Zimbabwe Considers Abolishing Death Penalty
Parliament Should Amend Criminal Code, Protect Right to Life Zimbabwe’s cabinet has approved a bill that, if passed by parliament, will abolish the death penalty. Member of Parliament Edwin Mushoriwa introduced a private members bill in 2023 – the Death Penalty Abolition Bill – to amend Zimbabwe’s Criminal Law Code and the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act […]
Mastercard Appoints Folasade Femi-Lawal As The New Country Manager For West Africa
Mastercard, a leading company in digital payments and technology, is pleased to announce the appointment of Folasade Femi-Lawal as the new Country Manager and Area Business Head for West Africa. With over 25 years of multifaceted experience spanning financial services, management consulting, telecommunications, and business advisory services, Folasade brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise […]
ScaleUP Africa
Eric Osiakwan The African continent has a land area of 30.37 million square kilometers (11.7 million square miles) — large enough to fit in the U.S., China, India, Japan, Mexico, and many European nations, combined.1 Which begs the question “how do you scaleup on a continent so big, yet so fragmented into 54 individual countries that […]
Nigeria Development And Finance Forum 2024 Conference To Hold In May
The Nigeria Development and Finance Forum (NDFF) 2024 Conference, a high-level gathering of public, private, social, and international sector leaders, will hold on the 8th and 9th of May 2024 at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, a statement by the organiser, Financial Nigeria International Limited, has revealed. Themed “The Road to Economic and Social Welfare Transformation,” […]
Initiative Engaging Farmers To Transform Land Across Africa Recognized As One Of Seven UN World Restoration Flagships
When Africa’s fertile terrains become drylands, farmers are thrown into poverty and biodiversity shrinks. Trees for the Future (TREES) is successfully reversing this trend, assisting hundreds of thousands of smallholder farmers in several African countries – from Senegal to Tanzania – to fight soil degradation, biodiversity loss and climate change. TREES was announced today as […]
Africa’s Biggest Marketing Conference Opens Bookings
The Nedbank IMC is taking place in-person in Johannesburg and online on the 19 September. The 2024 theme is: Challenge yourself! Keep Learning. Keep Leading. “Our theme this year stresses that you can never settle for what you already know” says IMC CEO Dale Hefer. The theme came about off the back of a quote […]
One Year After The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: Deal Book Showcases 547 New Deals Valued At $14.2 Billion In U.S.-Africa Trade And Investment
To mark the one-year anniversary since last December’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the U.S. Government’s Prosper Africa released today a groundbreaking Deal Book that demonstrates that the United States is catalyzing significant progress in trade and investment, citing the successful closure of 547 new deals totaling an estimated value of $14.2 billion in two-way trade and […]
Dangote’s Refinery is Preparing to Deliver its First Fuel Cargoes to the Domestic Market
Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery has issued tenders to sell two fuel cargoes for export, the first from the newly commissioned refinery. The first cargo is 65,000 metric tons of low-sulphur straight run fuel oil, which Dangote has awarded to Trafigura and is due to load at the end of February, three of the sources said. […]
The AU’s Tendency to Placate its Host
From Thursday, African leaders will gather in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, home of the African Union (AU), for the continental body’s annual summit. According to AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, regional integration and “maintaining momentum in addressing issues of peace and security” is high on the agenda. But in an ironic twist, the […]
Egypt is Under Increasing Pressure to Let Displaced Palestinians In
For many Egyptians, the timing is just too suspicious. Last week, the Israeli military said it would launch an assault on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, near the Egyptian border, where more than 1 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering. There are concerns that, as more and more people are pushed up against the border, […]