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07-Aug FirstBank convenes SME Week, reinforces its support to the engine of the economy (News)
22-Jul OPEC launches new strategy, sets sights on sustainable growth and maximum development impact (News)
27-Jun Jos fireside chat hinges Nigeria’s digital future on collective partnership (News)
24-Jun Rwanda, IFAD partner to reduce poverty in drought-prone areas (News)
21-Jun AfDB, MFW4A, BMZ/GIZ host international workshop on Africa’s trade finance market (News)
18-Jun 2019 Africa Shared Value Summit wants business to take action for profit with purpose (News)
06-Jun Newly-elected Nigerian UN General Assembly President to focus on ‘peace and prosperity’ for most vulnerable (News)
06-Jun IMF completes 2019 Article IV Mission to Namibia (News)
03-Jun Landmark Supreme Court judgment over elections in Zamfara is most downloaded court documents (News)
30-May UNESCO to host Africa-China World Heritage cooperation forum (News)
25-Apr Plateau state government targets youths with ‘Code Plateau’ for digital workforce training (News)
18-Apr Media Marathon Expo 2019 celebrates positive impact of telecom industry on media (News)
10-Apr The role of gender diversity in securing the future of African businesses (Business / Economy, News)
09-Apr “Coding must be compulsory, at all levels,” Adesina tells Mo Ibrahim Governance Week (Uncategorized)
03-Apr Why convergence, effective regulations will drive national competitiveness, by NCC’s Danbatta, other stakeholders (News)
03-Apr VibrantMe launches training to checkmate Type 2 Diabetes (News)
19-Mar Austin Okere, founder CWG, leads talks on tech industry and entrepreneurs’ future at WACC 2019 (News)
07-Mar Innovation key to creating much-needed jobs in Africa, says ECA’s Songwe (Business / Economy, News)
28-Feb “Our future lies in regional integration. We need resources to move forward,” say Central Africa Governors (News)
28-Feb RCM-Africa retreat focuses on strengthening efforts to deliver for continent (News)
27-Feb Buhari wins another four years as BVN accounts hit 36.8 (News)
25-Feb Nigeria under fake news siege as elections hold (News)
14-Feb A critical look at China’s One Belt One Road Initiative (News)
08-Feb Jelani Aliyu Foundation unveils ‘Rural Health Connect’ initiative (News)
06-Feb North-east Nigeria displacement crisis continues amid ‘increased sophistication’ of attackers, warns UN (News)
06-Feb The motive for Ausso Leadership Academy is sustainable shared prosperity – Okere (Business / Economy, News)
24-Jan Africa CEO Forum 2019 to make African economic integration a reality (News)
24-Jan AfDB debars ALG Global Concept for 36 months for fraudulent practices (News)
16-Jan Security Council Press statement on the Democratic Republic of Congo (News)
09-Jan AfDB approves $14.12 million to support Nigeria’s membership in ATI agency (News)
07-Jan AEC 2018: AfCFTA will increase Africans’ freedoms, says ECA’s Elhiraika (News)

