The Mayor of Somalia’s capital has warned of hundreds of deaths that he suspects have been caused by the new coronavirus, suggesting that actual death toll may be 10 times higher than official figures. In an address at the beginning of May to the Somali COVID-19 Task Force, Mogadishu Mayor Omar Mohamud Mohamed said that […]
Tanzania’s economic growth could fall to 4% this calender year due to effects of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Finance Minister Philip Mpango. Economic expansion “could further decline depending on the extent of the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on different sectors of the economy,” Mpango told lawmakers on Friday in a presentation seen by […]
Diplomacy is a delicate business that is duly defined as the ‘art of dealing with people in a tactful way’, and comes in handy on occasions where different countries’ interests collide. African nations play host to several diplomats, who weigh in on the affairs of their hosts’ governments, and in the process take the risk […]
Former Nigerian goalkeeper Ike Shorunmu has challenged Chinedu Obasi to come out with evidence to back his claims that he was asked to pay money to go to 2014 World Cup. Chinedu Obasi recently made a shocking revelation alleging that Super Eagles technical crew under Stephen Keshi demanded a bribe from him to be in […]
Nigeria, on Thursday, recorded 193 new cases of COVID-19 as the number of infected people exceeded 5,000. Three people also died from the virus on Thursday. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), with Thursday’s figure, the total tally of infected people in the country rose to 5,162, from 4,971 reported on Tuesday […]
Mozambique’s army said it has killed 50 suspected jihadists in the northern Cabo Delgado province after another spate of insurgent attacks in the gas-rich region this week. A shadowy Islamist group has terrorised remote communities in the Mozambique’s Muslim-majority north since 2017, killing more than 1 100 people, according to the Armed Conflict Location & […]
A Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Nasarawa State University, Jideofor Adibe, has said that newly appointed chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari will not solve the problem of cabals within the presidency. Adibe also advised Nigerians not to expect too much from the newly appointed Chief of Staff to President, Professor […]
Donald Trump has threatened to “cut off the whole relationship” with China, as tensions between the US and China continue to rise over the origins of Covid-19. “I’m very disappointed in China. I will tell you that right now,” the US President said in an interview with Fox Business. “There are many things we could […]
An 85-year-old farmer has accused a Limpopo local municipality of refusing to compensate him for fire damages after municipal workers allegedly torched his farm while burning rubbish. Harold Ramahala of Mohlaka Mosoma village in Bolobedu, near Modjadjiskloof, said four years ago refuse collectors burnt rubbish close to his 21-hectares vegetable farm and the fire spread […]
House of Representatives member and owner of Quilox night club, Shina Peller, has turned 44-years-old, yesterday, May 14th, and he has taken time to reminisce. According to the lawmaker, this Covid-19 crisis has provided a lot of opportunity for sober reflection, saying his conscience keeps pricking him, urging him to do more and he believes […]
Equatorial Guinea has announced a series of strategic measures to assist oil and gas exploration companies. The measures are expected to lessen the financial burden of these oil companies as the world battles covid-19. The executive president of the African Chamber of Energy for the CEMAC zone, Leoncio Amada NZE, analysed the measures taken by […]
At least 75 “Boko Haram terrorists” were killed on Monday in two military operations in the southeast of Niger. Two soldiers were killed and three wounded, according to the government. According to a statement by Niger Ministry of Defence, a group of 25 “terrorists” were killed south of Diffa, a major city in the southeastern […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s testimony at Tuesday’s Senate hearing cut across the bipartisan efforts to prematurely open the country, sending a cold shudder down the spines of stock markets, which saw the Dow-Jones Industrial Average drop more than 300 points. A leading figure in the White House coronavirus task force, Fauci cautioned senators that a rapid […]
Amid growing support across Africa and caution by the World Health Organization, WHO; some Madagascans are queuing on a daily basis to received the purported virus prevention and treating herbal cure, COVID-Organics. In front of the town hall in the capital Antananarivo, Robert is impatient waiting for his turn to access the herbal tea made […]
The Comorian president Azali Assoumani thanked the people of Madagascar and President Rajoelina for donation of COVID-Organics, the purported virus preventative and curative mixture. Also included in the Malagasy donation were doses of chloroquine and surgical masks, the president further disclosed. Azali said the gesture was a “perfect testimony to the solidarity which unites the […]
Imports from china, Kenya’s biggest trading partner plunged by at least Sh58.64 billion in the first two months of the year as the coronavirus outbreak disrupted the supply chain. A survey by the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) shows about 82 per cent source their inputs from china, hence face a direct risk of supply […]
Residents of Naledi, Soweto, are fuming after their wait for a replacement of a mini-substation that blew up was prolonged due to the Covid-19 national lockdown. Community members said 52 households have been without electricity since February 15, and Eskom has kept them in the dark about the return of power. Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha […]
The Law Society of Kenya has revoked the nomination of former vice president Kalonzo Musyoka and Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua as senior counsels. The duo was among the 24 out of 90 advocates who had been recommended by the committee on senior counsel to join to join lawyers’ creme de la creme status […]