Youth-led African enterprises awarded $800,000 at Conference of the Parties (COP28) for climate solutions
Eight dynamic African young women-led businesses emerged as winners of the 2023 YouthAdapt challenge. Each business will receive grant funding of up to $100,000. They will also receive a comprehensive mentorship and coaching as part of a 12-month accelerator program. Since its launch in 2021, the YouthADAPT initiative (https://apo-opa.co/49ZU0zH) has provided more than $5 million to […]
British Interior Minister to Sign a New Treaty with Rwanda
James Cleverly will arrive in Rwanda’s capital Kigali on Tuesday morning and meet with the country’s foreign minister, Vincent Biruta, to sign the treaty. Britain had intended to send tens of thousands of asylum seekers who arrived on its shores without permission to Rwanda in a bid to deter migrants crossing the Channel from Europe […]
Several African Governments are Defending their Decision to Send Large Delegations to the COP28
The UN’s attendance list revealed that Nigeria, Morocco, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana and Uganda were among the countries that sent the biggest teams. Nigeria sent 1,411 people, followed by Morocco with 823 and Kenya with 765. Many people accused the governments of being insensitive of their plight by spending huge sums of money on the delegations […]
New Book Looks at the Fragile Foundations of the African Mining Consensus
Within a few years of independence, African governments asserted sovereignty over their metal and mineral resources. Prior to this, the resources were exploited by European mining corporations. Since the 1990s, transnational corporations have once again become the dominant force as owners and managers of major mining projects. The ceding of resource sovereignty was enabled by […]
Authorities Believe 400+ Children being Brought to South Africa were Part of Human Trafficking
South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister said the bus drivers of around 42 cross-border vehicles which were ferrying more than 440 unaccompanied children from Zimbabwe into South Africa should have been arrested on the spot. The children, under the age of eight, were intercepted over the weekend in a sting operation by the Border Management Authority, […]
World Bank Accused of Failing to Prevent Child Abuse at a School Chain it Funded in Kenya
The bank’s internal watchdog, the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), found that the bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) had failed to satisfy its own environmental and social requirements before it started funding Bridge International Academies in 2014, and during its supervision of its investment in the project, which came to an end last year. In its […]
Search and Rescue Operations Underway after Deadly Floods in Tanzania
The number of people killed by floods and landslides in northern Tanzania has jumped to 47, with another 85 people injured, following torrential rain, a senior government official said. Around 100 houses in the village of Katesh, Hanang district, were swallowed by a landslide, President Samia Suluhu Hassan said in a video message posted online […]
The US Welcomes Angola’s Official Participation in the Artemis Accords on Space Exploration
The signing took place during the visit of Angola’s president, João Lourenço, to the White House to meet with President Joe Biden. Angola became the 33rd country to sign the Artemis Accords, a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations, including those participating in NASA’s Artemis program. The Artemis Accords reinforce […]
Telecommunication Giants, through Partnerships, are Aiding Healthcare Distribution in Africa
Telcos have played a crucial role in improving financial inclusion in Africa. The same can happen with healthcare. According to McKinsey, healthcare is one of the least digitized sectors globally, particularly regarding transactions, digital spending on employees and digital capital. In Nigeria, Airtel has been a forerunner of this movement. It started nine years ago […]
African Students Find it Harder to Get to Study in the US
International students who wish to study at a school in the United States must apply to the U.S. State Department for an F-1 visa, which allows them to live in the U.S. while studying. A July 2023 report from an alliance of higher education leaders found, however, that African students are denied these visas at […]
