The deal centres on development-stage funding for an industrial-scale green ammonia plan linked to Namibia’s coastal corridor, with related momentum building in South Africa’s hydrogen pipeline. In plain terms, this is not “plant construction money” yet. It is money meant for the messy middle: feasibility checks, early engineering work, permits, grid and port studies, and […]
Peacebuilding in Africa rarely looks dramatic. It looks like schedules, meeting minutes, phone calls at odd hours, and long pauses in tense rooms. It also looks like basic services returning, schools reopening, markets staying open past sunset, and roads becoming usable again. Peace matters because conflict damages daily life first, then institutions later. People notice […]
The indomitable lions of Cameroon have moved up once more in the monthly FIFA World rankings made public this Thursday October 24, 2019 by the World football governing body. According to this classification, the indomitable lions moved up one spot to the 52nd position in the World and remained stagnant at their 8th position at […]
The Jospong Group of Companies, with the help of the Hungarian Government, has secured a Facility for various Developmental projects in Ghana. Together with its Hungarian Partners, Pureco, the Jospong group concluded discussions and signed a €20.2 million Euros contract that will see the construction of the Takoradi and Tamale Waste Water Treatment Plants which […]
Chinese financial institutions have reportedly put on hold the funding of three big infrastructural projects totalling US$1,324 billion after the Zimbabwean government raided funds from an escrow account for the Robert Mugabe International Airport expansion project. According to The Independent, US$10 million was diverted from the account, leaving the Chinese “shocked” with the move and […]
Deputy President William Ruto has said Kenya has to do more to make it a preferred gateway to Africa for investors. He said the country must adopt a radical and progressive stance in reforming the business and regulatory environment. “An intensified collaboration between the Government, development partners and the private sector would firmly drive Kenya […]
Children going through the Kenyan education system are losing an estimated three years of learning, the World Bank has said. “What this means is that a Kenyan child can expect to go to school for 11 years out of which they will only do learning worth eight years,” said the bank’s senior education specialist Huma […]
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock is scheduled to visit Nigeria on 23 and 24 October 2019. A statement from UN OCHA today said, Mr Lowcock will be representing the UN Secretary-General at the official handover of the UN House ceremony in the capital Abuja, which is held on […]
Nigeria forward Stephen Odey has dedicated to his beloved mother, the goal he scored for KRC Genk in Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League Group E 4-1 home defeat to Liverpool, reports Completesports.com . Odey scored the consolation goal for the Belgian champions two minutes from time. It was his first ever UEFA Champions League goal. The […]
Russia is showing off its next generation Kalashnikov assault rifles, helicopters and facial recognition systems as Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts dozens of African leaders for a major summit in Sochi. The Wednesday and Thursday event at the Black Sea resort has brought together delegates to discuss everything from nuclear technology to mineral extraction – […]
Close to 50 African leaders were expected to be in Russia’s Black Sea city of Sochi for the first ever Russia – Africa forum, the Kremlin announced weeks back. The forum expected to run between October 23 – 24 event is part of Moscow’s ambitious push for influence and business in Africa. The Russians have […]
Along with Benin, Niger, which shares a 1,500-kilometre (900-mile) border with Nigeria, has been badly hit by the closure of Nigeria’s border. A long line of lorries from Niger and elsewhere in West Africa is stranded at Dan Issa. Some are full, some laden with goods. The drivers and their assistants sleep on the ground […]
The Embassy of Israel in Cameroon on Wednesday, October 23 handed over the Homebiogas kit to the Government Bilingual High School, Nkol Eton in Yaounde. The kit, The kit is a cutting edge technology developed and produced by an Israeli company called Homebiogas. This equipment converts organic waste into cooking gas and liquid fertilizer. It […]
The French Minister of Europe and Foreign affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian has expressed his country’s readiness to accompany the Government of Cameroon in its ongoing after Major National Dialogue appeasement efforts. Jean-Yves Le Drian who is on a 48-hour official visit to Cameroon was speaking today at the Unity Palace after an over 60minutes exchange […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s promise that each of the 47 counties will have a state-of-the-art sports stadium remains just a promise. Documents tabled in Parliament on Tuesday painted a picture of abandoned projects with cartels taking advantage of system failures to bleed the undertaking. In their pre-election manifesto, President Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto pledged […]
Mr Erick Ademba, a teacher at Asumbi Girls High School, was on Wednesday among three African teachers to get Africa Union award for their outstanding performance. Mr Ademba received a certificate and $10,000 (Sh1 million) at a ceremony held at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The others were Augusta Lartey-Young, from Presbyterian Boys’ […]
The former Youth Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere reportedly met with Zimbabwean Journalists in South Africa, according to Gorge Charamba’s Encrypted Tweet. Charamba using his Twitter handle JMwanda2 tweeted: Check this out Zimbos: a group of on-line cashvists and cub-editors were in RSA recently where they were regaled by Kasukuwere and political company in readiness for an […]
Finance Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube has said that the two percent transaction tax will not be removed despite stakeholders including the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce expressed concern over the tax. Ncube told Zimpapers Television Network on Monday, that the contested tax will be channelled towards the improvement of the country’s productive sectors to stimulate […]
Protesters in eastern Ethiopia have burnt copies of a new book by prime minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Abiy Ahmed in a show of solidarity with an opposition media activist. Jawar Mohammed had said the government was removing security from his home in the capital, which officials denied. This triggered protests outside his compound […]
Leader of South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), Mmusi Maimane, has announced his resignation from the party. His move was widely speculated by local media outlets that said it was in connection with a race row within the party, which has the second highest number of seats in the National Assembly. Maimane, was the […]