Opinion Attributed To Adam Molai, African Industrialist And Chairman Of TRT Investments
On paper at least, Africa’s youth don’t appear to be faring too badly when it comes to jobs. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO) 2020 estimates, Africa has the lowest youth unemployment rate (11%) of all the Continents. Comparatively, youth unemployment in Europe and Central Asia is 16%, 15% in the Americas and 14% […]
The Global Citizen Fellowship Program 2021 Powered By BeyGOOD Welcomes Its First Nigerian Fellows
First Nigerian Candidates, Along with their South African Counterparts, Join in the Global Citizen Fellowship Program Powered by BeyGOOD, for a Year-Long, Full-Time, Paid Placement International advocacy organisation Global Citizen has announced its third annual Global Citizen Fellowship Program powered by BeyGOOD, welcoming the first enrollment of ten Nigerian fellows. The young people will be […]
Standard Chartered’s Journey In Africa From Legacy To Revolutionary Sunil Kaushal, CEO, Standard Chartered, AME
Africa was the birthplace of the mobile wallet in the mid-2000s, a digital payment revolution that was driven by necessity, given limited access to bank branches and banking services. Africa has made great strides in its mobile and digital adoption with some truly world-scale success stories, such as Safaricom’s MPesa. Airtel Money and MTN recently […]
Can Kenya Learn From Global Floods?
Simon Thomas, international consultant and board member of Megapipes Solutions Limited The last few weeks have seen Europe and parts of Asia experiencing floods that have claimed the lives of just under 250 in Europe, over 200 in India and around 300 in China. In addition to this terrible loss of life is the catastrophic cost […]
Jobberman Ghana Issues Report On Managing Workforce During The Pandemic And Beyond
Jobberman Ghana, the country’s leading recruitment solutions platform has launched a free human resource employer handbook for companies, individuals and HR Experts. The Jobberman Employer Handbook entitled, Managing Your Workforce Through The Covid 19 Pandemic and Into The Future, offers unique tools and techniques to manage teams through disruptions such as the global COVID-19 pandemic and […]
Using Fashion as a Uniting Factor in South Sudan
Following a 5½-year-civil war and as intercommunal clashes continue, fashion is not the first thing that usually springs to mind for many about South Sudan. But a small group of young fashion designers say they want to help change the country’s image by showcasing locally designed clothes that are increasingly capturing eyes in the fashion […]
Scholar Transport Firm Disrupts the Way Kids Go to School in North Africa
Egyptian student transportation platform Schoolz has raised a six-figure US dollar pre-seed funding round to expand into the business sphere as well as provide SaaS solutions to companies in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Founded in 2020 by Hosni Ahmed, Abdel Monsef Ismail and Ayman Hamza, Schoolz has launched a mobile application that helps provide a […]
South African Truck Drivers Sought After in the West
A severe shortage of truck drivers in the US has led to more companies bringing in drivers from abroad. Craig Fuller, the founder and chief executive of the data and information firm Freightwave, told Bloomberg that companies are increasingly turning to drivers from South Africa and Canada as workers from those countries can often speak […]
Creating a Skilled Force to Patrol Waters off West Africa’s Coast
The more than 2.35-million square kilometre expanse of the Atlantic Ocean that borders on about 20 West African nations is known as “pirate alley”, where nearly all the world’s kidnappings at sea now take place since the water off Somalia in East Africa has become more secure. Bashir Jamoh, head of the Nigerian maritime administration […]
Senegalese Twins Finish School at 13
Aminata and Rama Diaw, born on October 8, 2007, have just obtained their diploma in Yeumbeul, a popular suburb of Dakar, in their high school, known as an institution of excellence. In the same class, they passed in the first round in a scientific series, with life sciences of the earth as a dominant. Their […]
