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17-Apr Kperogi the Fake Friend – A response to ‘Pantami is my friend, but he can’t be defended’ (Article, News)
16-Apr Dear Presidents Museveni and Suluhu Hassan (Article, News)
16-Apr Islamophobic attack as mobilization of more followers into Pantami’s enormous goodwill bank (Article, News)
13-Apr Securities and Exchange Commission’s circular on trading of foreign securities by investment platforms in Nigeria (Article, News)
13-Apr Fostering financial inclusion for Senegalese local companies in the energy sector (News)
13-Apr 2023 and the fear of Pantami (News)
09-Apr Focusing on Africa’s Growth and the potential of the Blue Economy (Article, News)
08-Apr New report reveals regional partnerships key to COVID-19 recovery in Africa (News)
08-Apr WHO urges countries to build a fairer, healthier world post-COVID-19 (News)
07-Apr From decades of unrest to renewed hope for peace: Sudan’s path to recovery (Article, News)
06-Apr Cameroon: Boko Haram attacks escalate in far north (News)
05-Apr How different property classes coped with the pandemic (Business / Economy, News)
03-Apr AU workshop wants implementation of Charter for African Cultural Renaissance (News)
31-Mar We must support Mozambique overcome terrorists, protect lives, and restore hope (Article, News)
29-Mar Stabilization in Lake Chad Basin: Rebuilding communities across seven impact areas (Article, News)
26-Mar What impact will the AfCFTA have on the oil and gas industry? (Article, News)
25-Mar Light at the end of the tunnel for Africa’s economic recovery (News)
24-Mar The need for Russia-Africa dialogue (News)
23-Mar Kigali hosts 2nd Intra-African Trade Fair in December (Uncategorized)
21-Mar Involvement is a major key to Nigeria’s benefits (Article, News)
19-Mar Apply: Application deadline for Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme is March 31 (News)
19-Mar African Development Bank President calls for Global Vaccine Solidarity and Justice for Africa (News)
19-Mar Africa’s COVID-19 vaccination gains pace, nearly 7 million doses given (News)
16-Mar Peace in Dakar critical for economic prosperity (Article, News)
16-Mar Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – RRRR (Article, News)
11-Mar AfDB grants Ethiopia $2.33m for modernization of e-payments infrastructure (News)
10-Mar AfDB named World’s Best Multilateral Financial Institution 2021 by Global Finance (News)
10-Mar Tribute to Women in Cross-border trading: How can Africa achieve social justice by including protection needs and voices of the vulnerable? (News)
09-Mar Africa needs $35 billion yearly to tackle water crisis (News)
08-Mar COVID-19: Experts see inequitable distribution, vaccine hesitancy as challenges for Africa in 2021 (News)
05-Mar Regional integration at the forefront of Mozambique’s energy success (Article, News)
05-Mar MFW4A: Experts discuss African capital market space, Joint African Exchanges Linkages project (News)
05-Mar WomenCorporateDirectors endorses global push for racial, gender board diversity (News)
03-Mar Digitalization offers high returns for emerging gas producers like Mozambique (Article, News)
01-Mar Africa Can, and Should, decide How to harness its natural resources especially with gas (Article, News)
01-Mar Coronavirus – First COVID-19 COVAX vaccine doses administered in Africa (News)
01-Mar Crude politics as major enabler of crises in societies (Article, News)
26-Feb Building greater sustainability, climate resilience in West Africa (Article, News)
25-Feb First doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine have been delivered to Ghana through COVAX (News)
17-Feb African Development Bank debars Global Interjapan for 36 months for fraudulent practices (News)
16-Feb 2021 Anzisha Prize applications open as need for job creation soars during pandemic (News)
16-Feb African academics join forces to investigate African narratives under new fellowship program (News)
15-Feb Hashimiyya as a major factor for APC victory in Jigawa (Article, News)
15-Feb New Ebola outbreak declared in Guinea (News)
15-Feb AfDB’s AFAWA, African Guarantee Fund, partner to unlock $2B in loans to women entrepreneurs (News)
10-Feb AfDB assists ECOWAS countries deliver carbon emission reductions, meet Paris Agreement (News)
