The shop opens, fans whirr, and the street outside already sounds busy. A brand sits on the shelf, but people still ask, “Which one is good?” That small moment explains the advantages of advertising. In many cities across Africa, advertising in Africa shapes recall, trust, and footfall. It also pushes digital clicks and store visits […]
Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. It looks at how a sound is made in the mouth and throat, how it travels as a wave, and how listeners recognise it. The topic shows up in schools, journalism training, call centres, healthcare, and language research. It also shows up in small moments, like spelling a […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday evening expressed the need for Kenya and the Caribbean island state of Barbados to scale up their bilateral engagement for the mutual benefit of the two countries. Terming Barbados as a strategic partner for Kenya in the Caribbean, Uhuru said the two developing countries need to work in solidarity in […]
Minister of State for Tertiary Education, Ghana, Professor Kwesi Yankah, says there is an estimated students’ attrition of almost 50 per cent in tertiary institutions within Africa. He said there is a low gross enrolment ratio in tertiary education within Africa, and that an abysmally low percentage of those whose ages fall within the bracket […]
Medical aids as we know them will disappear by 2026 under the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill released today. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize unveiled the bill today in Pretoria. Under the NHI, the government will provide a package of comprehensive health services for free at private and public health facilities as part of its bid […]
Civil servants are not happy with Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube’s failure to urgently deal with the issue of their remuneration, with a teachers’ union calling him a human epidemic. Recently, Ncube announced that government workers will get their 13th cheque, come November this year. However, the Apex Council, an umbrella body for all civil service […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $98 million financial package for Ethiopia for a road transport corridor project to neighbouring Djibouti, it said late on Tuesday. The project’s total cost is $255 million, comprising an AfDB grant of $98 million to Ethiopia’s government and an AfDB grant of $5.3 million to Djibouti’s government, […]
Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki earlier this week (August 6) met with the commander of Saudi Arabia’s military offensive in Yemen, Lt. General Prince Fahad bin Turki Abdulaziz. Eritrea’s Minister of Information said the two held talks as part of deepening bilateral relations between the two countries especially in the area of regional security. A statement […]
Malawi’s Constitutional Court on Thursday (August 8) began hearing a presidential election petition challenging the re-election earlier this year of Peter Arthur Mutharika. Five judges were empaneled to listen to the case filed by two main opposition candidates: opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party, MCP, and former vice-president Saulos Chilima, who came […]
General Overseer of the Evangelical Bible Outreach Ministries International (EBOMI), Prophet Isa El-Buba, has stated that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is gradually worsening the prospects of unity and cohesion in Nigeria, stressing that the country “is already drifting towards war” due to certain tendencies, actions, and policies of the administration. He said because of […]
Pakistan’s cricket board axed coach Mickey Arthur on Wednesday after a disappointing Cricket World Cup. Arthur’s contract expired after last month’s World Cup, won by hosts England, and the South African had asked for a two-year extension. But Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ehsan Mani said Arthur and his assistant coaches Grant Flower and Azhar Mahmood […]
The United States of America has announced a US$45 million donation to Zimbabwe towards the provision of food aid in the upcoming lean season between October 2019 and March 2020. The contribution was provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and will ensure that 360,880 rural households will have enough food to take […]
Proceedings in the Kenyan National Assembly was on Wednesday morning halted when a Member of Parliament attempted to participate in proceedings with her five-month-old baby. MP Zulekha Hassan’s move created a hold-up of quarter of an hour leading the presiding speaker to order that she be escorted out of the chambers by the sergeant-at-arms. The […]
South Africa’s unemployment rate jumped to its highest since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago, data showed last week, piling pressure on a shrinking economy and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s pledge to deliver a turnaround. The increase in joblessness was preceded by a sharp rise in jobless claims from the Unemployment Insurance Fund […]
Malaria has killed more than 1,800 people in Burundi this year, the U.N.’s humanitarian agency says, a death toll rivaling a deadly Ebola outbreak in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. In its latest situation report, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 5.7 million cases of malaria had been recorded […]
The Ugandan Police Force on Tuesday officially responded to the circumstances surrounding the death of a musician and blogger, Ziggy Wine. Reports on Monday suggested that the deceased had died of injuries he sustained after weeks in captivity during which period he was subjected to torture. MP and presidential aspirant Bobi Wine was among those […]
Zimbabwe will change its laws to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp for export, cabinet ministers said on Tuesday, adding that the government saw the plant as a future substitute for tobacco, the country’s biggest export earning crop. Industrial hemp is a strain of a cannabis species that is grown specifically for industrial uses of […]
No fewer than 65,000 Nigerians are in Saudi Arabia for the 2019 Hajj, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) said on Tuesday. An official of the commission, Dr Aliyu Tanko, told newsmen in Makkah that adequate arrangements have been made by NAHCON to ease the difficulties in performing the Hajj, which begins on Saturday. […]
MORE than 15 000 homes in Kenya are set to receive fibre connectivity in the next two months. Safaricom will connect the homes following its embarking on a move to grow the uptake of its Home fibre service. The service currently reaches more than 300 000 homes across the country, with more than 107 000 […]
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Uche Secondus has asked journalists and other vocal Nigerians to rise and challenge the “anti-people” tendencies of President Muhammadu Buhari. Secondus, who addressed newsmen at the Adamawa State Government House in Yola in the course of a visit to Governor Ahmadu Fintiri on Tuesday, also charged […]