17-Dec Nine of ten Africans unqualified for the jobs they apply to (News)
17-Dec Huge desert solar initiative to make Africa a renewables power-house (News)
22-Nov McKinsey shows Africa is the world’s next big growth market (News)
16-Nov New report shows use of modern contraception on the rise in Nigeria (News)
12-Nov Africa Investment Forum exceeds expectations (News)
11-Nov Africa’s risk profile crucial to economic and trade growth, says Afreximbank (News)
22-Oct Africa is ‘on the rise’, says UN chief Guterres, urging collaboration for better future (News)
08-Oct Countries showcase progress in statistical development (News)
20-Sep Remittance income will drive economic growth for Africa (Uncategorized)
17-Sep Development or De-industrialisation? A new look at Chinese engagement with Africa (News)
13-Sep No risk attached to China’s loan to Nigeria, says DMO (News)
13-Sep African Development Bank’s board approves policy on non-sovereign operations (Business / Economy, News)
11-Sep NigComSat explores African market at ITU World 2018 (News)
04-Sep China is loaning billions of dollars to African countries. Here’s why the U.S. should be worried (News)
03-Sep Dangote Now the Most Valuable Brand in Nigeria (News)
03-Sep Could the future of food in the world depend on what Africa does with agriculture? (News)
02-Sep Why Nigeria needs to be re-structured (News)
22-Aug Bama, Borno State faces critical humanitarian situation, warns MSF (News)
10-Aug Ebola vaccination begins in North Kivu (News)
10-Aug AfDB President Adesina calls for emerging agriculture technologies to optimize farmers’ output (News)
10-Aug NCC, INEC review report on electronic transmission and collation of results ahead 2019 elections (News)
08-Aug NEW BOOK – Africa Arrives: New Guide to the “World’s Hottest Market” proves Africa is Open for Business! (Business / Economy, News)
02-Aug The Social Justice Question in Nigeria’s quest for Political Restructuring (Article, News)
01-Aug Zimbabwe opposition claims electoral victory, alleges rigging plot (News, Politics)
31-Jul Inclusiveness, community-level engagement crucial for success of AfCFTA (News)
31-Jul AIMS launches African Master’s in Machine Intelligence (News)
27-Jul Microsoft joins MENA Innovation Summit this year in Egypt (Article, News)
20-Jul EU fines Google $5 Billion in Android antitrust breach (News)
19-Jul The world gears up for GITEX 2018 (News)
18-Jul Broken Truths: Nigeria’s elusive quest for national cohesion (Article, News, Politics)
07-Jun Buhari Declares June 12 Democracy Day, Honours Abiola (News, Politics)
01-Jun President Buhari Signs #NotTooYoungToRun Bill into Law (News, Politics)
03-May About 7 Million People Die Yearly from Air Pollution – WHO (Business / Economy, Lifestyle, News)
27-Apr The Importance of strengthening state economic management systems (Article, News)
27-Apr Ghana leads Africa Public Sector award (APSA) as continent discusses corruption-free procurement process (News)
20-Apr MENA Innovation 2018: Official Ministerial Summit For ICT Innovation In Education & Digital Inclusion (Business / Economy, News)
25-Mar Obansanjo’s Coalition hits three million as Nigerian generals lament rising insecurity (News)
23-Mar Kigali hosts 2018 Africa Public Sector Conference and Awards (APSA) (News)
23-Mar Nigeria absent as 44 African countries sign continental free trade agreement (News)
13-Mar Importation dwindles as Nigeria’s external reserves hits $46bn (News)
13-Mar Nigerian first lady, Aisha Buhari leads delegates at Abuja Peace talks (News)
09-Mar Nigerian government apex bank to deepen women’s financial empowerment (News)
08-Mar War of the generals – As Nigerian election draws nigh, Buhari seeks peace with Obansanjo (News)
24-Feb Imperatives of the study and practice of Marxism in contemporary human society (News)
22-Feb World Bank approves $486 million to improve Nigeria electricity transmission network and infrastructure (News)
22-Feb Nuclear has a place in Africa’s energy mix (News)
22-Feb CALL FOR PAPERS: 5th International Conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding (News)
20-Feb UBA makes mark with over three million NFC-cards (News)
20-Feb Nissan, NADDC holds talks on expanding production line in Nigeria (Uncategorized)
09-Feb VP Osinbajo to multinationals: You can bet on Nigeria’s future, set up factories here now (News)
07-Feb Egmont Group’s expulsion threat reinforces Nigeria’s war of the generals (News)
02-Feb Nigeria deserves a national leader with vision not a parochial president – Obasanjo (News)
02-Feb 5 facts you need to understand the new global order (News)
02-Feb FirstBank wins award as Most Valuable Bank Brand in Nigeria (News)
02-Feb FirstBank commits to development of trade and finance in West Africa, sponsors GTR Trade Conference 2018 (News)
01-Feb Africa ‘working tirelessly’ to create conducive environment for foreign investments (News)
31-Jan ARC,UN Partner to increase insurance coverage in Africa (News)
30-Jan UN Chief warns world hunger on the rise (News)
29-Jan Conducting elections is not a sufficient condition for democracy in Africa (News, Politics)
29-Jan UN-AU leaders sign framework for implementing agenda on sustainable development (News)
26-Jan Fight against corruption critical for Africa’s sustainable development, says ECA’s Songwe (News)
26-Jan Africa prefers Fair Trade to Marshall Plans – VP Osinbajo (News)
22-Jan UN report on world economic situation launched in Ethiopia (News)
17-Jan Scramble for African real estate to reach a fever pitch (News)
17-Jan Constitutional basis of corruption and bad governance in Nigeria (News)
17-Jan NADDC gears up for Nigeria’s first renewable energy powered vehicles (News)
16-Jan Long term sustainability farming in Nigeria through value chain ownership – The Dreamfield model (News)
11-Jan Burkina Faso, Mali, Ghana to join WAGPA, others at Regional Energy Summit in Abidjan (News)
11-Jan East Africa Islamic Economy Summit 2018 returns to Nairobi, Kenya (News)
11-Jan Egypt’s startup reactor is seeking out startups (News)
09-Jan Rwanda releases report of France’s complicity in 1994 Genocide (News)
06-Jan Africa’s next generation has big dreams that need the right environment to be realized – says IMF Chief (News)
06-Jan Innoson Motors, Nigerian Army ink deal for local manufacture of military vehicles (News)

