Archive For: The Crunch
18th Aug 2014 And still talking numbers and business in Africa, Safaricom Foundation, a foundation of Safaricom limited, a leading mobile network operator in Kenya, has pledged $8.4 million to youth development in Kenya. Having observed that up to one million people enter the Kenyan labour market per year, Safaricom Limited saw the need to ... Read More
14th Aug 2014 Let’s start off with a look at the FIFA Under 20 Womens World Cup which kicked off in Edmonton Canada on the 5th of August. Our African teams didn’t go to Canada to play. Nigeria is holding strong so far at the top of the Group C table after drawing against Mexico ... Read More
14th Aug 2014 Now guys, remember when we told you that Stephen Keshi was on the verge of signing a new contract according to the NFF well, he’s not. Guys this story has got more twists than…well…than a telenovela. So, the new gist is that Stephen Keshi’s team has announced that the Coach will not ... Read More
14th Aug 2014 Speaking of the Nigeria Rwanda Game…yes guys…there’s some trouble on that score too…Rwanda is not comfortable at all with the idea of coming to play in Nigeria and so the Rwanda Football Federation, has written to the Confederation of African Football, requesting a change of venue, because they are worried about the ... Read More
13th Aug 2014 Hi there and welcome, Fisrt off, we gather Ghana’s Black Star Asamoah Gyan is now Africa’s highest paid sportsman. According to The Magazine’s Money Issue salary survey project, Gyan has overtaken Samuel Eto’o of Cameroon and Manchester City’s Yaya Toure and will make $16 million annual profit from his salaries, wages and ... Read More
13th Aug 2014 Barely 2 weeks after running her best ever at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Blessing Okagbare is making headlines again. The speedracer has taken the gold in the ongoing Senior Athletics championship and has in the process, created a new championship record in the short sprint with a time of 11.00 seconds, ... Read More
13th Aug 2014 In not too happy football news, the African Cup of Nations Qualifiers are facing some seriously shaky circumstances due to worries over the Ebola Virus. Togo has requested that its game due to be played in Guinea on the 5th or 6th of September, be moved. The Togo Football Federation is waiting ... Read More
13th Aug 2014 Meanwhile West Africa is receiving support and expertise from Uganda as 20 of that nation’s top medical officials have flown to Liberia and Sierra Leone to provide assistance. Uganda has had 4 major outbreaks in the last 10 years, containing all of them before the outbreaks could spread to other coutries. We ... Read More
12th Aug 2014 We’ve heard the various promises and commitments that th US is making, but we also want to know, what are African countries doing for themselves. A quick rundown Benin Republic has set up two business-type incubators which have already supported more than 2,500 young professional farmers in agricultural entrepreneurship. The country has ... Read More
12th Aug 2014 He has conquered cement, is taking over Sugar and now it seems that Africa’s richest man has set his sights firmly on dominating rice. According to ThisDay Live, the Dangote Group plans to invest N165 billion for rice cultivation in five states across the federation, according to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ... Read More
