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In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration granted a path to citizenship for about 4,000 Liberians living legally in the United States on humanitarian programs.… Read More »Liberians Living in the U.S. out of Limbo
Every year, about 15 billion trees are cut down globally, and across Africa, deforestation rates has surpassed the global annual average of 0.8 percent. An… Read More »How You Can be a Part of Africa’s Green Wall
The President of the African Development Bank believes passionately that poverty has no place in Africa. Restless about creating opportunities for the continent and promoting… Read More »Making it Easier for Africans to Invest in other African Countries
The Quality of Growth in Africa has sections dealing with GDP, Equity and Employment; Structural Transformation for Quality Growth; Economic Transformation; Environment; and Urbanisation. The book… Read More »The Reality of the Continent’s Development Story
A landmark legal case has been launched against the world’s largest tech companies by Congolese families who say their children were killed or maimed while… Read More »Top Brands Named in Rights Abuse Case in the DRC
Chad is one of the world’s poorest countries, but in its capital, Ndjamena, rent rates rival those of New York or London at upwards of… Read More »African Cities at least 20 Percent More Expensive than Cities in other Parts of the World
Nineteen startups from across the continent have been selected to take part in the AfriTech XYZ virtual accelerator programme, which will see them benefit from… Read More »Innovative Solution to Some of the Pressing Issues Faced by African Users
South African gemstone miner Gemfields Group Ltd said on Thursday that the Zambian government has suspended a 15% export duty on gemstones, excluding diamonds, from… Read More »Good Tidings From Zambia to Gemstone Companies
Namibia’s electricity generation has dropped to below 40% of its capacity as the worst drought in almost a century has hit the country’s own hydropower… Read More »Windhoek’s Energy Crisis
The Kenyan Revenue Authority has recently adopted a cloud-based CRM solution to assist with citizen engagement. This is helping to change perception around the cloud… Read More »Modernising Kenya’s ERP Landscape