The Africa Rising narrative has suffered a terrible blow in the last couple of years. With headwinds from falling commodity prices, many African countries suffered significant economic slowdowns. Some of the continent’s largest economics like Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt did officially enter into a recession. Overall, there is hope that the continent will be on a slow path to [...]
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A recent report by the Malaria Futures for Africa (MalaFa) says Nigeria may not be able to meet the 2030 target by Africa to eliminate malaria.This is contained in a statement issued in commemoration of the world malaria day, marked every April 25. The 2018 edition is themed 'Ready to Beat Malaria'.According to the 2017 world malaria report, there were [...]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says no fewer than 59 million children in Africa are stunted while another 10 million are overweight.The UN health agency also warned that Africa’s attempts to achieve health for all by 2030 could be threatened unless the continent addresses the twin challenges of under-nutrition and obesity.Under-nutrition occurs when people do not get enough to eat, [...]
Okonjo-Iweala chairs Commonwealth session attended by world leaders — including 3 African presidents
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former coordinating minister of the economy, chaired a session of the Commonwealth Business Forum attended by many world leaders.Some of the presidents at the session tagged ‘Is the Africa growth story still alive?’ were Paul Kagame of Rwanda; Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa; and Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya.On Friday, she took to Twitter to share highlights of the [...]
Israel says it has reached a deal with the UN refugee agency to cancel the plan to deport thousands of African refugees.Speaking at a news conference with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli interior minister Arye Dery said that following tough negotiations with the UNHCR, Israel had agreed to resettle one asylum seeker in a Western country for every asylum [...]
Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state, has called on African leaders to work towards the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs).Obi made the call at the World Conference Centre, Bonn, Germany, during the Global Festival of Action for sustainable development goals that ended on Saturday.He said a close look at the goals would show they are development trajectories [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari is a son of history. He has been in enviable positions to make history and has continuously made history with ease. Among other records, Buhari would forever be remembered as the first man to democratically unseat an incumbent president in Nigeria.Buhari is also the only Nigerian who has been head of state, governor, two-time minister, and president. Not even [...]
Today my column takes a deserved break from writing about politics. Given the nature of politics – contest over power, resources and privileges – especially in an almost anarchic environment like ours - the topics one writes about could quite often be depressing.Today I am going to crave the indulgence of my readers to write about myself. Not really about [...]
The Chinese government says it cannot take the blame for Africa's debt burden, saying it is as a result of accumulation over the years.At a press briefing on Monday, the US department of state had said China's loan rates are terrible for Africa because they burden the continent.Responding to the statement on Tuesday, Geng Shuang, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, said he [...]
Africa’s agriculture market is expected to rise to a valuation of $1 trillion by 2030, says Akinwumi Adesina, president of African Development Bank (AfDB).Adesina said this on Thursday during a keynote address at the 94th US department of agriculture outlook forum held in Virginia."For too long, Agriculture has been associated with what I call the three Ps - pain, penury, and poverty. The [...]
Depending on where you stand on the active controversies of the day, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, 65, is either a passionate public intellectual animated and driven by his love for his fatherland and how to make her take her rightful position in the comity of nations or he is a political gadfly and peripatetic scholar who probably would have been [...]
Ben Murray-Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa-east, says he first met Aliko Dangote, billionaire businessman in 1981 when he was the richest man in Apapa, Lagos.In a tweet on Thursday, the lawmaker said in less than three decades, the president of Dangote Group grew from being the richest man in Apapa to becoming Africa’s richest man.Challenging the younger people, Bruce said despite the [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has told African leaders that winning the war against corruption in the continent would require a change of mindset.He said this on Sunday while launching the African anti-corruption year at the ongoing AU summit in Addis Ababa.In an address titled ‘Winning the fight against corruption: A sustainable path to Africa’s transformation’, Buhari said such a change of [...]
Clashes between farmers and nomadic herders across West Africa are beginning to look like the norm, with each country taking its share of the violence. Residents of Logo and Guma communities in Benue state, Nigeria, entered 2018 on a sad note.Suspected herdsmen invaded communities in the areas and by the time the dust settled on an attack, over 70 people had been [...]
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will on Tuesday deliver the inaugural keynote lecture at Harvard Business School, as the university introduces a new course,“Africa Rising”. According to a statement by Laolu Akande, his spokesman, Osinbajo would during the lecture, highlight the progress made by the Buhari administration in improving the country’s economy and investment climate.The vice-president is expected back in Abuja on Wednesday."The university describes the [...]
According to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), migration streams within Africa are larger than those out of Africa.In a report released in 2016, UNECA said about 31 million of the continent’s 1.2 billion population have migrated internationally, while more than half of those migrating internationally do so within Africa.Ouidah, one of the 10 major cities in Benin Republic, [...]
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