20-Dec Sierra Leone inaugurates Solar Park Freetown project (News)
19-Dec Creativity supersedes the divisiveness of tribe and religion – Jelani Aliyu (News)
18-Dec “Now is a time for action” affirms Kofi Annan in final Africa Progress Panel report (News)
18-Dec Top five business risks for West Africa, by Control Risks (News)
18-Dec Gambia’s agriculture gets $17.5m from International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (News)
15-Dec African Guarantee Fund gets very strong ‘AA-‘Fitch rating (News)
11-Dec Transparency is key to corruption-free infrastructure in Africa (News)
11-Dec Building the Ark (News)
10-Dec Why you should believe a New Nigeria is emerging (News)
10-Dec Sisi, Kagame, Ouattara, others draw strong consensus for inclusive growth at Africa 2017 (News)
08-Dec Analysts Confidence in FirstBank Share Price Justified; Records 153.43% YTD Appreciation (News)
08-Dec African countries urged to make good governance a priority (News)
06-Dec Africa’s ‘City of Innovation’ to Host Conference on ‘Uniting Africa’ (News)
06-Dec Dangote: Only African in Bloomberg 50 list of year’s most influential people (News)
24-Nov Land governance key to Africa’s transformation, says Hamdok at land policy conference (News)
24-Nov Rwanda opens door for fleeing Africans enslaved in Libya (News)
10-Nov Continued investment in infrastructure vital for African transformation (News)
10-Nov Kagame, Elumelu to headline Young Entrepreneurship Day at Africa 2017 Forum (News)
03-Nov Rabat workshop creates Fund to develop African cities (News)
03-Nov Driving automation among SMEs can help meet Nigeria’s tax goals, says IMF (News)
31-Oct Sokoto State, German firm ink partnership for Nigeria’s first solar powered cars (News)
31-Oct Before Nigeria’s pre independence history disappears in Ebute Metta (Uncategorized)
31-Oct Infrastructure deficit remains a major challenge to trade facilitation in Africa (News)
31-Oct ECA’s Denton urges Africa to enhance uptake, use of climate information services (News)
24-Oct Pension systems at risk of creating inter-generational equity issues (News)
24-Oct Rwandan Government asks Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to set records straight (News)
24-Oct Dangote Cement strengthens pan-African market volume (News)
16-Oct UNESCO launch of Global Education Monitoring Report confirmed at Innovation Africa 2017 (News)
08-Oct ECA’s Muhwava urges Africa to invest in its youth (Article, News)
22-Sep What is Restructuring and Does Nigeria Need it? – The Essence of the Restructuring Debate in Nigeria (Article, Editorial)
17-Sep Failed leaders, blood and narrow interests (Article, Editorial)
25-Aug Africa’s Economic Transformation Requires a Well-built Infrastructure Base (Article, Business / Economy, News)
21-Aug Nnewi to get Automotive Park as NADDC boss, Aliyu Jelani visits Innoson (Business / Economy)
20-Jul Experts canvass for data user-friendliness in Africa (Article, Editorial)
20-Jul Continental Free Trade Area negotiations moving in the right direction (Article, Editorial)
04-Jul We must recapture the magnificence that is Nigeria (Article, News)
31-May Digitization of Kenyan farmer payments helps tackle poverty (Article, Business / Economy, News)
31-May African Union Commission announces the 29th AU Summit’s Online Accreditation for Journalists (Business / Economy, News)
13-May Technology has improved ease of doing business in Africa (Business / Economy)
11-May Ad hoc Experts’ Group meet on ECOWAS common tariff (Business / Economy, Lifestyle, News, Uncategorized)
11-May Trade within Africa (Arts, Business / Economy, News)
11-May Nigeria is broken and dysfunctional, but Biafra is not the answer (Arts, Business / Economy, Politics)
09-May Business growth in Africa remains positive despite economic and socio-political headwinds (Article, Business / Economy, Lifestyle, News)
09-May NollywoodWeek Film Festival partners with United Bank of Africa’s REDTV (Arts, Business / Economy, Lifestyle, News)
05-May ECA unveils inaugural Africa Data Revolution Report (Business / Economy)
05-May Why processes matter to manage businesses owned by universities, Bisoye Gofwen (Business / Economy)
28-Apr Nigeria needs 80,000 base stations to join IoT club, says telecom regulator (Business / Economy)
20-Apr UN, African Union sign new partnership framework on Africa’s peace and security (Article, Business / Economy, Editorial, Lifestyle, News, Politics)
18-Apr Cameroonian Vera Songwe appointed Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (Article, Business / Economy, Editorial, Lifestyle, News, Politics)
18-Apr Casablanca and Nairobi rank as leading destinations for Fortune 500 companies establishing international headquarters (Article, Business / Economy, Lifestyle, News, Technology)
13-Apr Governor Obiano inaugurates $2bn International Cargo Airport Project. (Business / Economy, News, Politics)
30-Mar UNWTO welcomes the celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity on ‘Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism’ (News)
15-Mar Using ‘religion’ to explain the crisis in Nigerian society (Article, Editorial, Lifestyle, News, Religion)
01-Mar Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed resumes work as the UN Deputy Secretary-General (Editorial, News, Uncategorized)
28-Feb UN Health Agency to Provide Support as Drought threatens 1.5 million Somalis (Article, Editorial, Health, News, Uncategorized)

