Archive For: The Crunch
28 May 2014 It seems that hotel booking site Jovago has its sights set on covering Africa this year. A few weeks ago, we reported that the service had commenced operations in Kenya, Senegal and South Sudan. Recently, the company announced the commencement of services in Zanzibar, Djibouti and Malawi. Jovago has expressed to become ... Read More
27 May 2014 From BusinessDay we learn that Malawi’s High Court has rejected a decision by President Joyce Banda to annul her country’s general election – in which she was a candidate. Ms Banda had decided to annul the elections following complaints of irregularities. She had followed that up with the surprising statement that while ... Read More
27 May 2014 From the Zambezian we learn that Zambia’s Ministry of Health is collaborating with IBM to provide citizens with improved access to 200 lifesaving drugs. The project is supported by the World Bank, the Department for International Development, UNICEF and London Business School. Under the terms of the collaboration, Zambia’s Medical Stores Limited ... Read More
27 May 2014 He has conquered cement and now, Africa’s richest man is turning his attention to sugar. Alhaji Aliko Dangote announced recently, that his Sugar refinery is projected to produce about 2 million tonnes of sugar per annum from locally grown sugar cane within the next 10 years. He stated that the plan was ... Read More
26 May 2014 TimesLive SA paints us a beautiful picture of President Jacob Zuma’s inauguration as President of South Africa, following his successful re-election. The event which took place at the Union Building Pretoria saw several African leaders in attendance, including Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan. A ... Read More
26 May 2014 Ghana has announced that it will commence the distribution of free fertilizer to cocoa farmers this year. This action is in a bid to boost crop yields, currently standing at about 800,000 tonnes per year. Chief Executive of the cocoa industry Stephen Opuni said that the government had ordered about $200 million ... Read More
26 May 2014 Rwanda is putting together a novel plan that will see them both averting a potential catastrophe and generating electricity. Modern Ghana tells us that the company plans to double their current power output, by lifting methane from the bottom of Lake Kivu. The lake contains large volumes of a combination of Carbon ... Read More
23 May 2014 And finally, the higher education department of South Africa has announced that Gauteng is to open a new health and allied sciences university in 2015 Higher education Minister Blade Nzimande announced that the name of the new university would be the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, after Sefako Mapogo Makgatho, second president ... Read More
23 May 2014 From Ventures Africa we see that Nigeria has been announced as host for the first ever World Pension Summit focused on Africa. The Summit will hold in Abuja. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, Acting Director General of the National Pension Commission, expressed the commission’s delight at the opportunity to host the forum; adding that rising ... Read More
23 May 2014 The Norwegian Government has pledged the equivalent of $1.6 million USD to promote safe schooling in the Northern part of Nigeria and to help the communities affected by the abductions. Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende who announced the pledge at a meeting with supporters for the abducted girls, expressed the country’s concern ... Read More
