De Beers Group and UN Women Announce Programme To Support More Than 1,200 Women Entrepreneurs
Announcement comes on the one year anniversary of De Beers Group’s partnership with UN Women as a HeForShe Thematic Champion to stand with women and girls around the world De Beers Group, in partnership with United Nations (UN) Women, is pleased to announce the launch of a three-year capacity-building programme to improve the livelihoods of […]
African Development Bank Approves $50m Facility To Support Nigeria’s Rural Populations
The African Development Bank has approved a US$50 million line of credit to Nigeria’s Sterling Bank Plc to support micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) in strategic sectors, including agriculture, renewable energy and social sectors such as health and education. The facility, approved by the Bank’s Board on Tuesday, seeks to improve the quality […]
WHO Deploys Nearly 4,000 Volunteers To Tackle Malaria In Borno And Adamawa States
Determined to reverse the scourge of the malaria burden in North East Nigeria, World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed nearly 4,353 volunteers to administer anti-malaria drugs in second and third cycle of malaria chemo-prevention campaigns in Borno and Adamawa states. Across Jere, Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Kukawa, Guzamala, Damboa, Mobbar and Mafa Local Government Areas (LGAs) […]
Why Is It Always About The Woman?
If someone is good and fit for a job, give him/her. Why am I saying this? I read somewhere that a particular Parliament has banned women who use hair extensions, fix their nails and use eyelashes because they are fake. What the heck is that? Isn’t that rubbish of the highest order? It is bad […]
Tanzania To Tax Air Travellers $5 From October
Tanzania announced a security levy on air passengers, which businesses warn is likely to affect tourist numbers. The new levy, which takes effect on October 1, is meant to help improve airport security installations and safety services including perimeter fences and scanning machines. Tanzania Airports Authority director-general Richard Mayongela said foreign travellers boarding aircraft at […]
Uhuru To Leave Kenyans With Sh7trn Debt At End Of His Term
President Uhuru Kenyatta will accumulate nearly Sh2.13 trillion more in public debt by the time his final term ends in August 2022, Treasury projections show, signaling increased pressure on taxpayers’ funds. Treasury chiefs project in draft Budget Review and Outlook Paper that total debt will jump to nearly Sh7.17 trillion in the year ending June […]
Ghana To Deport 72 Nigerian Ladies
Seventy- two Nigerian ladies arrested for illegal entry into the country and for engaging in prostitution are to be deported, according to the Ghanaian authorities. The ladies arrested alongside eight Ghanaians and a Togolese, last week, during an operation in some brothels and hotels at Madina, an Accra suburb, allegedly entered the country illegally and […]
NLC Declares Indefinite Warning Strike Over Minimum Wage
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared the starting of an indefinite warning strike to press the Buhari administration to adopt a new minimum wage for workers. The strike will start Wednesday morning. Its sister labour group, the Trade Union Congress, had earlier on Tuesday announced it would begin strike from the early hours of […]
The Role Of Women IS Vital For Zimbabwe’s 2020 Vision – Mr Mangaliso Ndlovu
Women empowerment and participation in economic activities is important if the country is to achieve Vision 2030 of transforming the nation into a middle-class economy. This was said by Minister of Industry and Commerce Mr Mangaliso Ndlovu yesterday at the 6th Women in Enterprise Conference held in Harare. Officially opening the conference, Minister Ndlovu said […]
Ghana’s Market Women Score Win Against Forced Eviction
In a junk-strewn lot on the outskirts of Ghana’s capital, weary-looking street vendors gathered to hear their leader Vida Tangwam passionately protest their impending eviction. The women – among them high school drop-outs and single mothers – were usually treated like “nobody” by city authorities, Tangwam said. For decades street vendors have been forcibly, and […]
Pirates Kidnap 12 Crew Members Of Swiss Ship
Twelve crew members of a Swiss commercial ship have been taken hostage by pirates who attacked the vessel as it sailed off the coast of Nigeria. Massoel Shipping said in a statement Sunday that the ship MV Glarus, with 19 crew on board, was attacked as it was carrying wheat from the Nigerian commercial capital […]
KDF Kills 10 Al-Shabaab Fighters In Pandanguo, Lamu
The Kenya Defence Forces say they have killed more than 10 Al-Shabaab fighters in an operation in Lamu County. The terrorists were killed when the soldiers ambushed them at Taksile area in Pandanguo, Lamu West, at 6.45am. Pandanguo in among areas that have borne the brunt of terror attacks by the Somalia-based rag-tag militia. Last […]
INEC Declares Osun Governorship Election Inconclusive
The electoral commission, INEC, has declared the Osun State governorship election “inconclusive.” The declaration was made by Joseph Fuwape, the presiding officer of the election at the INEC headquarters in Osun. At the end of the collation of votes, the PDP candidate, Ademola Adeleke, won majority votes of about 254,698 votes while Gboyega Oyetola of […]
Family Planning In Preventing Mother-To-Child Transmission Of HIV
Women continue to bear a disproportionate burden of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with women accounting for more than half of the number of people living with HIV/AIDs worldwide. A 2013 UNAIDS report showed that an estimated 1.5 million women living with HIV gave birth to children, and 240,000 children worldwide acquire HIV yearly – the majority […]
Empowering Women Lies At The Centre Of Population Growth in Africa
I think about the future of my continent in terms of three questions: Are Africans healthy? Do they have access to a good education? And do they have opportunities to apply their skills? Millions more Africans have been able to answer yes to these questions in recent years. But there’s an elephant in the room. […]