Kenya Power lays-off employees as a measure to cost-cutting

Kenya’s Court ruled against BBI, going against President Kenyatta

In one of the most critical hearing of Kenya in respect to the BBI Bill (Building Bridges Initiative), the seating of five judges namely Justices Joel Ngugi, George Odunga, Jairus Ngaah, Chacha Mwita, and Teresia Matheka declared it unlawful and unconstitutional. This ruling is considered historic since 2017 when Kenyan courts nullified the election win […]

Why Has Africa Back Tracked Inoculation For Covid-19?

Why Has Africa Back Tracked Inoculation For COVID19?

African countries are reluctant to sign in the Pfizer Indemnity clause that had been readily offered to the company by the UK government some time back.  The non-damage clause protects the interests of the company but has put the African inoculation drive into a freeze mode. Under the Human Medicines Regulations of 2012, a new […]

Djiboutis President Ismail Omar Guelleh

Ismail Omar Gelle wins Djibouti election for fifth time 98%

Current President Ismail Omar Gelleh has won Djibouti’s election for the fifth time in a row. Ismail Omar Geleh received 98.58 percent of the vote, according to the provisional results, which means he is entering a fifth term. This means that he came out with a majority vote and had no influence over the contesting […]

Congo

Congo trapped in extreme poverty as Sassou rules lavishly with last month’s controversial win

Denis Sassou Nguesoo, 77, has been in power for 36 years, and last month’s presidential elections in Congo-Brazzaville brought no surprises. Sassou sealed in 88% of the votes amid widespread allegations of ballot stuffing and other voting irregularities. His rival who called for “vote for change” died of Covid-19 on the very day of voting. […]

The World Bank

World Bank: Africa needs $ 12 billion to spread the Covid 19 vaccine

The World Bank has pledged $ 12 billion to developing countries, supporting vaccination programs that have failed to keep pace with developed nations. The World Bank funds will be in the form of a grant or a “compromise too many conditions,” said David Malpass, president of the World Bank, in a statement after the meeting […]

Ethiopia wildlife

Ethiopia struggles to stop wildlife poaching

Ethiopia is one of the rich variety of wildlife in Africa. Ethiopia has a large Variety of Indigenous Plant and Animal Species. The most common wild animals include leopard, cheetah, lion, civet, serval, African bush elephant, bushpig, gazelle, antelope, ibex, kudu, dik-dik, oribi, reedbuck, Somali wild ass, Grévy’s zebra, hyena, baboon, numerous species of monkey […]

Zimbabwean President EmmersonMnangagwa

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Shifts Eastern powers as the Western closes doors

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing political pressure from the West that has affected his country’s foreign policy. Earlier, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a man believed to be an ally of the Zimbabwean government who allegedly used millions of dollars. Regimond Tagwirei and his company, Sakunda Holdings, was the US target in […]

COVID19 in Africa

Effects of COVID19 on Africa and Vaccination Access

COVID19 has had both economic and life impact on Africa. Investment and job creation by major governments in Africa have largely stalled. The economic impact of the coronavirus epidemic has already been seen by investors and has delayed major projects to be implemented here in Africa. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast that Africa’s […]

US President Joe Biden

Africa expects good relations from Joe Biden

Africa and the US have a long and multifaceted relationship. The biggest African influence in the US has risen since black President Barack Obama took office. Obama, a black origin African president, created closer ties between Africa and the United States and reached a positive milestone. At the same time, projects such as the YALI […]

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Rwanda Ranked First In Coronavirus Regulation In Africa

Rwanda has been ranked first in the continent of Africa in terms of containing the spread the coronavirus pandemic in the country and the disbursement of vital information to the citizens of Rwanda, this is courtesy of a statistics by Lowy Institute. This is a welcome development for the continent of Africa. Rwanda has expanded […]

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Business: What’s Next After The End Of The CFA?

There was a bill passed in 2020 to change the CFA franc to the Eco. This will ultimately end the centralization of the foreign exchange, that is exclusively available to countries in the West Africa region. However, since the arrangement was reached between the French government and eight nations in West Africa-no authority plan has […]

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Sports: Rivers United Eliminates Bloemfontein Celtics In CAF Confed Cup

Rivers United compounded the woes of Bloemfontein Celtics as they ran riot to eliminate them from the CAF confederation cup competition, Rivers United defeated Bloemfontein Celtics 3-0 in second leg to make it an aggregate scoreline of 5-0. The Pride of Rivers had made sure about a 2-0 win when they played the principal leg […]

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Africa Has The Highest Deaths In The Coronavirus Second Wave – WHO

The World health organization (WHO) has declared the continent of Africa as the continent with the highest fatalities in second wave of coronavirus. The figures quoted were over 80,000 death which is very alarming. Africa is confronting a second wave in the Covid-19 pandemic with more than 3.3 million cases and 81,000 lives unfortunately lost. […]

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Business: “African Startups Investments To Expect In 2021” – Andreata Muforo

TLcom Capital partner, Andreata Muforo has revealed and discussed major startup investment that am entrepreneur must ancipated I’m 2021. Amongst the things she highlighted were the financial market, the small scale business an entrepreneur must set up. From the outset, it appeared as though assumptions were being met as arrangements from Nigeria’s Flutterwave and South […]

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Sports: Cameroon Set To Host CHAN Competition

Cameroon are set to host CHAN tournament, the competition starts on Saturday 16th of January. The competition was supposed to be held in 2020 but was moved due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. 16 teams are set battle for this prestigious trophy, this are the groups below. Group A: Cameroon, Mali, Burkina Faso, […]

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Algeria Set To Share Its Coronavirus Vaccine With Tunisia

The government authorities in Algeria has decided to share it’s coronavirus vaccine doses with North African neighbors Tunisia so as to reduce the spread of coronavirus in both countries. This was made known by Othman Jerandi the Foreign minister of Tunisia. Among the calls I made during this time, I had a call with my […]