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 […]
Lupita Nyong’o appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to showcase her amazing talent as an author and a freestyle rapper on Monday. The 36-year-old Hollywood star who is in the middle of press rounds for her new children’s book Sulwe as well as her upcoming Hulu feature film Little Monsters was decked in […]
Rwandans are celebrating the launch of the continent’s first ‘Made in Africa’ smartphones, that was on Monday unveiled by Mara Group which operates out of the East African country. The Mara X and Mara Z will use Google’s Android operating system and cost 175,750 Rwandan francs ($190) and 120,250 Rwandan francs ($130) respectively. They will […]
Uganda’s Jessica Nabongo has become the first black woman to visit all 195 countries in the world. Nabongo, whose Ugandan parents emigrated to the United States, was born in the Detroit City of Michigan state. She uses both her Ugandan and American passports. Having started travelling at the age of six, Nabongo who is now […]
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja declared open the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES25) with a charge to public and private sector leaders to look inward to solve the unique challenges confronting the nation’s socio-economic development. President Buhari also pledged that his administration will continue to collaborate with the private sector in designing and implementing […]
In a year-long investigation, a BBC Africa Eye investigation, using undercover reporters posing as students, has revealed how female students are blackmailed and sexually harassed by male lecturers in exchange for better grades and mentorship. The BBC invited PREMIUM TIMES for an exclusive viewing as well as an interview with Kiki Mordi, the lead reporter […]
The Second Lady, Hajia Samira Bawumia, has been named the first of seven global honourees by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll), in partnership with Ashden. This is in recognition of her contribution towards mobilising action for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7; the call for universal access to modern reliable, renewable and affordable […]
National Assembly speaker Justine Muturi has slammed the US accusing the superpower of rejecting a bid to declare al Shabaab a terror group. According to Muturi, the move by Americans serves to embolden the group to the extent of making them considered for financial assistance by foreign organizations. “I have in my mind the recent […]
The price of fuel went up again in Zimbabwe on Sunday, October 6, this time by more than 25%, the latest blow in a country battling out-of-control inflation. The Zimbabwe Energy Regulation Authority (ZERA) announced the price of diesel would immediately rise to 16.64 Zimbabwe dollars (about US$1), while gasoline would go up to 14.97 […]
The BBC Africa Eye has released a year-long investigation documenting the sexual harassment behaviour of some lecturers at the University of Lagos and the University of Ghana. In the 13-minute video released by the media house on Monday, Dr Boniface Igbenuhue, a lecturer of the Faculty of Arts in Unilag, the current sub-dean and the […]
Ghana’s ace rapper, Sarkodie has been crowned as the first winner of BET’s Best International Flow act at this year’s BET Hip Hop Awards. The rapper beat Nigeria’s Falz, whom he Was nominated alongside. In his acceptance speech, Sarkodiue dedicated the award to his daughter, Adalyn Owusu Addo (Titi). Read Also: Fans Blast Sarkodie, Paul […]
Mercy Eke, 26-year-old video vixen has emerged as the winner of the 2019 Big Brother Naija season four. After 99 entertaining days, Mercy was announced as the winner by Ebuka Obi Uchendu during the Live Finale show, which held on Sunday, October 6. Down from 26 housemates, the keenly contested #PepperDem race saw Mercy, Seyi, […]
Twenty people were killed in an attack by suspected jihadists on a gold-mining site in northern Burkina Faso on Friday, two sources said. Gunmen came to the Dolmande site in Soum province and fired on people working there, killing 20, a security source said on condition of anonymity on Sunday. A local source said around […]
The body of a Kenyan Police Officer, Hesbon Okemwa Anunda, who went missing a week ago, was late Saturday found at a thicket in the coastal island of Lamu, with head and hand chopped off, while investigations have been launched to establish the cause of his death. Police Constable, Hesbon Anunda, went missing on Oct. […]
Disqualified 2019 housemate, Tacha on Sunday sent special messages to all the finalists of the reality TV show, including Mercy. Tacha was disqualified from the show, after she had an altercation with Mercy, which turned physical. In her special message to Mercy on her verified Instagram handle, Tacha said, “To Mercy, our super eye candy, […]
There appears to be no end in sight for hard pressed Zimbabwean consumers as they now have to pay 26% more for fuel and 300% more for energy starting this Sunday. Fuel prices in the southern African country have been going up every week, but this week’s hike is the biggest jump to date. According […]
Gunmen have abducted six girls and two staff members from a boarding school in northern Nigeria , according to a police spokesperson. Yakubu Sabo said armed men gained entry on Thursday into the Engravers College, a mixed boarding school in a remote area south of the city of Kaduna. They “took away two staff of […]
Citizens of the North African country, Tunisia, will go to polls on Sunday to vote in legislative elections amid political and economic challenges. Last month, contenders from Tunisia’s major political blocs, including the moderate Islamist Ennahda and secular Nida Tounes Party, suffered a shock loss in the presidential vote. Two political outsiders – independent academic […]
Cameroon’s main opposition leader Maurice Kamto walked free from jail Saturday after a military court ordered his release at the behest of long reigning President Paul Biya.Kamto was greeted by hundreds of supporters as he was driven away surrounded by a dozen-strong escort of klaxon-blaring vehicles.The opposition leader was released after nine months imprisonment, and […]