Help farmers grow food, not tobacco, WHO warns Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged African countries to support farmers in growing food crops that would sustain the people instead of growing tobacco which is dangerous to people’s health.
Africans fleeing war complain of racism at Ukrainian-Polish border
Africans fleeing the conflict in Ukraine said they faced racism and discrimination at the border between Poland and Ukraine.
Africa needs $450bn to meet pre-pandemic growth rate — IMF
By Emma Ujah The continent of Africa needs $450 billion to return to the Pre-Pandemic growth rate, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, has said. She spoke while featuring on Celebrating Black History: An International View, along with Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance and current Director-General of the World […]
European, African auto firms sign deal to move Africa auto sector forward
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed virtually between 12 Automotive Associations within the ambit of the EU-Africa Business Forum 2022 on February 16, with the aim of driving the development of the Automotive Industry in Africa. Part of the goals is to expand the African new vehicle market from one of the five million units […]
Africa in the dawn of an epoch
By Clarius Ugwuoha THE COVID-19 pandemic was a wakeup call for Africa and the entire world – to innovate and change many archaic ways of doing things. This guarantees minimum impact on workforce and the entire populace in the face of sudden monumental lockdowns and other events of coordinate proportion. When the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus […]
Military Hospital advocates cultural preservation in Africa
Major General Joseph Orokpo, retired, has stressed the need for the preservation of Africa’s cultural heritage so as to pass it on to future generations.
AU, Afreximbank, AfCFTA inaugurate Pan-African payment, settlement systems
The African Union, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and AfCFTA have inaugurated the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), thereby making it available for use by the public. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that PAPSS is a cross-border, financial market infrastructure enabling payment transactions across Africa. The commercial launch of PAPSS, which took place […]
Africa is being left behind in COVID-19 vaccination — WHO AFRO
Africa is being left behind, having received only 450 million of the eight billion COVID vaccine doses distributed. Dr Richard Mihigo, Immunization and Vaccines Development Programme, Coordinator World Health Organisation’s Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), made this known while speaking on “Vaccination in Africa: Research Capacity, Advocacy, Manufacturing and Distribution”, at the ongoing first International Conference on […]
Nigeria to have widest 5G coverage in Africa by 2022 — Pantami
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has assured that by 2022, Nigeria would have the largest Fifth Generation (5G) coverage in Africa.
Why youths should take charge of governance in Africa — Oladele
By Arogbonlo Israel Face with a charade of challenges such as inadequate political participation, low self esteem and indecisiveness among others, the African youths are challenged to rise up, to avail themselves with the right, logical decision-making skills that will enable them become active citizens rather being passive politically. This is the submission of Oladele […]
African leaders seek further synergy with China for shared prosperity
Senegalese President, Macky Sall, has called on African leaders to work more closely with China in order to achieve shared prosperity for the well-being of the African and Chinese peoples. Sall made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which kicked off on Monday […]
