Angola Set To Attract More FDI Into Oil And Gas; Part-Privatization Of Sonangol By 2022 A Key Measure
Government reforms in oil sector including at national oil company SONANGOL are already yielding positive results, with 30 percent of the company set to be privatized by 2022. Sector reforms to be backed up by an investment campaign drive by Africa Oil & Power, including the Angola Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition on June […]
STEM: Experts Rally Female Youngsters For Increased Participation In Nigeria
Science and Engineering Experts have called on young female students to pursue professional carriers in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, STEM in Nigeria. The experts who were drawn from the public and private institutions in Nigeria, as well as the development sector, made this call recently at the Engineering for Girls Symposium, […]
Backlash after World Bank Withdraws Tanzania Funding
An opposition party in Tanzania has condemned death threats issued against its leader after he asked the World Bank to withhold a loan to the government over human rights concerns. ACT Wazalendo said Zitto Kabwe had been vilified and targeted. The speaker of parliament termed Mr Kabwe’s letter “treasonous”, while a ruling party MP called […]
Youth Employment Critical For Africa’s Economic Growth
By Sandiso Sibisi, UNDP Open Innovation Africa Lead Despite Africa’s impressive growth in past 25 years and its entry into the digital economy, the job market continues to be in a depressed state as youth unemployment continues to rise. Africa has the largest population of young people in the world, some 200 million aged between […]
