Across African campuses and training rooms, the term “language” gets treated like a daily tool, then suddenly like a technical object. Linguistics does that. It takes ordinary talk, street signage, radio call-ins, and prayer chants, and studies the hidden system behind them. The goal is clarity, not drama. And yes, students still want a clean […]
A bidder sits late at night, refreshing a portal, checking documents again, worrying about silent backroom changes. Nigeria 2025 licensing round talks have pushed that worry into open light. NUPRC transparency and petroleum licensing transparency sit at the centre of the plan, with Nigeria oil block bidding promised under tighter checks. The Nigeria upstream regulator […]
The Championship of African Nations, CHAN 2020 scheduled to start in Cameroon next month will no longer take place due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 04 to 25 April tournament was postponed following an extraordinary session of the CHAN Organizing Committee meeting in Cameroon on Tuesday. The committee cited amongst others, the confinement of population […]
Actress Lisa Omorodion has cried out over what she calls the discrimination against plus-sized women at the 2020 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA). Lisa Omorodion questioned why no plus-sized woman made the list for best-dressed celebrities on the night Lisa Omorodion wrote: The Fashion Industry creates a fantasy world of what women are supposed […]
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) announces the primary listing of Ninety One Limited (NY1) and the secondary listing of Ninety One Plc (N91) on its Main Board. Ninety One Limited and Ninety One Plc will list on the JSE under the Asset Managers sub-sector. Ninety One has changed its name from Investec Asset Management. The […]
Turkish manufacturer Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has won a contract from Tunisia to supply six Anka-S drones, the Defense News website said. The deal, which also includes three ground control stations and an unspecified level of technology transfer, follows more than a year of waiting on the Tunisian government by TAI, it said. The contract […]
President Peter Mutharika of Malawi has refused to assent to the electoral reforms bill passed by parliament last February. Presidential press officer Mgeme Kalilani told the press in Blantyre that the president had also rejected a parliamentary committee recomendation to fire heads of the Malawi Electoral Commission, MEC. The president avers that the bill “does […]
Sensational Nigerian singer, Wizkid has sympathized with those affected by the recent explosion in Lagos state. The pop star sent his condolences on his verified Twitter account Recall that earlier on Sunday an explosion rocked the Abule-Ado Area of Lagos State. There were speculations that the explosion emanated from an NNPC pipeline but the NNPC […]
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a grant to Kalahari Energy Botswana for a feasibility study of a power plant that will generate up to 100 megawatts of electricity using indigenous coalbed methane. The project, located in the Central Kalahari Karoo Basin, will bring critically important additional power to Botswana’s electrical grid. Kalahari Energy […]
The Sudanese government on Monday declared a public health state of emergency to address coronavirus and decided to shut its ports and airports. The Security and Defense Council headed by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sovereign Council, declared the public health state of emergency in the country in an attempt to curb the spread of […]
All golf tournaments under the auspices of the South African Golf Association (SAGA) and Womens Golf South Africa (WGSA) have been cancelled. The decision was made on Monday, following the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa declaring a national state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic and will run to the end of April. It’s not […]
A body of an infant was Monday evening found during the ongoing clean-up of Nairobi River in Korogocho area. The discovery brings to 19 the number of bodies retrieved from the river since Governor Mike Sonko launched the Nairobi River cleanup exercise early last year. So far, bodies of 14 infants and five adults have […]
Amid instability in the oil markets and sharp losses for other commodities such as copper, you may be tempted to think gold is the best option for a positive return. But coal beats the metal. Coking coal futures on the Singapore Exchange, which mirror The Steel Index price for Australian free-on-board cargoes, ended at $159.98 […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there are now over 300 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Africa. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, stated that 27 countries have been affected. The UN health agency relayed the information via its official Twitter account @WHOAFRO. It noted that Government of Benin on Monday confirmed the […]
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has invited companies to participate in the second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) set to take place in September in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. The IATF provides a strategic platform to access an integrated African market of more than 1 billion people joined together by the African Continental Free Trade […]
Tanzania and Somalia on Monday confirmed their first cases of the coronavirus. Tanzania’s Health Minister called on citizen to remain calm, as a 46-year-old woman in the country tested positive for the virus, according to the Citizen, a local news website. Quoting Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu, the website said the woman had left Tanzania for […]
Normal operations have resumed at the Mbagathi Hospital after its nurses called off their strike. Speaking to the Star on Monday evening, Mbagathi Hospital chairman George Osewe said the decision was arrived at after a consultative meeting involving the hospital’s management, National Government and Kenyatta National Hospital representatives. “There was a disconnect between KNH and […]
The department slammed fraudulent attempts to confuse the public, which might contribute to ‘hysteria’. The department of basic education dismissed as fake news a document purporting to be a circular saying that schools would close for four weeks from Monday. “South Africans must ignore the misleading document as it was not issued by the department. […]
Adams Oshiomhole on Monday visited the Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, it was learnt. Not a few Nigerians often view Kyari as part of the cabal wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, once claimed hijacked her husband’s administration. But the Presidency has constantly debunked the claim, insisting that Buhari remained […]
South Africa has recorded the highest level of infection of Covid-19 in the southern Africa region since its outbreak. Growth is expected to contract by 1.5 percent in the first 3 months, as the virus threatens two of its main sources of income: mining and tourism. The report issued by a subsidiary of the auditing […]