A former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Arc. Sonny Echono, has lauded the efforts of Primlaks Group, producers of the Sympli brand of convenience foods, for raising the bar of innovation and value addition to Nigeria’s indigenous foods.

Tumi Chamayou is the Vice President and Head of Strategy, Marketing and Communications at Ericsson Sub Saharan Africa. Last week in Lagos, she spoke to Technology Journalists via video conferencing last week in ahead of the AfricaCom event currently taking place in South Africa on how Ericsson is driving change in Africa though innovations.

One major challenge Africa has, is not giving the youths more opportunity to express their talents and innovation in governance. That partly may have resulted in very low engagement of youths in problem solving among many African states.

Accelerating the pace of urbanisation and migration and the disproportionate level of poverty and under development in Africa will top the agenda of the United Cities of Local Governments of Africa, UCLGA, summit slated to hold between November 29 and December 3, 2015 at the Sandton Convention Centre, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

A perfect storm of drought, poverty and armed conflict in Africa’s Lake Chad basin could fuel Europe’s migrant crisis if world leaders fall short at two crucial summits on migration and climate change this year, a UN official warned. The two-day EU-African summit in the Maltese capital Valletta which begins on November 11 and the […]

As the sun rose over South Africa’s dry and sparsely populated Karoo west of Johannesburg, more than 5,000 multinational troops launched a mock attack heralding a long-awaited African Union strike force for the troubled continent.

Pope Francis will visit a refugee camp and a mosque in the Central African Republic as well as a slum in Kenya during a trip to Africa next month loaded with potential security risks.

‎Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday in Ibadan identified colonialism as an impediment to Africa’s progress and development.

Despite market market competition, smart phone maker, Tecno Mobile has unveiled a number of flagships in Africa.

Nigeria’s seasoned actor and broadcaster Sadiq Daba has been adjudged the Best Actor in a Leading Role as Inspector Danladi Waziri in Kunle Afolayan’s thriller, October 1, at the 11th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) held Saturday night in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

President Mohammadu Buhari has said that military coup d’état were not longer acceptable in today’s Africa, stressing it was punishable to take over political power by force.

Zambian Minister of Labour, Comrade Fackson Shamenda, yesterday lamented the inability of successive governments in Nigeria to lead the quest for economic growth in Africa.

With less than ten days to this year’s DEMO Africa holding in Lagos, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA, Mr. Peter Jack has urged the promoters of the event: LIONS@frica to ensure the event sustains its established brand value as the ‘go-to-place’ for investors to meet innovative and budding technology entrepreneurs in Africa.

ON Thursday, August 27, 2015, I joined a long list of Nigerians in Lagos, for the hour-long flight to Douala, Cameroun, a city and country I have not visited in about 21 years. A few days earlier, I had received an invitation from Aliko Dangote to the commissioning ceremony of the $250 million dollar, 1.5 million metric ton cement plant, located at the Base ELF, Douala.

The Managing Director/CEO, NOI Polls Limited, Ms. Oge Modie, has said that five African countries have indicated interest to collaborate with NOI Polls to establish polling firms in their countries.