PM Roots for Gender Parity in Africa
PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa on Wednesday urged African leaders to join hands in addressing gender disparity on the continent. The Premier who was representing President Samia Suluhu Hassan at the ongoing YouLead 2021 Summit held at the Training Centre for Development Cooperation in Eastern and Southern Africa(MS-TCDC) said African leaders had a noble duty restoring […]
British Prime Minister, African Leaders Urge Investors To Accelerate Economic Role On the Continent
UK companies must leap at the chance to deepen economic ties with Africa, a continent with unmatched investment opportunities, several African leaders said at a high-level panel. At an oversubscribed opening ceremony for the 2020 UK-Africa Investment Summit, Monday, attended by dignitaries and delegates from 16 African countries, including President El Sisi of Egypt, British […]
Nigerian Investors Should Seize Opportunities In The DRC – Akinwumi Adeshina
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina has rallied the Nigerian private sector to take advantage of the huge investment opportunities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to develop Africa. He expressed the need to build an effective investment bridge with the DRC, “because when you unlock their potentials, you unlock […]
Kenyan Entrepreneurs Create An Afrocentric MarketPlace
Kenyan entrepreneurs, Dicky Hokie and Sitati Kituyi, launched AfricanStockPhoto, an Afrocentric stock photography marketplace, as a side project in 2015 before going public in February 2017. So far, the startup has amassed an active user base of 100 photographers across Africa, and buyers within and outside the continent. The reason for the startup is simple; stock photography […]
Botswana’s President Speaks His Mind About Fellow African Leaders, and Trump
As most African leaders maintained a stony silence in response to Congolese leader Joseph Kabila’s determination to postpone elections and extend his stay in office, Botswana President Ian Khama’s government shot straight from the hip. “Some political leaders refuse to relinquish power when their term of office expires,” it said on Twitter. “It is […]
Ailing African Presidents Leave Nations in Leadership Limbo
Nigeria, Angola and Zimbabwe are being left in leadership limbo as their ailing rulers spend weeks abroad seeking medical attention. The presidents of the three African nations all wield considerable power, and their absence has stoked investor uncertainty and stirred talk about succession. The situation hasn’t been helped by their governments’ failure to disclose what’s […]
Ugandan Leader Makes Son His Adviser, Critics See Succession Plan
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has appointed his son as his senior adviser, officials said on Tuesday, a move analysts said was part of a plan to groom him to take over the top job. The president’s son, Major General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, was moved from his position at the head of the army’s special forces, the […]
Buhari Hosts West African Leaders
Less than two weeks to the day President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia was scheduled to hand over to President-elect Adama Barrrow, West African leaders will meet in Abuja for a meeting to ensure peaceful transition. Mr. Jammeh, who initially conceded defeat, has vowed to remain in office and has ignored calls by West African ECOWAS […]
Africa Bloc Vows To Send Troops If Jammeh Stays
West African leaders will send troops into The Gambia if its longtime ruler who lost elections does not step down next month, the president of the Economic Community of West African States said on Friday. Marcel de Souza told reporters the regional bloc has chosen Senegal to lead any military intervention if President Yahya Jammeh […]
Social Media Is Now the Most Dangerous Threat to Africa’s Leaders
The 2016 election in Uganda is now in the past and the most consequential job in the land was retained by the incumbent, President Yoweri Museveni. Thus far, pundits have variously told us what we can learn from the exercise; the presidential debate attended by all candidates including the incumbent; the man’s re-election to a […]
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