16 May 2014 We hear most often about prices going up, so its nice to hear when prices go down. — Sameer Agriculture and Livestock Ltd (SALL), the makers of Fresh Dairy milk products in Uganda recently announced a price reduction on their pasteurized milk. A dry spell meant that grass and water was limited ... Read More
16 May 2014 Ventures Africa informs us that Kewalram Chanrai Group, a global diversified conglomerate with interest in automobile, agribusiness and textile, is partnering car maker, Foton to establish an automobile assembling plant in Lagos, Nigeria. Like all the other companies setting up shop in Nigeria, this decision is as a result of the government’s ... Read More
16 May 2014 ThisDay Live starts off today’s news with the information that The President of Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has expressed his desire to step down as President of the Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). He will be handing over to former Group Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank Plc ... Read More
16 May 2014 And finally, it’s going down 3PM this Sunday at the Campos Mini Stadium, Lagos Island. We’re talking about a free to attend celebrity football match ‘JOIN THE CAST’ featuring a battle between comedians such as Ali Baba, Okey Bakassi, Julius Agwu, AY, Bovi versus TV personalities Mannie, Yaw, Frank Edoho, and many ... Read More
16 May 2014 Great news from Naeto C as we hear the rapper has ‘Finished Work’ on his new album yet unnamed. We gather the rapper is set to release this new offering come September of this year.
16 May 2014 Great news from Naeto C as we hear the rapper has ‘Finished Work’ on his new album yet unnamed. We gather the rapper is set to release this new offering come September of this year.
16 May 2014 Still on awards, The MTV Staying Alive Foundation and MTV Base Africa have won the Gold Award in Edutainment at the World Media Festival for hit series Shuga which hit your screens on ELTV in December. This third installment which featured roles from star such as Ice Prince, Tiwa Savage, Iyanya and Chris Attoh amongst others tackled the themes of ... Read More
16 May 2014 So we suppose congratulations are in order for our African celebs repping tight in Diaspora awards. The 2014 BET Awards nomination list has arrived with the nomination for Best International Act: Africa category going to South Africa’s Mafikizolo, Ghana’s Sarkodie, Tanzania’s Diamond Platinumz, Togo’s Toofan, Nigeria’s Davido and Tiwa Savage. No surprise ... Read More
15 May 2014 Another launch with the report that GE has officially launched its GE Kujenga citizenship program; the program will help GE to empower people with valuable skills, equip communities with new tools and technology and elevate ideas that are helping to solve Africa’s challenges. ‘Kujenga’ means ‘build’ in Swahili, and GE Kujenga is ... Read More
15 May 2014 From Ventures Africa, we have a report that global securities data provider Exchange Data International has launched an African Economic Data Service. This means that organizations and investors seeking to invest in Africa can now access macroeconomic and financial data for all 54 countries on the continent in one spot. All data ... Read More