31-Aug Zuckerberg engages local talent in Nigeria, hunts for new techpreneurs (Editorial, Education, News, Technology)
17-Aug Microsoft comes on board as the Main Event Partner of the Innovation Africa Summit 2016 (Editorial, News, Technology)
17-Aug A RESPONSE TO SOME NIGERIANS WHO USE A SINGLE VARIABLE CALLED "RELIGION" TO EXPLAIN THE CRISIS IN NIGERIAN SOCIETY (Article, Lifestyle, News, Religion)
17-Aug “Africa’s Official Ministerial Summit” confirms an impressive attendance from Africa to the 2016 Summit to be held in Nairobi (News, Politics)
17-Aug Nigerian government adds “Wetin App” to tackle flood (Business / Economy, News, Technology)
26-Apr Africa needs to trade with itself – here’s how (Article, Business / Economy, News, Politics, Technology)
26-Apr How Nigeria can ride out its economic storm (Article, Business / Economy, News)
26-Apr President Buhari needs to reach out to the South-South and South-East (Article, Editorial, News, Politics)
26-Apr Buhari’s foreign trips: My takeaway (Article, Business / Economy, Editorial, News, Politics)
26-Apr Financing our future (Article, Business / Economy, News, Politics)
26-Apr Kaduna Anti-Preaching Law: A Regulatory Misstep (Article, Editorial, News, Politics, Religion)
26-Apr In his own words on ‘Kaffirs’ (Article, Editorial, News, Politics)
26-Apr Is it constitutionally possible to abolish the Nigerian Senate? (Editorial, News, Politics)
17-Mar NNPC ‘failed to pay’ $16bn in oil revenues (Business / Economy, News, Politics)

