Archive For: The Crunch
24th Nov 2014 Also from Ventures Africa, a report that Sub Saharan Africa’s use of mobile technology is poised to become quite the revolutionary development tool by 2020. A report by the GSM Association informs us that sub-Saharan Africa has been the world’s fastest growing mobile market over the past half-decade. This impressive growth is ... Read More
24th Nov 2014 The secretary general of United Nations, Ban Ki-moon has said that the Ebola crisis can successfully be ended in two thousand and fifteen if the world increases their response to the critical outbreak which has hit some parts of West Africa, particularly Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, and has resulted in over ... Read More
24th Nov 2014 Still on the disease South Africa’s well known billionaire, Patrice Motsepe, has recently donated one million dollars to the Ebola Fund in Guinea, to help in the fight against the deadly virus. This is a move that will no doubt motivate other South African institutions and companies to follow suit, especially with ... Read More
20th Nov 2014 This Tuesday in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, the medical and dental council has said that over thirty quack doctors have been arrested, alongside many others that were illegally operating as practitioners, by the organization. Speaking through the Registrar and Chief Executive of the MDCN, Dr. Abdulmuni Ibrahim, the council has said ... Read More
20th Nov 2014 In Madrid, Spain, A few thousands of protesters marched through designated areas behind a banner calling for the independence of Saharawi. Saharawi, which was a former Spanish colony in North western Africa, often disputed, is known to be larger than Britain but with a, incomparable population of only two hundred and sixty ... Read More
20th Nov 2014 In a brave and sympathetic gesture, Gambia has reopened its land borders to West African nationals from countries hit by the deadly Ebola crisis, saying that borders closure has not been recommended by the World health organization as part of the measures to curtail the spread of the disease. The head of ... Read More
20th Nov 2014 The Gambia Tourism Board has organized the first-ever international boat fishing competition in the country as part of efforts to boost and promote their tourism.. The event saw participants from within and outside the country, participating in the competition. At the welcome ceremony held at the Green Mamba Garden Restaurant, in Ousainou ... Read More
18th Nov 2014 Grammy award winner and one of West Africa’s most successful music legends Angelique Kidjo has expressed her unhappiness about the stigmatization of some Africans in Diaspora, especially in America since the Ebola outbreak began. Angelique Kidjo who is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and co-founder of the Batonga Foundation for Girls Education, has been ... Read More
18th Nov 2014 In some more positive news in the fight against the Ebola disease, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has announced that the country is officially free of the disease. The outbreak, involved a different strain from the Ebola currently affecting some countries in West Africa, and killed at least 49 ... Read More
18th Nov 2014 I’m sure you guys remember the earlier days of Nollywood in Nigeria with those movies we loved to watch by veteran Nollywood actor and director, Zack Amata. He is in the news again but this time not related to his movies but advocating the need for girl-child education, especially in northern Nigeria. ... Read More
