‘No matter what happens I don’t want to take coronavirus to Africa’
When Kem Senou Pavel Daryl, a 21-year-old Cameroonian student living in the Chinese city of Jingzhou, contracted the coronavirus he had no intention of leaving China, even if that were possible. “No matter what happens I don’t want to take the sickness back to Africa,” he said from his university dormitory, where he is now […]
British PM makes case for bigger investments in Africa
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson , Monday, made a case for bigger investments in Africa and called for increased and renewed partnership between the UK and Africa
Focus on access to power, Sahara Group urges investors in UK, Africa
Leading energy conglomerate, Sahara Group has urged participants at the UK-Africa Investment Summit to explore committing resources towards addressing the energy needs on the continent that is home to about 1.3 billion people. The Summit which holds on January 20, 2020, in London, will be hosted by the Prime Minister, bringing together businesses, governments and […]
China’s ZTE, local telecom firm start 5G technology trial in Uganda
China’s ZTE and MTN Uganda have started 5G technology trial to bring the Standalone 5G network into reality in east Africa as the region awaits its commercial rollout. The companies are the first to roll out the technology in the region Uganda’s Prime Minister, Ruhakana Rugunda, who was the chief guest at the launch, said […]
Shaving Africa’s hair in his absence
A NUMBER of countries including Turkey and Russia, this week tried to put out the flames engulfing Libya by convening a peace meeting in Moscow, with the likelihood of another in Germany on Sunday. In France, President Emmanuel Macron, like a head master, summoned the presidents of Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mauritania to Pau, Southern France to explain why there are rising anti-French sentiments in Africa. He threatened to pull out the 4,500 French troops allegedly fighting terrorists in Africa.
Strike suspended at Mandela’s prison museum in South Africa
Workers at South Africa’s Robben Island Museum, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for nearly two decades, decided Thursday to suspend their strike over low pay, management said. The decision comes ahead of a meeting between unions and management on January 21, the museum said in a statement. Around 200 employees walked out on January 6, demanding […]
