The co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) – Nigeria’s foremost tech incubator – Bosun Tijani, has said that in order for the paucity of tech talents in Nigeria to be bridged, the fundamental things need to be…
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The government of Egypt has lifted a temporary ban on fresh fruits and vegetables exported from South Africa. The temporary ban on the items by the Egyptian government was imposed amid listeria outbreak in South Africa. With the South African…
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The rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea has repercussions that go beyond diplomacy on the Horn of Africa. A recent investigation shows that while Eritrea is no longer isolated, Djibouti is emerging as the new regional arms trafficking hub. The small…
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In Nigeria, you need as much as US$125,000 to buy a presidential nomination form. These exorbitant amounts are aimed to keep the highest political office in the hands of the monied, the connected and the corrupt. If you were a…
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South Africa’s highest court legalises cannabis use; ordered the parliament to draft new laws within 24 months to reflect the order South Africa’s highest court has legalised the private use of marijuana, upholding a lower court’s ruling that found the…
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It’s just five months since Abiy Ahmed took over as Ethiopian Prime Minister, yet the pace of change in the Horn of Africa has been simply staggering. Insuperable obstacles have been swept away. So many hurdles have been vaulted that it’s difficult…
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It took several years of negotiations for fastjet, a low-cost private airline based in Tanzania, to get the traffic rights to fly between Harare and Bulawayo this July. The flying distance between these two major cities in Zimbabwe is only about 228 miles—a…
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In a recent video, South African far-left leader, Julius Malema, admonished Africans to find indigenous ways to address their challenges and unite under a single state. He proposed the elimination of borders created by colonialists and the promotion of tolerance…
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In a manner the United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump dishes out his anti-media rhetoric, authorities in Egypt are taking aim at an alleged barrage of “fake news” they say is meant to sow division and undermine the rule of…
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Government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has jailed a newspaper editor who exposed corruption in the country’s Ministry of Sports. Tharcisse Zongia, editor-in-chief of the satirical weekly newspaper, Grognon, was sentenced in absentia to one year in jail for…
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