New Players in Nigeria’s Oil Fields
At least five Nigerian oil and gas companies are preparing to submit bids this month for Royal Dutch Shell’s onshore oilfields in a sale that could fetch up to $3 billion. Shell started talks with the Nigerian government last year about selling its stake in the West African country’s onshore fields, where it has been […]
Morocco’s Trade Deal with China to Boost Local Investment
Morocco and China have enhanced their cooperation by signing the joint Belt and Road implementation plan. Launched in 2013 under the name One Belt, One road, the plan aims to facilitate trade a technological cooperation facilitate trade, research and technological cooperation, seals a strategic partnership between the two countries. When implemented, the deal should see […]
A Guideline Guinea Can Use to Manage its Resources
Guinea is one of the world’s poorest countries. It’s ranked 160th out of 161 when it comes to health, 159th in education and 152nd in living conditions. Yet it is the world’s largest producer of bauxite and has the world’s largest reserves. Bauxite is used to make aluminium. Successive regimes in Guinea have used mining […]
Programmes Aimed at Nigerian Youths who Want to Achieve One or More of the SDGs
Aspiring entrepreneurs and innovation-driven startups based in Nigeria are invited to apply for two new entrepreneurship programmes developed at the University of Oxford. The first is the Young Entrepreneurs Leadership Programme (YELP), a bespoke four-month online programme targeted towards aspiring young Nigerian leaders aged 21-35 years that will provide the necessary skills, resources, and networks […]
Recipient of International Writer of Courage Prize Allegedly Tortured in Uganda
A Ugandan satirical novelist and critic of President Yoweri Museveni and his son has been tortured in captivity, his lawyer has said. Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, who won the PEN Pinter Prize International Writer of Courage award last year, was arrested on December 28 and has yet to be charged in any court. On Wednesday, lawyer Eron […]
All 15 Prison Facilities in Liberia have Run Out of Food for Inmates
This has caused two prisons, including the main Monrovia Central Prison, to temporarily shut their doors to newcomers, prison officials have said. The situation is being blamed on a number of factors including delays in remitting funds for food and upkeep of prison facilities. But the director of prisons, Sainleseh Kwaidah, told the BBC on […]
African Women Grab Opportunities Offered by the Gig Economy
Now more than ever, women in Africa are using online platforms as a critical source of income. Africa’s e-commerce giant Jumia recently announced that 51 per cent of the vendors on its platform are women and represented 33 per cent of the total value of merchandise sold between 2019 and 2020. IFC also reports that […]
Norwegian Relief Agency Cleared to Work in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has lifted a five-month suspension of the Norwegian Refugee Council’s aid work after it cleared the organisation of allegations of spreading “misinformation”. The government ordered the NRC, along with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), to stop work for three months in July, including operations in the Tigray conflict zone. Both organisations were ordered to stop […]
Beijing To Appoint a Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the announcement during a visit to Kenya on Thursday as the U.S. envoy to the Horn heads to Ethiopia. The region has also seen setbacks from a coup in Sudan and an election stand-off in Somalia. The visiting Chinese top diplomat said his country will appoint a special envoy […]
South Africa Praised for its Handling of Omicron Strain
Africa’s top public health official said that severe lockdowns were no longer the best way to contain COVID-19, praising South Africa for adopting that approach when responding to its latest infection wave driven by the Omicron variant. “The period where we are using severe lockdowns as a tool is over. We should actually be looking […]
