Africa must take a leading role in the data economy
Financial Times Technology has broken down barriers and ensured freedoms for millions in a way no other invention has before. At last month’s meeting of the UN General Assembly, 91 world leaders listened to US President Donald Trump rebuke China from inside the room, but hundreds of millions of people viewed the speech on their […]
Ethiopia and Sudan agree to establish joint oil pipeline
Middle East Monitor Sudan and Ethiopia agreed on Friday to establish a joint oil pipeline, to serve the two countries. This came during a meeting held by Sudanese Minister of Energy and Mining Adel Mohamed Ibrahim, with his Ethiopian counterpart, Seleshi Bekele, in the capital Addis Ababa, as part of an official visit by Sudan’s […]
African languages are the fastest growing in the United States
By Chidinma Irene Nwoye Newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau spotlights African languages among the top ten fastest growing languages spoken at home in the U.S. The list featured three groups of African languages: Swahili and other Central/Eastern/Southern African languages; Yoruba, Twi, Igbo, and other Western African languages; and Amharic/Somali. Analysts credit the development to recent […]
What China Is Really Up To In Africa
By Wade Shepard, Forbes Africa has become the fastest urbanizing region of the world, with rural migrants moving into cities a clip that has even surpassed that of China and India, as the continent becomes one of the final frontiers of the forth industrial revolution. This rapid transition presents big challenges but also offers big rewards for […]
The Horn Of Africa
World Atlas Today, we know the countries of the Horn of Africa as Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia. However, humans have inhabited the Horn of Africa for thousands of years – some evidence dates back as far as 125,000 years ago. People is an overview of the unique features of this region. History Ethiopia Pre-history […]
Journey into the wilds of the Congo rain forest to locate a shockingly large peatland
National Geographics BY DANIEL GROSSMAN These peatlands could be critical to fighting climate change This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It had been three busy days since Greta Dargie had returned to Mbandaka, a city on the western border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She moved through the local outdoor market […]
The president of Sierra Leone demanded the U.N. Security Council to add permanent representation for Africa
By TED ANTHONY UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The leader of Sierra Leone demanded Thursday that the U.N. Security Council reconfigure itself to add permanent representation for Africa, saying the continent’s “patience is being tested” by its longstanding exclusion. Julius Maada Bio, president of the West African nation, used blunt words in his annual U.N. General […]
Nigerian innovation center and seed-fund CcHub has acquired Nairobi based iHub
Tech Crunch By Jake Bright Two of Africa’s powerhouse tech incubators will join forces. Nigerian innovation center and seed-fund CcHubhas acquired Nairobi based iHub, CcHub CEO Bosun Tijani confirmed to TechCrunch. The purchase amount is undisclosed, but Tijani said CcHub will finance the deal out of its real-estate project to build a new 10-story innovation center to replace its […]
The Government of South Sudan Strongly Denounced Clooney and his out right lie
For decades shiny objects like Clooney have acted as foreground shills for more powerful people, propagandizing the American public in order to start wars in our name and with our troops harming untold millions of people around the world. We are responsible for what is done in our name, it’s on us to get educated, […]
Natural Gas Will Make Africa Greener
Wall Street Journal by Ernest J. Moniz and Alain Ebobissé It’s more reliable than wind or solar, cleaner than wood or diesel. Africa’s renewable-energy projects are an important part of the global effort against climate change. But if the continent’s standard of living is going to improve, it’ll take more than windmills and solar panels. Africa’s economy […]
“President Trump, act now to give democracy a chance in Sudan” Jimmy Carter
Opinion by Jimmy Carter (CNN) The Sudanese people’s overthrow of their former government opened new opportunities in the country for democracy, peace and economic development. Today, Sudan’s transition is at a fragile moment. To succeed, it needs urgent international support. In August, the leaders of the protest movement and the military signed an agreement establishing a three-year transition […]
President Kagame, Dr Tedros Defend Health As Foundation Of African Prosperity
KY Press Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and the Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, have published a joint opinion that defends Health as the centre stage for African prosperity. President Kagame and Dr Tedros, originally from Ethiopian, published the article in the UK-based Financial Times ahead of the 74th Session of the […]
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