22-Jul Buhari affirms commitment to clean up government (Editorial, News, Politics)
22-Jul Entries open for the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature (News)
24-Jun Freely elected government can transform Nigeria – Buhari (Interview, News, Politics)
24-Jun Can Buhari fix Nigeria? (Article, News, Politics)
18-Jun Crystal Telecom’s IPO should encourage local firms to follow suit (Business / Economy, Editorial, News)
15-Jun Ethiopia’s economy to grow 10.5 percent in the next fiscal year (Business / Economy, Editorial, News)
15-Jun No load shedding in Namibia, says Energy Deputy (Article, Business / Economy, Editorial, Technology)
15-Jun What power Africa means for Nigeria (Article, Business / Economy, Editorial, Technology)
15-Jun How to solve African governance and development issues (Article, Editorial, Politics)
13-Jun Africa’s top bankers celebrated (Business / Economy, Editorial, News)
07-Jun ‘We shall rebuild and reform Nigeria’ (Article, News, Politics)
07-Jun Gambia’s Ministry of Trade signs MOU with India (Business / Economy, Editorial, News, Politics)
02-Jun Akinwumi Adesina of Nigeria elected 8th President of the AfDB (Business / Economy, Editorial, News)
02-Jun Nigerian oil producers end strike after fuel shortage affects big business (Business / Economy, Editorial, News, Politics)
02-Jun Unrealistic wage expectations hinder economy in Zimbabwe (Article, Business / Economy, News, Politics)
02-Jun Vodafone Ghana is Mobile Broadband Provider of the Year (Business / Economy, Editorial, News)
30-May Africa’s economy to strengthen in 2015 despite Ebola, oil price (Article, Business / Economy, News)
30-May Erera strengthens accountability in ECOWAS agencies (Business / Economy, Editorial, News, Politics)

14-Jun How to end Nigeria’s Apartheid economy (Editorial, News, Politics)
14-Jun “Misunderstanding Boko Haram is the major hindrance to tackling it” – Governor Shettima (News, Politics)
04-Jun Northern Nigeria and its political elites (2) What’s wrong with the north? (Editorial, News, Politics)
02-Jun Looking back at my two decades in America (Editorial, Lifestyle, News)
02-Jun A nation’s sad trajectory (Editorial, News, Uncategorized)
02-Jun Nigeriamnesia (Business / Economy, Editorial, News, Politics)
02-Jun The north and its political elites (1) (News, Uncategorized)
26-May Nigeria and the problem of evil (Editorial, News, Politics, Religion)
26-May The Abuja bombing (Editorial, News, Politics)
24-Apr The necessity for economic blocs in Nigeria (Business / Economy, Editorial, News, Politics)
04-Apr Promising new drug to treat TB (News, Uncategorized)
04-Apr Wide protests against Nigerien president (News, Politics)
04-Apr Senegal gets land management grant from WB (Business / Economy, News)
03-Apr ZTE’s stake in Congo Chine Telecom up for grabs (Business / Economy, News)
03-Apr Kenya’s Orange says to invest $99 million (Business / Economy, News)
03-Apr Yahsat to launch satellites in Africa for cheaper broadband (Business / Economy, News, Technology)
03-Apr West African Cable System signs financing agreement (Business / Economy, News, Technology)
03-Apr Defeating drug counterfeiters with SMS in Ghana (Health, News, Technology)
03-Apr Burkina Faso’s Onatel Raises US$60 million in IPO (Business / Economy, News, Technology)
03-Apr MTN Ghana CEO complains about permit times for new base stations (Business / Economy, News, Technology)
03-Apr ‘Barcoding’ DNA to identify menacing mosquitoes (Health, News, Technology)
03-Apr A short story 8-8-8: The journey to Prayer City (Lifestyle, News, Religion)
03-Apr Helpers of the poor Civil society and all the missed points (Lifestyle, News, Politics, Uncategorized)
02-Apr Protest against President Obama in South Africa is justified (News, Politics)
01-Apr Why Somali not Ghana came to Nigeria (Lifestyle, News, Politics)
01-Apr Nigeria has to review itself (Lifestyle, News, Politics)

