14 May 2014 Cross River State has taken another step in cementing its reputation as the business tourism destination of Nigeria with the formal launch of the Calabar International Convention Centre (CICC), Nigeria’s first purpose-built conference facility. The conference centre was launched officially at World Travel Market Africa in Cape Town, South Africa. Speaking at ... Read More
14 May 2014 Times Live SA shares the information that the African National Congress (ANC) has won the 5th democratic elections in South Africa’s general elections which held recently. The ANC saw its majority shrink to 62.1%, while the Democratic Alliance grew its vote share to 22.2%. The Economic Freedom Fighters came third with 6.3 ... Read More
13 May 2014 So, who are Africa’s top intellectual innovators? Well, National Geographic asked Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute at Harvard University this very interesting question. According to him, Africa’s top innovators are writer, poet and playwright Wole Soyinka and Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie. He ... Read More
13 May 2014 Graca Machel, widow of the late South African leader Nelson Mandela, has broken her silent mourning with a letter expressing support for the missing girls and requesting their safe return.She stated that she broke the restrictions of her mourning because silence is not an option. She added however, that she knew that ... Read More
13 May 2014 The 24th World Economic Forum on Africa has come to a successful end. The forum which held in Abuja, Nigeria recorded one of the highest numbers of delegates in its history. This year’s theme was Forging Inclusive growth, creating jobs and saw over 1000 participants from other 70 countries in attendance. One ... Read More
09 May 2014 TimesLive SA tells us that the Tunisian National Office for Tourism has teamed up with the country’s own Star Wars fan club to stage its first Star Wars encounter in the country. This is another aspect of Tunisia’s new campaign to increase and diversify tourism in the country. Participating fan clubs from ... Read More
09 May 2014 EL Reports recently brought you the information that online hotel booking portal Jovago had expanded operations into Senegal and Kenya. Following this, the company has announced yet another step forward with the expansion of its operations into South Sudan, in a bid to reach a wider audience and bring easy and transparent hotel ... Read More
09 May 2014 Nigeria is still contemplating the implications of its rebased economy especially as it has highlighted the various sectors of the economy and their effect on the GDP. 12 sectors have now been highlighted as the country’s fastest growing, with great potential for investments, job creation and poverty reduction. They are electricity, motion pictures, ... Read More
08 May 2014 In Sports news, the 2nd Okpekpe 10 kilometre road race has come to an end, with Ethiopa making an almost complete sweep of the medals table. ThisDay Live tells us that Teshome Asafan came first in the male race with the race’s first sub 29 minutes time of 28 minutes 36 seconds ... Read More
08 May 2014 BusinessDay announces that partner companies of Grow Africa – a programme established by the World Economic Forum, NEPAD, and the African Union to accelerate the transformation of African agriculture, doubled their investment commitments to $7.2 billion in 2013. This information was according to the Grow Africa annual report released recently. $970 million ... Read More
