Category: Africa
ADB launches digital market for fashion designers
Our ReporterDec 10, 2019
The African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) flagship initiative, Fashionomics Africa, has launched the pilot phase of a digital marketplace to help Africa’s...
US to review relationship with Nigeria over Sowore
Our ReporterDec 08, 2019
United States (US) Senator Robert Menendez has said America will review its relationship with Nigeria over the continued detention and rearrest of Sahara...
Border Closure –1,000 Nigerian shops shut- Envoy
Our ReporterDec 05, 2019
The rising attacks on shops owned by Nigerians in Ghana have escalated since the Federal Government of Nigeria shut its borders, the Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana,...
African Union Transatlantic Road Network: Putting the records straight
Our ReporterNov 13, 2019
By Temitope Ajayi The African Union and ECOWAS both have continental and sub-regional highways that connect the continent by network of roads. Each member states will...
Wailers, eat your heart out, borders remain closed till 2020 – Buhari
Charles OkogeneNov 03, 2019
The Federal Government has extended the deadline for the first phase of the border closure exercise, otherwise codenamed ‘Ex-Swift Response’ till the 31st of...
Volkswagen begins tests-run of electric cars in Rwanda
NewdawnOct 29, 2019
The electric car revolution seems to have started in Africa with car maker Volkswagen,concluding plans to launch a pilot project in Rwanda to test the viability of...
Xenophobia: ACommission to ‘take appropriate action’ on SERAP’s request to sue South Africa for $10bn
NewdawnSep 09, 2019
There is prospect Nigerian victims of xenophobic attacks in South Africa may soon get some justice, as Ms Soyata Maiga, Chairperson, African Commission on Human...
Kwara to partner AfDB on infrastructure devt, women empowerment
NewdawnJul 31, 2019
Kwara State Government has opened talks with the African Development Bank (AfDB) on various areas of partnership, including road construction, small and medium...
AfCTA will go on without Nigeria, says Obasanjo
NewdawnMay 27, 2019
A former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, said on Monday that the African Free Continental Trade Area (AfCTA) Agreement will not be hindered by Nigeria’s...
Community networks key to connecting Africa, says Internet Society
newdawnngrSep 03, 2018
The Internet Society (http://www.InternetSociety.org) in partnership with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (https://www.APC.org) and Zenzeleni...