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SAP Africa Code Week returns to invest in Nigeria’s teachers
Training teachers, volunteers and unemployed in to ensure that no child is left behind during Africa Code Week 2017 AKURE, Nigeria,17 August 2017,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Over the next weeks Nigeria will play host to a series of official train-the-trainer (TTT) workshop sessions as the country takes on a leading…
Read More »Mass burials after devastating Sierra Leone mudslide
Facing the threat of disease, people in Sierra Leone on Wednesday began burying hundreds of victims of a mudslide that swept away homes on the edge of the capital, Freetown, in one of Africa’s worst flood disasters in living memory. Hundreds of Freetown residents queued to identify relatives crushed by…
Read More »“How to make agriculture appeal to educated Nigerian youth” – Makka
Serah Makka is the country director of ONE Nigeria, a campaigning and advocacy organisation working to end extreme poverty and preventable diseases, particularly in Africa. Here, she speaks about the ONE campaign’s effort to end extreme poverty in Nigeria How has it been steering over the affairs…
Read More »Suspected Boko Haram bombers kill dozens in Nigeria
A female suicide bomber blew herself up and killed 27 others at a market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, two local officials said, in an attack bearing the hallmark of Boko Haram. Two more suicide bombers detonated their devices at the gates to a nearby refugee camp, wounding many people,…
Read More »South Africa ‘fails’ to compensate slain miners’ families
Paballong, South Africa – Five years ago 34 miners striking over poor pay and harsh working conditions were shot and killed by police in South Africa. The government promised the families of the men compensation for what is called the Marikana massacre. But they still have not received any money. The…
Read More »INVESTIGATION: The pains of pregnant mothers in rural northern Nigeria
Northern Nigeria accounts for a huge percentage of women dying of pregnancy-and-childbirth-related complications in Nigeria, whereas the national maternal mortality ratio for Nigeria is put at 576 deaths per 100,000 live births, maternal deaths for the northeastern and northwestern sub-regions are as high as 1549 and 1024, respectively. …
Read More »Hundreds feared dead in mudslide near Freetown
Hundreds of people are feared dead after a mudslide on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, officials and witnesses say. Victor Foh, vice president of the West African country, has said many people are still buried underneath the debris. “It is likely that hundreds are lying dead underneath the…
Read More »Several people killed in attacks on UN camps in Mali
The United Nations says unidentified gunmen attacked the headquarters of the UN peacekeeping force in the northern Mali city of Timbuktu, killing seven people and injuring seven others. The UN peacekeeping mission says six assailants also were killed by UN peacekeepers in the attack on Monday afternoon. The mission says five…
Read More »ADVERTORIAL: CBN: Making access to finance easier for Nigerian farmers
The two major hindrances when it comes to access to finance by farmers is lack of collateral and high interest rates” – Abdulkadir Ahmed Faragai, Central Bank of Nigeria Accessing agricultural finance or loans is one of the most daunting challenges Nigerian farmers are grappling with, most especially uneducated…
Read More »Un Ivoirien sélectionné parmi quinze jeunes entrepreneurs africains en devenir
Le finaliste prometteur de Côte d’Ivoire partagera avec d’autres les 100 000 dollars du Prix Anzisha 2017, récompense prestigieuse décernée aux plus jeunes entrepreneurs africains Ibrahima Ben Aziz Konate, finaliste de Côte d’Ivoire. JOHANNESBOURG, Afrique du Sud, le 14 août 2017 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Quinze jeunes entrepreneurs africains…
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How Madji Sock is ensuring that Senegal’s future is rooted in culture and built for Africa
DAKAR, Senegal, 18 July 2025/ While the world often talks about Africa’s potential, Madji …
