Calls to Protect Sierra Leone’s Poor
A case has been filed against the government of Sierra Leone to overturn the country’s loitering laws, which activists and lawyers claim are discriminatory, and used by police to extract bribes from people and sexually abuse women. The laws are used to target poor and vulnerable people, say critics, and to subject them to criminal […]
South African Community Says No to Shell
The public notification from Shell, the oil giant, was clear: In one month it would send a ship to conduct a seismic survey, using deafeningly loud sound waves to map more than 2,300 square miles of geology beneath the deep waters off this stretch of South Africa’s coast. But this time was different. Everyone from […]
The Pandemic on Small African Farmers
Research shows that a disproportionate burden of pandemic-related restrictions has fallen on the world’s poorest. This has raised the question of how to best adapt the mitigation efforts to different types of economies. Researchers conducted more than 9,000 interviews with smallholder farmers from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia. The seven countries reflect […]
Date for Somalia Elections Finally Out
The Somali parliament announced Thursday that the long-awaited presidential election will finally take place and that 329 lawmakers from both houses – 54 from the Senate or Upper House and 275 from the Lower House – will elect the country’s tenth president. The presidential election date will coincide with a historic day as the country […]
Top 3 Trading Apps available to Kenyan Traders Right Now
For young Kenyans looking for a way to supplement their income or start a side business, forex trading has become a very popular recourse. A new sector of Kenyan forex traders has evolved because of the proliferation of mobile device technologies. There are various trading apps used by Kenyan retail traders that offer a wide […]
Could Africa’s Vaccine Plant Become a White Elephant?
Africa’s top public health body has urged all those buying COVID-19 vaccines for the continent to place orders with South Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare, saying the market was key to developing vaccine manufacturing on the continent. The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it was doing everything it could behind the scenes to […]
Tanzania’s President Calls for Review of the Country’s Media Laws and Regulations
When Tanzania’s president assumed office last year after her predecessor died suddenly of suspected COVID-19, it was seen as the beginning of a new era. Samia Suluhu Hassan, the East African state’s first female president, immediately sought to distance herself from her old boss when she told parliament to “stop comparing me with [John] Magufuli”. […]
Buhari Hosts Guterres
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has thanked UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his visit to the country, saying that he is grateful the West African nation hasn’t been forgotten amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Guterres, who is visiting Nigeria for the first time as secretary-general, said he had traveled to Nigeria “to express his solidarity with victims […]
Unspoken Rules for Women Working in Public Service in Africa
The first pan-African virtual training workshop for women early in their government careers. The training session was free to any woman in any of the fifty-four countries in Africa, and was convened by Africa.com and Coca-Cola Africa as part of the Women Heads of State Initiative. Namibia Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said “Training young women […]
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Calls On South Africa’s Changemakers To Step Forward For The Inaugural Africa Education Medal
Launched By T4 Education, HP, And Intel Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, former Deputy President of South Africa and Founder of the Umlambo Foundation, today called on South Africa’s changemakers to apply or be nominated for the inaugural Africa Education Medal, launched by T4 Education in collaboration with HP and Intel. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has joined leading figures from across […]
