Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has commended the Imo State governor, over the establishment of the Rochas Foundation College of Africa, which has offered scholarship to the first batch of 275 students from 55 African countries. Osinbajo said that Africa needs determined young people who understand that the future belongs to the bold and to the […]
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Over 2.4 billion citizens who reside in Asia, Africa and Nigeria do not have official identity that is not trackable to events or actions. Nigerian Communications Commission’s Director Public Affairs, Mr Tony Ojobo gave this hint in Lagos on Monday at the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, during the commission’s Annual Second Directors Conference […]
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A World Bank Official, Dr Khama Rogo, has described Africa as the most disease prone continent with the largest burden of diseases in the world. He made this observation on Monday when he led officials of World Bank and Pharm Access on a courtesy call on the Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed at Government House, […]
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One of the big four consultancy firm, Ernst & Young of Nigeria, has said that the bid process for the external auditor assignment of Lafarge Africa Plc was competitive. EY, in an email post said, “The selection of external auditor by Lafarge Africa was through a competitive selection process where EY, the existing auditor, was […]
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The Africa Development Bank, AfDB, is willing to promote remittances into Africa from its Diaspora community to boost the region’s economic growth, Gabriel Negatu, the bank’s Director General for East Africa Regional Centre, said. Negatu said this in Nairobi on Monday during the AfDB Business Opportunity Seminar. He added that the bank was working with […]
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Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, in power since 1979, will not contest Wednesday’s general election, meaning he will soon lose his place as Africa’s second longest-serving leader. The continent is home to many men who have held office for two decades or more, and Dos Santos has up to now trailed Teodoro Obiang Nguema […]
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Google aims to train 10 million people in Africa in online skills over the next five years in an effort to make them more employable, its chief executive said on Thursday. The U.S. technology giant also hopes to train 100,000 software developers in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, a company spokeswoman said. Google’s pledge marked […]
Read More Nigeria’s Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has restated the need for African leaders to come up with reforms that will ensure development in the oil and gas sector. Professor Osinbajo expressed confidence that such reforms would go a long way in cushioning the losses incurred as a result of the fall in the price of […]
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Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has emerged Nigeria and Africa’s best bank for SMEs during the 2017 Euromoney Awards in London at the prestigious Tower of London, last weekend. Now in its 26th year, the Euromoney Awards for Excellence covers more than 20 global product categories, including the best banks in over 100 countries around the […]
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Nigeria will push for peace and look at the issue of rapid deployment of Africa Standby Force (ASF) to conflict areas. The country which assumed the post of Chairman of AU Peace and Security Council, would also push for robust engagement in the conflict zones in Africa The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, […]
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) expect economic growth in Africa to pick up this year and next. Presenting their latest forecasts at the sidelines of a G20 Africa summit in Berlin, both organisations forecast gross domestic product (GDP) to expand by 3.4 percent this year after […]
Read More The negotiating forum for the Continental Free Trade Area for Africa has elected the Trade Adviser to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe, as its chairman to lead the trade negotiations for the continent. A statement on Wednesday from the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment said Osakwe was elected as […]
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