New Report Suggests The Creation Of 1M Job Opportunities By 2030 On The Horizon For Unemployed African Youth
Anzisha Prize, MasterCard Foundation, and African Leadership Academy have released a Report highlighting key lessons learned to navigate a future where youth are job creators Young people’s inexperience is perhaps their greatest asset for being successful entrepreneurs who create jobs for their peers. This is according to a new impact report from the Anzisha Prize, […]
ZIMEC: Zambia’s Leading & Mining And Energy Event To Celebrate Its 10th Anniversary Virtually
The Zambia International Mining & Energy Conference & Exhibition, which has been for the last decade, Zambia’s leading mining and energy meeting will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a virtual edition, taking place from 4 – 5 May 2021. The organisers of ZIMEC 2021, notably the Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development, Ministry of Energy, […]
Is the Horn of Africa under threat of losing foreign direct investment?
Thirteen presidential and legislative elections are scheduled to take place in Africa during the course of 2021, despite the presence of COVID-19. While fear of contracting COVID-19 has possibly contributed to lower voter turnout, it is not the only reason people are staying home from the polls. Across the continent, there have been many reports […]
Movie Actress Reclaims her African Name
Actress Thandie Newton has said she is reverting to the original Zimbabwean spelling of her first name, Thandiwe. The actress has hitherto been known as Thandie, an anglicised version of her name with the “w” absent. All of Newton’s films will be credited with the name Thandiwe Newton in future. “That’s my name. It’s always […]
Solar Leasing Firm Powers Cold Storage Facility in Zimbabwe
South African startup Sun Exchange has completed the crowd sale for a 510 kilowatt solar-plus-storage installation to solar power packhouse and cold store facilities for Zimbabwean agriculture leader Nhimbe Fresh, with approximately US$1.4 million of solar cells purchased by over 1,700 individuals across 98 countries. Launched in 2015, Sun Exchange is a peer-to-peer solar leasing […]
Prison Break Highlights Nigeria’s Security Weakness
Almost 2,000 prisoners have escaped after a jailbreak in south-east Nigeria blamed on armed separatists, in the latest in a string of armed attacks on law enforcement authorities. A prison facility and police command centre in the city of Owerri, Imo state, was targeted early on Monday by gunmen who destroyed part of the prison […]
Initiatives Lost in the Pandemic
Deaf children in Egypt face serious obstacles when seeking an education because many come from poor families and rural areas far from the capital, Cairo. Experts say nearly 5 million of Egypt’s 100 million residents are deaf, at the same time the organizations that work to educate them struggle to run quality programs. Clair Malik, […]
How has ECOWAS Fared with Emerging and Recurring Security Threats in the Region?
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was formed in 1975 by West African states to accelerate economic growth and development in the region. Its member states include Benin Republic, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Nigeria. One of the […]
No Where to Go
Terrifying, shocking, a rejection of humanity – these are just some of the words used by residents of Kenya’s two largest refugee camps to describe their fear and despondency over the news that the government is trying to have the settlements shut down imminently. On March 24, Kenyan Interior Minister Fred Matiang’i declared the United […]
Some Relief for the Residents of Palma
Mozambique’s military says it has regained full control of the coastal town of Palma 12 days after it was raided by militant Islamists who are affiliated with the Islamic State group. An army spokesman said a “significant” number of militants were killed in the counter-offensive. Local media reported that some residents who had fled were […]
