Archive For: The Crunch
20th Oct 2014 In a brave attempt to manage the effects of the dreaded Ebola disease in Sierra Leone, the government has launched an educational effort for over a million children who have been unable to attend school because of the health crisis. The education minister, Minkailu Bah in Freetown said the plan was to ... Read More
14th Oct 2014 Interesting news now for anyone who owns a Small or Medium scale Enterprise; according to Ventures Africa, about 300 SMEs are expected to meet up in Dakar Senegal on the 11th and 12th of November for a networking and solution creation event, organized by the Africa SME Champions Forum Specialist recruitment agency ... Read More
14th Oct 2014 And now good news for tech entrepreneurs everywhere, with the news that Nigeria is almost set to launch its government seeded IT Innovation Fund with plans to invest in not just Nigerian, but African startups. Techcabal which brings us the story, shares that the Nigerian Government has committed $9m as seed capital ... Read More
13th Oct 2014 Some time ago we informed you about Libya’s withdrawal of its bid to host the 2017 Afcon Nations Cup. The bid was thrown open,with African nations given till the 30th of September to indicate interest. TimesLive SA tells us that 7 countries have made the cut to host Africa in 2017. They ... Read More
9th Oct 2014 Nigeria’s Lagos state government has taken a another step in building its energy capabilities by placing a 14.3 Mega Watt power plant which will guarantee steady electricity supply to some public institutions and streets in the state. The 8.8megawatts Mainland Independent Power Plant will be launched on the 31st of October, by ... Read More
9th Oct 2014 Tuesday the 7th of October was the birthday of renowned South African religious leader and civil rights activist Desmond Tutu. The fiery cleric who turned 83, approached the event with the levity and humor for which he is known. Times Live SA tells us that in a brief speech at an annual ... Read More
9th Oct 2014 In the meanwhile, Morocco will hold the Nations Cup in 2015, Cameroon in 2019, Ivory Coast in 2021 and Guinea in 2023.
9th Oct 2014 And Modern Ghana has high praise for Eritrea, with its report that that nation is getting ready to kick off its mining industry and seems determined to do it the right way. First off, the country is receiving 40% of the profits generated by its first gold/copper mine, a far cry from ... Read More
8th Oct 2014 Have you ever pondered while sipping an excellent cup of coffee, where the best coffee in the world could possibly be from? If you have, and even if you haven’t, we intend to tell you. 11 coffee industry experts have all agreed that Ethiopian coffee is the best in the world. The ... Read More
8th Oct 2014 With the news of the first Ebola case discovered in the United States, attention is turning once again to Africa, but for a different reason this time. Faced with a virus that no one could predict would hit their nation, and with the arrival of the first case in the US markedly ... Read More
