Namibian Tourism Private Sector Supports The 2024 Africa Youth In Tourism Innovation Summit
As the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism Namibia is preparing to host the 6th Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge (AYTIS) 2024, www.youthtourismsummit.com the Namibian tourism private sector has pledged to support the Summit in various ways. AYTIS is scheduled for 28 to 31 May 2024 and will be held in collaboration […]
Standard Bank Leaders Highlight Mutual Partnerships, Economic Opportunities At U.S.-Africa Business Summit
Standard Bank leaders, speaking Tuesday at the U.S.-Africa Business Summit, extolled the value of international trade and infrastructure investments, highlighting the vast potential for mutual partnerships and prospects for economic development. Anne Aliker, the bank’s Head, Client Coverage, Corporate and Investment Banking, said agreements such as the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) have driven […]
AECF Launches A Programme To Empower Women In Benin
The AECF (Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund) has today launched the Investing in Women in Benin (IIW-Benin) programme, a CAN $ 6 million initiative funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC). The programme aims to economically empower women as entrepreneurs in high-impact climate-positive sectors in technological innovation, digital technology, smallholder farmers, producers, processors, crafts, and trade to remove the […]
AfricaNenda Boosts Access To Affordable Payments In Africa
2023 saw promising advancements in the availability of inclusive instant payments in Africa through six new or expanding public Instant and Inclusive Payment System (IIPS) initiatives. During the year, AfricaNenda began providing technical assistance for new instant payment system exploratory projects in Guinea, Cabo Verde and South Sudan, in addition to collaborating with Rwanda switch […]
Ghana’s Support for New Free Education Treaty Crucial
Ghana has been at the forefront of Africa in providing free education to its children Now, as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, there is a crucial role it could play in making free education a reality for more children around the world. Members of the United Nations (UN) are being asked to […]
Operations Resume at Dakar Airport After Near Fatal Incident
A Boeing 737-300 aircraft has skidded off a runway in Senegal, injuring at least 10 people, four of them seriously. The incident occurred as Air Senegal flight HC 301 was taking off for the Malian capital Bamako in the early hours of Thursday, Dakar’s Blaise Diagne airport said in a statement. Terrifying video footage shows […]
HRW Documents Serious Abuses by Militia in Mali
Human Rights Watch documented two attacks by the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wa al-Muslimeen, JNIM) on the villages of Ogota and Ouémbé, Mopti region, on January 27, and two attacks by Dozo militia on the villages of Kalala and Boura, Segou region, in early January. These attacks occurred […]
Kenya’s Landfills Could Power Communities
A feasibility analysis undertaken by the Italian oil company Eni Kenya BV concluded that establishing a biogas facility in Kenya was practical. Eni Kenya BV is now awaiting government authorization to develop the facility after submitting its proposal. Eni formerly known as Agip intends to turn dumpsites across the country which have become an environmental […]
South African Novelist Interrogates Johannesburg’s Descent into Ruins as it becomes a Shadow of itsFormer Glory
Niq Mhlongo’s ‘The City is Mine ‘ is set exclusively in Johannesburg, the city where he grew up. It explores the neglect of the ordinary city dweller, and how, in turn, the ruling class has neglected the city. Simply, what it feels to be homeless and neglected at home. The book’s official release is May 10 […]
Critical Steps toward Africa’s Single Digital Market
African government information and communications technology representatives, international organizations, diplomats and experts are meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, this week to discuss how data can move freely from one country to another without risking people’s privacy and safety. In its 2023 Londa report, the Paradigm Initiative — an organization that monitors digital rights, environment and inclusion […]
