26 May 2014 EL Now gathers that MTV Base has announced the star studded line-up of performers for the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards. The award show which will be held in Durban, South Africa will be graced by American R&B singer Miguel has been confirmed as a performer. Sharing the stage on the day will also be Ikworikwo ... Read More
26 May 2014 TimesLive SA paints us a beautiful picture of President Jacob Zuma’s inauguration as President of South Africa, following his successful re-election. The event which took place at the Union Building Pretoria saw several African leaders in attendance, including Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan. A ... Read More
26 May 2014 Ghana has announced that it will commence the distribution of free fertilizer to cocoa farmers this year. This action is in a bid to boost crop yields, currently standing at about 800,000 tonnes per year. Chief Executive of the cocoa industry Stephen Opuni said that the government had ordered about $200 million ... Read More
26 May 2014 Rwanda is putting together a novel plan that will see them both averting a potential catastrophe and generating electricity. Modern Ghana tells us that the company plans to double their current power output, by lifting methane from the bottom of Lake Kivu. The lake contains large volumes of a combination of Carbon ... Read More
The passion, emotion and energy that this actor puts into his performances are what keeps us glued to our screens. Even as we can’t seem to get enough of him, this actor is showing no traces of slowing down. I’m talking about none other than Deyemi Okanlawon. What don’t you know about Deyemi Okanlawon? You’re ... Read More
23 May 2014 And finally, the higher education department of South Africa has announced that Gauteng is to open a new health and allied sciences university in 2015 Higher education Minister Blade Nzimande announced that the name of the new university would be the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, after Sefako Mapogo Makgatho, second president ... Read More
23 May 2014 From Ventures Africa we see that Nigeria has been announced as host for the first ever World Pension Summit focused on Africa. The Summit will hold in Abuja. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, Acting Director General of the National Pension Commission, expressed the commission’s delight at the opportunity to host the forum; adding that rising ... Read More
23 May 2014 The Norwegian Government has pledged the equivalent of $1.6 million USD to promote safe schooling in the Northern part of Nigeria and to help the communities affected by the abductions. Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende who announced the pledge at a meeting with supporters for the abducted girls, expressed the country’s concern ... Read More
23 May 2014 BusinessDay informs us that Nigeria has formally asked the United Nations Security Council Al Qaeda sanctions committee to blacklist Boko Haram. The publication quotes a Reuters report as saying that if there are no objections from the 15-member council committee, which operates by consensus, Boko Haram will be sanctioned on the 21st ... Read More
23 May 2014 We kick off with the report that Guinea Bissau has successfully conducted its Presidential run off elections. Former Finance Minister Jose Mario Vaz who was the candidate for the dominant African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde took 61.9 percent of the votes while his opponent Nuno Gomes Nabiam, ... Read More
