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WEF: Africa is greenfield for investments – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan said Africa is open for direct foreign investments and will cease from demanding aids from the developed…
WEF: African leaders sign $700m MoU to support immunisation
African Leaders on Thursday 8 May signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of 700 million dollars to support immunisation and investment…
WEF: Jonathan urges African leaders to commit to agriculture
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday urged African leaders to go beyond campaign slogans if they want to reap benefits of…
Eko Hotels eyes world-class standard
The management of Eko Hotels and Suites said it has concluded plans to upgrade infrastructure at the facility to make…
High murder rate prevalent in Africa – UN
Murders have gone down worldwide but half of them still occur in countries with just 11 per cent of the…
Anglican leader fears Nigeria gay marriage backlash
Justin Welby, head of the Anglican Communion worldwide has warned that if the Church of England accepted gay marriage worldwide,…
Obasanjo stresses need for Africa’s infrastructure
Former Nigerian leader, Olusegun Obasanjo has called for efficient infrastructure development to support economic activities in the continent. Obasanjo made…
America forges ahead with plan to light up Africa
US lawmakers Thursday broke through a logjam on a plan to bring electricity to 50 million Africans, in what Washington…
LASAA to host Africa’s biggest expo in Lagos
Lagos State Signage & Advertisement Agency (LASAA) is to host Africa’s biggest signage & Outdoor conference and exhibition at Eko…
A ‘Marshall Plan’ for Africa’s job challenge, by Tony Elumelu
To Africa’s many challenges, add one more: unemployment. Unemployment, independent of any other factor, threatens to derail the economic promise…
Calabar Carnival Goes On Air Live In 40 African Countries
FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Calabar Carnival, one of Nigeria’s cultural showpiece events, will be beamed to over 40 countries on the continent…
Samsung plans to dominate Africa’s smartphone market
Samsung Electronics expects to supply half of the smartphones sold in Africa this year and aims to double these sales…
Big Win for Ivory Coast, a thin edge for Burkina Faso
Didier Drogba scored as Ivory Coast overcame Senegal 3-1 in Abidjan Saturday to boost hopes of a third consecutive World…
HIV infections plummet since 2001 says UNAIDS
New HIV infections have plummeted by a third overall since 2001 and more than halved among children, the United Nations…
Cameroon picks last play-offs ticket, edges out Libya
Cameroon defender Aurelien Chedjou turned goalscorer Sunday to sink Libya 1-0 and move his country closer to the 2014 World…
Visa requirements blamed for slow African integration
A panel of discussants at the just concluded meeting of the African Development Bank Annual in Marrakech, Morocco, has blamed…
Nigeria leads Africa in illicit forex outflows to the world
The image of Africa is that of a continent with the beggars bowl, urging richer nations to bankroll development. But…
Report: Natural resources could fuel Africa’s growth in 2013/14
A new report jointly produced by the African Development Bank, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the UN Development…
Nissan recalls 841,000 compact cars
Japan’s number two carmaker Nissan said Thursday it would recall some 841,000 compact cars worldwide due to a steering wheel…
Obasanjo preaches on the value of leadership
Former Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday identified lack of quality leadership among other factors as major hindrances to development…
Mobile phone subscriptions to hit 4 billion mark
The $1.0-trillion (750-million-euro) global mobile industry predicted Monday a boom in subscribers to four billion people by 2018 as the…
Earth warmer in 2012 than previous years
Global temperatures were above average for the 36th straight year in 2012, with parts of the Northern hemisphere experiencing their…
Cash crunch makes Zimbabwe’s 2013 polls uncertain
Zimbabwe cannot afford to hold elections in 2013, Finance Minister, Tendai Biti, said on Friday, and appealed to the international…
StarTimes Deploys DVB – T2 Technology
Award winning Digital Terrestrial Technology (DTT) service provider in Africa, StarTimes/NTA has launched the latest modern Pay TV decoder DVB-T2…
Koroma takes oath, begins second term journey
Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koroma was sworn-in as president Friday night after a convincing win and vowed to transform the…
2.5million Nigerians living with undiagnosed diabetes
New estimates released by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) today to mark World Diabetes Day 2012 show that 3.2 million…
Ikhana names Nigeria’s Falcon’s squad for AWC
ADEBOBOLA ALAWODE Super Falcons head coach, Kadiri Ikhana, has named the 21 players that will represent Nigeria at the 8th…
No winner for the Mo Ibrahim Leadership Prize
LONDON (AFP) – The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership — the world’s biggest individual prize — was not…
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Cape Verde knocks Cameroon out of Nations Cup
Cape Verde Island, the West African nation of just half a million people has created one of the greatest upsets…
Shot Mauritanian president to be flown to Paris
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz will be flown Sunday to Paris for further treatment after he was operated in…