19-Dec A walk well walked (Editorial, News, Uncategorized)
02-Nov Why the West is wrong about Africa (News, Politics)
02-Sep Finding money and willpower for STI (Business / Economy, News, Technology)
01-Sep Northern elites and northern economic backwardness (Lifestyle, News, Politics)
19-Aug Nigeria and the political economy of backwardness (Editorial, Lifestyle, News, Politics)
19-Aug Northern Nigerian Elites and National Power Struggle in Nigeria (Editorial, Lifestyle, News, Politics)
02-Aug Northern Nigerian Elites and National Power Struggle in Nigeria (Editorial, Politics, Religion)
02-Aug Aminu Kano, political change, and Northern Nigeria (Lifestyle, News, Politics)
02-Aug One entity; conflicting views (Lifestyle, News, Politics, Religion)
02-Aug Northern Nigeria and her mythical realities (Uncategorized)
01-Aug Nigeria and the political economy of backwardness (News, Uncategorized)
03-Apr In the Name of God … the commoditization of faith (News, Uncategorized)
02-Apr Contextualizing Obama’s visit to Africa (News, Uncategorized)
01-Apr A walk well walked (News, Uncategorized)
19-Feb Protest against President Obama in South Africa is justified (Editorial, News, Uncategorized)

02-Dec Rwanda: RPF's 25 years of joyful awakening (News, Uncategorized)
01-Nov War, terror, catastrophe: Profiting from 'Disaster Capitalism' (News, Uncategorized)
04-Oct In Rwanda, we know the value of having a country (News, Uncategorized)
01-Oct African growth with Asian characteristics (News, Uncategorized)
01-Sep 'U Rwanda rurimo Gutera Imbere' 18 years after …. Rwanda means triumph over adversity (News, Uncategorized)
03-Aug Beer Math By HANNATU MUSAWA (News, Uncategorized)
02-Aug Chinua Achebe – Troubling awards and failed leadership (News, Uncategorized)
07-Jul Social media may be Africa’s graveyard (News, Uncategorized)
01-Jul Moving Nigeria away from failing and failure (News, Uncategorized)
01-Jul The butchers of Nigeria (News, Uncategorized)
01-Jul Disaster Capitalism swoops over Libya: The new colonization of Africa (News, Uncategorized)
01-Jul 'Disaster Capitalism' What does it mean to Africa? (News, Uncategorized)
02-Apr Closed Borders! (News, Uncategorized)

15-Sep What’s Suswamnomics? (News, Uncategorized)
01-Sep ‘We must allow innovation to come into government’ (News, Uncategorized)
03-Jun Male circumcision reduces HIV risk: No further evidence needed (News, Uncategorized)
03-Jun Uncle’s rod of vengeance (a true story) (Feeds, Uncategorized)
03-Apr Muslim Hausa hegemony and the Jos crisis (News, Uncategorized)

14-Sep The famished road (News, Uncategorized)
03-Apr Sex and the City (Lifestyle, News)
03-Apr A business called Education Private sector education is a get-rich scheme in Nigeria (News, Uncategorized)
01-Feb And the birds come to roost (News, Uncategorized)

14-Dec Zanu PF's Congress shows Mugabe days numbered (News, Uncategorized)
03-Dec Kagame re-elected to lead ruling party (News, Uncategorized)
03-Dec Bush better than Obama on aids in Africa (News, Uncategorized)
03-Dec Mugabe flays Zimbabwe's power-sharing, prepares for new elections (News, Uncategorized)
03-Sep EFCC orders detained banks CEOs to surrender shares (News, Uncategorized)
03-Sep Swaziland running out of space (News, Uncategorized)
03-Sep Bauchi awards N126m contracts for oil milling machines (News, Uncategorized)
03-Sep Uganda oil discovery will boost tourism, says experts (News, Uncategorized)
04-Aug Globacom lays broadband cables in Ghana (News, Uncategorized)
04-Aug Senegal gets land management grant from WB (News, Uncategorized)
04-Aug Gabon opposition unite against Bongo’s son (News, Uncategorized)
04-Aug Solar powered cellphone launched in Kenya (News, Uncategorized)
03-Aug Globacom lays broadband cables in Ghana (News, Uncategorized)
04-Jul African nations agree on $10 billion (News, Uncategorized)
03-Jul When life is brutish and dreams fade away (News, Uncategorized)
14-Jun Liberian government to introduce biometric ID card By Roland Perry (News, Uncategorized)
04-Jun Africa mourns King of Pop (News, Uncategorized)

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