Taking Coding To Every Corner Of The Country: Africa Code Week Expands Access
To Train The Trainer Programme In Nigeria SAP Africa Code Week has collaborated with Niger and Taraba State Government to bring digital skills training to teachers in the country’s northern provinces for the first time. SAP Africa Code Week has collaborated with Niger and Taraba State Government to bring digital skills training to teachers in […]
Africa’s Drugs Crisis Stimulated By Poor Policy
New ENACT research is the most comprehensive to date on Africa’s illicit drug trade, consumption patterns and drug policy. A looming drugs crisis in Africa is being made worse by ineffective drug policy, fuelled by corruption and organised crime, says the ENACT transnational organised crime programme. African consumption of illegal drugs, including non-medical use of […]
‘I Want My Kids To Know What A Rhino And Turtle Are’ – #ClimateStrike Kids Say
From Nigeria, to Kenya to the Democratic Republic of Congo, to South Africa, thousands of African climate campaigners have taken to the streets joining millions around the world for the global Climate Strike ahead of the United Nations Climate Action Summit 2019, which starts in New York next week. In Cape Town, learners from around 50 […]
Africa Oil & Power: Home Of Oil And Gas Licensing Rounds
Africa Oil & Power: Home of oil and gas licensing rounds Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Senegal will continue to showcase their hydrocarbon potential at the 2019 Africa Oil & Power conference and exhibition. Senegal and South Sudan will launch their next oil and gas licensing round at AOP 2019. Senegalese President, H.E Macky Sall, will […]
Boeing Financial Assistance Fund To Begin Operations Today
The two administrators of the Boeing Financial Assistance Fund, Kenneth R. Feinberg and Camille S. Biros, announced today that the fund – designed to provide $50 million in immediate financial assistance to the families of those victims of the Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airways Flight 302 accidents – will begin operations today. “The […]
DHL Industrial Projects Makes Strategic Investments To Enhance Customer Experience In Middle East And Africa
Dubai designated as Center of Excellence, supported by competency centers in Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya and Turkey to coordinate complex logistics projects across the region DHL Industrial Projects, a unit of DHL Global Forwarding that manages complex logistics projects including deep sea chartering activity and heavy-lift cargo, is establishing its Center of Excellence (COE) in Dubai […]
Mastercard Foundation To Enable Three Million Youth To Access Employment Opportunities In Senegal
The Mastercard Foundation today announced Young Africa Works in Senegal, an initiative that aims to enable three million young people to access dignified and fulfilling work by 2030. This initiative builds on the significant groundwork undertaken by the government, which is highlighted in the Plan for an Emerging Senegal (PSE) and outlines the vision for […]
Ugandan Students Turn Waste To Wealth
Namugongo is a lush, forested community in central Uganda where tall trees are home to colourful birds and noisy monkeys. The community has a tragic place in history: on 3 June 1886, 22 Ugandan Christian converts were publicly executed, on the orders of King Mwanga II of the Buganda Kingdom, in an attempt to ward […]
