Category: Africa

By Faustine NgilaPublished September 15, 2022 More than half of Africa’s total wealth is controlled by only three nations according to this year’s Africa Wealth Report (pdf) published by UK investment consultancy firm Henley & Partners in partnership with South African wealth intelligence firm New World Wealth. South Africa, Egypt, and Nigeria which respectively command $651 billion, $307…

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Adewale Maja-Pearcenybooks.com26 August 2022 Here in Lagos we are approaching the end of the so-called rainy season (as opposed to the so-called dry season). So-called because why include the word ‘season’ in the first place? Nobody says the ‘winter season’ or the ‘summer season’ but we’ve given up on our indigenous languages in favour of…

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BY – Simon Pirani, TruthoutPUBLISHED – August 20, 2022 Food and fuel prices are soaring globally, and the Russian oil and gas supply has been squeezed since the invasion of Ukraine. In response, European governments are paving the way to massive investments in fossil fuels from non-Russian sources that imperil efforts to tackle climate change….

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Article by – Barbados Today Published on – July 23, 2022 The University of the West Indies (The UWI) proudly celebrates Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, and Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves who both recently received international recognition for their leadership and influence. Prime Minister Mottley was lauded…

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18 JULY 2022Content from our Premium PartnerAllAfrica InfoWire (Washington, DC) A part of the leading global logistics provider DP World, DUBUY.com opens a new digital trade corridor for Ghana and Zambia, connecting traders from West and Southern Africa. The wholesale platform brings efficient, reliable B2B eCommerce to new traders, enabling market access for businesses of…

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23 JULY 2022GroundUp (Cape Town)By James Stent Mass suspensions of dissenting office bearers ruled “invalid” and “unconstitutional” The national congress of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), set to begin on Monday, has been interdicted and restrained from going ahead, until the union complies with its constitution. NUMSA’s national office bearers are…

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24 JULY 2022Capital FM (Nairobi)By Sharon Resian Nakola Nairobi — Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga has withdrawn from the presidential debate scheduled to hold on Tuesday, July 26. Odinga’s campaign secretariat said its candidate cannot share a national podium with a person who lacks “basic decency” even as they labelled their chief opponent, Kenya Kwanza’s…

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24 JULY 2022Capital FM (Nairobi)By Omondi Onyatta Eugene, United States — Newly-crowned world 800m champion Emmanuel Korir believes the next step in his career is to set a new world record for the men’s 800m. Despite claiming the Olympic and world titles, Korir believes there is a lot more left in the tank for him…

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Rare twins have been born to a Maasai giraffe in Nairobi’s National Park, the Kenyan wildlife minister announced on Tuesday. “This is an extremely rare occurence,” Najib Balala said on Twitter in a post accompanied by a picture of the mother watching over her twin offspring. The world’s tallest species was listed as “vulnerable to…

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24 JULY 2022Premium Times (Abuja)By Tunde Eludini South Africa won all six matches in Morocco en route to becoming African Champions. The South African women’s national team are the new champions of women’s football in Africa. The Banyana Banyana beat host Morocco 2-1 to officially dethrone Nigeria’s Super Falcons as the new queens of football…

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