13 Feb 2014 – Schneider Electric , the global specialist in energy management, is inviting African students to take part in the 2014 edition of the Go Green in the City global business case challenge, focusing on innovative energy solutions for the city and open to students from across the ... Read More
12 Feb 2014 – The British Council has announced details of Through my eyes, an online exhibition that provides an opportunity for young people in Nigeria to stimulate debate in their communities through art. A showcase of the works will go online on 14 February and a public vote will ... Read More
12 Feb 2014 – The Zambezian shares with us that Tunisia is celebrating the adoption of a new constitution; three years after the revolution. A symbolic ceremony at the national assembly, where the constitution was adopted especially highlighted Tunisia’s positive as the charter is widely regarded as being the most ... Read More
12 Feb 2014 – And it’s all about food now as ThisDay Live shares the report that the Federal Ministry of Agriculture has stated that Nigeria will be a net exporter of rice in 2017 due to the massive increase in the milling capacity of rice in the country. The ... Read More
12 Feb 2014 – And we look at energy next with a report from TimesLive SA that South Africa’s energy grid has received one of its first injections of wind energy since Umoya Energy’s 37-turbine Hopefield wind farm was certified fully operational on the first of February. The Hopefield wind ... Read More
11 Feb 2014 – With Social Media Week literally around the corner, the tech space is heating up pretty quickly, none less so than Nigerian tech blog TechCabal, in their preparation for what they promise will be the mother of all start up competitions. To show that they are putting ... Read More
11 Feb 2014 – From Modern Ghana, the story that The Royal Society of Chemistry of the United Kingdom has acknowledged the work of a Ghanaian Scientist and included her in the recent list of distinguished individuals who have been elevated as Fellows of the Society. Dr. Sylvia Josephine Anie ... Read More
11 Feb 2014 – And it’s all about technology as US-based technology giant, IBM announces a push of its operations across Africa with the opening of an IBM Innovation Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. Ventures Africa tells us that the new facility is designed to accelerate innovation for Nigerian and West ... Read More
06 Feb 2014 – From TimesLive SA we get the report that 2 months after his passing, the last will and testament of former South African President Nelson Mandela, has been read out. Deputy Chief Justice DikgangMoseneke told reporters in Johannesburg that the provisional assessment of Mandela’s estate was about ... Read More
06 Feb 2014 – And Nigeria’s power sector is continuing to raise lots of attention, as The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Power, Mr. GodknowsIgali, has hinted that over 311 investors have expressed interest in partnering the federal government on the financing of the power sector. This report is ... Read More
