Archive For: The Crunch
May 25, 2015 Still on elections and leadership, Burundi’s president Pierre Nkurunziza has delayed earlier scheduled elections by a week, after nearly a month of political unrest and a failed military coup. Presidential adviser Willy Nyamitwe, said the decision by the president came after a recommendation by the election commission and after opposition politicians and the ... Read More
May 25, 2015 Barely 2 weeks to the inauguration of President Elect Buhari into his official position, the ruling APC Party is already planning for the next 4 years with a 2 day policy dialogue held in Abuja. One of the topics under discussion was, Exploring the Sports, Tourism and Creative Industries for Job Creation. ... Read More
May 25, 2015 Murder charges have been dropped against Wasila Tasiu, a 15-year-old girl accused of using rat poison to kill her 35 year old husband, Umar Sani in Nigeria. The case was reported last year and the matter brought the issue of child brides and forced marriages into the limelight, while attracting attention and ... Read More
May 25, 2015 Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has called for countries in the developed world to invest in the opportunities that abound in Africa. She believes this is important to curtail the current rate of emigration, as the migration of many Africans to Europe is motivated mostly by unemployment. Ms Kadaga was speaking ... Read More
May 22 , 2015 The University of Ghana’s World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Advocacy and Training in Pharmaco-vigilance will play host to attendees of the second African Society of Pharmaco-vigilance Conference in Accra from November 25 to November 27 this year. Ghana was picked as the host country because of the country’s remarkable leadership ... Read More
May 22 , 2015 Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has become the recipient of an honorary Doctorate degree from Yale University, one of the most prestigious tertiary institutions in America. She was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters at Yale’s 2015 Commencement Ceremony in New Haven, Connecticut. ... Read More
May 22 , 2015 The Kibale Association for Rural and Environmental Development in Uganda has won a Silver Award at the 2015 African Responsible Tourism Awards in Cape Town, South Africa. The community-based tourism and conservation organization manages and promotes sustainable tourism around the Bigodi wetland sanctuary in Kamwenge district. George Owoyesigire of KAFRED who ... Read More
May 22 , 2015 Captain and Goalkeeper of Nigeria’s senior men’s football team Vincent Enyeama has been ranked the 18th best goalkeeper in the world in 2015 by UK newspaper, The Telegraph. The media outfit recently collected a poll on their website where votes were cast to determine who the best keeper in the world was ... Read More
May 21 , 2015 President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya believes Africa’s development will be set further in motion if the continent is integrated, and has urged the African Union to make this happen more quickly. He made these feelings known in Midrand, South Africa, where he opened the 6th Ordinary Session of the Third Parliament of the ... Read More
May 21 , 2015 Nigerian philanthropist and entrepreneur Tony Elumelu, has proposed a new entrepreneur-led development model for Africa. He made this suggestion at two high profile events in Washington DC. The Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation spoke at a White House event on the eleventh of May which was a prelude to Obama’s Kenyan ... Read More
