Two key public figures have been arrested by Kenyan authorities on suspicion of corruption over allocation of land for the East African country’s new $3 billion flagship Nairobi-Mombasa railway. Chairman of Kenyan National Land Commission, Mohammed Abdalla Swazuri, was one…
Continue readingBy Gareth Bloor During a recent visit to Washington D.C., I briefed several foundations, members of Congress and think tanks: South Africa and Zimbabwe’s challenges have recently come to the fore, in light of eroding property rights and election issues…
Continue readingThe African National Congress and President Cyril Ramaphosa appear determined to lower the fuel price – in the midst of raising it – with Business Tech reporting that government is “actively seeking ways” to find a solution to the problem….
Continue readingIn Africa, especially in Nigeria, over 80 per cent of the agricultural produce comes through small-scale and subsistence farming. The farmers mostly comprise women in the rural areas. In Nigeria, women make up the largest number of the workforce in…
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was elected in 2015 after emphasising his track record of tackling corruption, and his pledge to stop public officials from looting the country’s treasury, after he rightly declared: “if we don’t kill corruption, this corruption will…
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James Scott, Chief Digital Officer of Absa Corporate and Investment Bank, writes on how digital revolution is fast-tracking growth on African continent. IF there was ever a time to watch progress in Africa, it would be now. As we have…
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Ethiopia’s state-run telecoms monopoly has agreed to allow some local firms provide Internet services through its infrastructure – a move seen as spurring competition and expanding the data market, officials said. Ethio Telecom has more than 16 million subscribers of…
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In South Africa, automotive industry accounts for about 7 per cent of GDP, with BMW, VW and Nissan putting money into the country. But, some said, the government’s plans may be over-ambitious. SOUTH Africa is proposing to car makers,…
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African Students For Liberty (ASFL) has announced its 2018 Regional Conferences. The conferences will take place in succession between July and November in Kenya, Nigeria, Burundi and Tanzania. The events will bring together students and young professionals championing the cause…
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Nigeria, like other countries, is a nation confronted by several circumstances; some of these are seen, others unseen. And usually, countries tend to give much attention to things that are seen, leaving aside those that are unseen. I came…
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