Archive For: The Crunch
13th Feb 2015 Namibian organization Swapo, formerly known as the South West Africa People’s Organization, has called for the celebration of both living and fallen heroes of the country, and the African continent in general. The organization’s Secretary-General Nangolo Mbumba has said Namibians must continue celebrating the lives of heroes and heroines of the liberation ... Read More
10th Feb 2015 Mobile telecommunications giant, Nokia has expressed their willingness to partner with Nigeria’s government to improve broadband services across the country. The organization is convinced about Nigeria’s commitment to achieve the goal and gave the assurance on the 3rd of February at a Nokia roundtable meeting in Lagos. The event hosted over one ... Read More
10th Feb 2015 About twenty NGO’s and civil society organizations have been awarded a cumulative amount of five billion Ugandan shillings to enable them advance in their work towards human rights and good governance in Uganda. The grant is by the Democratic governance facility, a multi donor funding institution consisting of The European Union, Sweden, ... Read More
10th Feb 2015 And the prime minister of Ivory Coast, Daniel Kablan Duncan, and his large delegation are preparing to hit the third edition of the Africa CEO forum, which is slated for March 16th and 17th in Geneva, Switzerland. The event will see over eight hundred influential people from different parts of Africa and ... Read More
10th Feb 2015 And finally, if you live in Kenya, and plan to travel to The Netherlands, you need to know that the embassy is moving its Visa services from Nairobi to South Africa from the 1st of March. The Nairobi office will still be operational, but all visa applications submitted in Nairobi will now ... Read More
9th Feb 2015 The Secretary of Kenya’s health ministry, James Macharia, has said that the government will lift the restriction of flights to and from Ebola-hit countries in West Africa in about three weeks, as they have been following the progress of the situation. Mr. Macharia who spoke to Star newspaper is quoted as saying ... Read More
9th Feb 2015 And In Nigeria, preparations for the forthcoming presidential and state polls have prompted the country’s electoral body, INEC to start nationwide distribution of non sensitive materials such as smart card and readers for the elections. The news is from Sam Olumekun, the Ekiti state resident electoral commissioner who noted that he has ... Read More
9th Feb 2015 Again Kenya makes today’s news for their success with the first ever grid-connected biogas plant on the African continent. According to the managing director of Tropical power Kenya Limited, Johnnie McMillan, the plant will start supplying power by the first of March this year. According to reports, the $6.5 million project named ... Read More
9th Feb 2015 And UK’s Independent has named No longer at ease, one of the great classics of late Professor Chinua Achebe from Nigeria, as one of the 10 biggest sequels ever by famous authors. No longer at ease was published in 1960 and is popularly regarded as a sequel to his ground breaking work ... Read More
5th Feb 2015 The menace of dreaded militant group, Boko haram in Nigeria has proven to be a cause for major concern globally, and countries in Africa have not been spared in the worry about the distasteful situation. To this effect, the African union has had discussions and decided to form a five nation regional ... Read More
