The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that cinema lovers would enjoy discounted […]
Nigeria lost 1-0 to Algeria in an international friendly played on Friday in Austria. It was the first game the Super Eagles were playing this year, with te entire football calender disrupted by the Coronavirus pandemic. Gernot Rohr despite withdrawals and injuries named a fairly strong side to face the Desert Foxes. However, it was […]
A thick layer of black paint, a giant canvas painted red… The talents of Abobo, in Ivory Coast, are expressing themselves. The painters are telling the stories of their hometown, with its colours and characters, to the visitors of the Adama Toungara museum. “This artwork reminds us about the history of this place, which used […]
A total of 160 more Covid-19-related deaths have been recorded since the last report, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Thursday, who admitted that there has been an investigation into the ’’noticeable increase in the number of deaths recently’’. A total of 105 deaths were recorded in KwaZulu-Natal, 18 in the Eastern Cape, 6 in […]
When Netflix first launched in Africa in 2016, early predictions suggested it was likely run into unique problems it had not faced elsewhere, from users’ spotty internet connectivity to questions over its pricing. Five years later, the streaming giant is starting to tweak its Africa playbook by adapting to local market realities on the continent. […]
Super Eagles have concluded the final training session ahead of Friday’s friendly against Algeria at Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt in Austria. Gernot Rohr’s side international friendly match with the current African champions preparation for November’s double-header 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone. It is the first gathering of the Super Eagles this year, […]
Climate change presents world leaders with “life or death” choices, the Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate said on Wednesday as she pressed them to treat it as an urgent crisis. Poverty, hunger, conflicts, disease and violence against women were some of the knock-on effects she cited. “The people and the planet must come first before […]
They waited for hours throughout the night, to no avail. Supporters of malian political figure Soumaïla Cissé gathered to celebrate the announced return of their candidate, who has been held hostage for over six months. Soumaïla Cissé was campaigning in Timbuktu ahead of the legislative elections when he was kidnapped on March 25th. But authorities […]
Tens of thousands of Muslims descended upon Senegal’s holy city this week for the annual Grand Magal pilgrimage, a tradition in West Africa that some fear could become a super-spreader event for COVID-19. The Magal honors the founder of the Mouride Brotherhood, Senegal’s most influential religious order. In previous years, as many as 3 million […]
South Africa’s largest trade unions held nationwide marches on Wednesday to protest the high level of job destruction, the poor state of transport, corruption and the lack of measures to combat the deep crisis generated in Africa’s second largest economy by the pandemic. The national strike hit key sectors such as transport, industry or education […]
By 2050, Africa will be domestic to 25 percentage of the world’s workforce. And yet there is no guarantee that these people – in particular the developing share of young human beings among them – will be employed, let by myself in decent jobs. Of Africa’s almost 420 million young human beings (aged 15-35), one-third […]
Ethnic tensions in Ethiopia continue to mount after The Ethiopian Senate voted on Tuesday to sever all relations between the federal authorities and both the Tigray regional parliament and executive. This comes after the Tigrayan leaders chose to unilaterally hold elections — initially scheduled for August, last month in defiance of the decision made back […]
Yawa Kouigan is the mayor of Atakpamé, Togo’s fifth largest city in population. She is the first mayor elected in the last 30 years and faces several daily challenges. “This pollution is the kind of problem that led us to think about development and how hard it was to manage natural resources,” she explained. “All […]
The Egyptian metropolis of Dahmasha. About sixty kilometres from Cairo. A ghost city considering the fact that a number of hundred of its younger guys went into exile by way of neighbouring Libya. In September, fifteen extra guys tried the unsafe journey to Europe and have considering disappeared — leaving in the back of their […]
West Africa’s ECOWAS has determined to lift the post-coup sanctions the bloc had put in software towards Mali. ECOWAS leaders now call on bilateral partners to resume help to Mali in a statement signed by means of Ghana president Nana Akufo-Addo, the modern-day president of the regional organisation. With the nomination of yesterday’s government, the […]
South Sudan’s authorities in partnership with UNICEF launched a marketing campaign Monday against toddler marriage to address the challenges ladies are facing. In South Sudan, 52% of all ladies are married before they attain 18 and round one 1/3 of all ladies are pregnant earlier than turning 15, depriving them of their simple rights, and […]
AlphaCode, the startup incubator from Rand Merchant Investments (RMI), has awarded Oyi Medical Card R450 0 at its first virtual demo day. Oyi is one of seven startups that were awarded entrepreneurial programs valued at R2 million each in 2019 as phase of AlphaCode’s Incubate programme. The Oyi Medical Card is a savings card that […]
Mali’s meantime president Bah Ndaw, a retired colonel who was once sworn in closing month, appointed a 25-strong authorities on Monday, in which members of the army occupy key posts, according to a decree study stay on state television by using the president’s secretary-general Sekou Traore. At least four central cabinet posts – defense, security, […]
Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Sudan’s capital Monday, worrying the departure of the transitional government. According to eyewitnesses and photos on social media, protection forces mounted a cordon in front of the presidential palace and the headquarters of the Sudanese Army in Khartoum. The protesters held banners pronouncing “Down with the government […]