Archive For: The Crunch
May 4 , 2015 In Kenya, Kenya Airways is taking proactive steps to bridge losses caused by a fall in flights. Chief executive Mbuvi Ngunze has said the company plans to sell some older planes and land, and is negotiating a bridging loan to help it through a cash crunch caused by a drop in ... Read More
May 4 , 2015 Last week we told you about chocolates in Kenya, today we’re talking about chocolates in Algeria. The nation recently held a chocolate and confectionery fair at the Medina centre. Visitors enjoyed treats, cups of hot chocolate and demonstrations on how to decorate delicious confectionary. The four-day event wasn’t totally homegrown; representatives ... Read More
May 4 , 2015 To encourage young talents in the sport, the International Tennis Academy in Nigeria will give a two hundred and fifty thousand Naira grant to any junior tennis player who plays in the CBN Junior Tennis Championship and wins the senior event as well. The announcement comes from the Academy’s Director, Godwin ... Read More
April 30, 2015 2015 is election year for many African countries; one of them is Sudan. Elections held on Monday the 27th of April and saw incumbent President Omar Hassan al-Bashir win a landslide election victory for himself and his ruling party. The National Election Commission announced that Bashir took 94.05 percent of votes in ... Read More
April 30, 2015 With the threat of Ebola considerably abated, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia are commencing nationawide immunization campaigns for childhood diseases. The routine immuniations were put on hold while health workers and authorities focused on addressing the Ebola crisis. Guinea launched a nationwide measles campaign on April 18 targeting 1.3 million children aged ... Read More
April 30, 2015 In Kenya, telecommunications company Safaricom has its sights set on mobile financial services and Internet access as the next big areas of growth after calls. To this effect, the company’s chief executive has announced that it is building up its 3G and 4G networks. Bob Collymore says “Customers’ needs are changing rapidly, ... Read More
April 30, 2015 Five ladies have been shortlisted for the inaugural BBC Women’s footballer of the year award and Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala will be repping the continent for the award. She is up against contenders such as Veronica Boquete from Spain, Scotland’s Kim Little, Brazilian forward Marta and Nadine Kessler from Germany. The winner will ... Read More
April 29, 2015 Nigeria’s political landscape continues to generate attention, and one of the figures coming very conspicuously to the spotlight is former Lagos State Governor and political heavyweight Bola Tinubu. The support of this opposition alliance leader for General Muhammadu Buhari was seen as a key factor in the latter’s win against President Goodluck ... Read More
April 29, 2015 Leaders from Africa and Asia have met and agreed to find more means to cooperate in fully fighting extremism, including its financing. At the conclusion of the summit in Indonesia, the leaders released a joint statement outlining some of their cooperative efforts. These efforts will include countering the appeal of terrorism and ... Read More
April 29, 2015 And in Egypt, both culture and religion were celebrated by the performance of one of Egypt’s oldest plays — puppet show El Leila El Kibeera, or ‘The Big Night’. The play was performed to mark International Heritage Day and held in Moez Street, in the heart of Old Cairo. Director Yasser Abdel ... Read More