09-Feb Miracles of our own making: How CEMAC countries can emerge stronger from the economic crisis (Article, News)
09-Feb Centurion Plus launches the AfCFTA Impact Report (News)
05-Feb Dominic Ongwen declared guilty of war crimes and crimes against Humanity committed in Uganda (News)
04-Feb Sowing the Seeds of industrial farming in Mozambique (News)
03-Feb Nigeria building stronger gender-responsive health system (News)
02-Feb S&P Global affirms AfDB’s AAA rating with stable outlook (News)
01-Feb Restructuring In Nigeria: Why? How? When? (Article, News)
01-Feb Novartis renews WHO medicine donation pledge with aim of ending leprosy (News)
29-Jan 2020: Worst year in tourism history with one billion fewer international arrivals (News)
27-Jan New Report on African media shows western sources dominate how the Africa story is told (News)
27-Jan New AfDB-GCA initiative will galvanize $25b to scale up African climate adaptation (News)
26-Jan Beyond COVID: Prioritizing NTD agenda and sustainable local financing (Article, News)
26-Jan Community health workers must be better supported in 2021- Year of the Healthcare Worker (News)
22-Jan Africa needs timely access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines (News)
21-Jan The Next 100 Days: Positioning Africa at the forefront of the Biden Administration (News)
19-Jan World leaders to meet during Davos Agenda in crucial year to rebuild trust (News)
13-Jan Africa: the most ‘ready-for-circularity’ continent? (Article, News)
13-Jan Ending violence in Mozambique will require united effort; African Energy Chamber stands ready to assist (Article, News)
12-Jan Stakeholders launch multilateral coalition on agro-ecology in Africa (Article, News)
06-Jan Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis lacks leadership: America can help fill the void (Article, News)
05-Jan What happens to the African energy industry if Western lenders cut off loans for fossil fuel projects? (Article, News)

31-Dec What the U.S. political transition might mean for Africa generally and its oil and gas sector in particular (Article, News)
31-Dec Natural gas monetization binds Africa and Mozambique’s oil and gas industries (News)
30-Dec Osinbajo and a likely date with destiny (Article, News)
23-Dec Tourism and culture, solution to Nigeria’s economic woes – Oyeleke (News)
19-Dec NIN is free, enrolment agents charging citizens for digital identity will be sanctioned, says minister (News)
17-Dec Africa must risk capital for its youth, Adesina urges (News)
17-Dec Intra-Africa trade key to cushioning tensions and external shocks, says Afreximbank (News)
10-Dec Africa expected to see a subdued economic recovery in 2022 (News)
10-Dec Africa: Back to Better, Not Normal (News)
02-Dec Uniting business for a stronger Africa (Article, News)
01-Dec Don’t underestimate the power of natural gas to transform Africa (News)
26-Nov Africans “know and understand what development ought to look like,” says President Uhuru Kenyatta (News)
26-Nov COVID-19 and energy transition are most significant determinants of African Industry Outlook (News)
24-Nov New market realities for 2021 drive revisions of fiscal terms to improve competitiveness (News)
24-Nov Investors commit billions at Lagos Free Zone in Nigeria (News)
23-Nov Oil and gas discoveries, activity in Southwest Africa set to trigger big investments in Namibia, Angola and South Africa (Article, News)
22-Nov The Southern Coalition and their long attempts to co-opt Middle Belt as political mis-strategy? (News)
18-Nov COVID-19 is ‘wake-up command’ to fixing Africa’s challenges, says Tony Blair (News)
17-Nov More than 70 regional infrastructure projects lined up for second phase of PIDA (News)
14-Nov AfDB, partners agree to strengthen commitment to gender equality (News)
13-Nov A whole of society approach: Women are key to building resilient communities beyond COVID-19 (Article, News)
10-Nov Nigeria’s changing legal regime: Is Africa’s biggest oil producer finally within reach of a new oil law? (Article, News)
10-Nov African Energy Chamber releases African Energy Outlook 2021 (News)
08-Nov The people as major encouragers of financial corruption in Nigeria (Article, News)
06-Nov COVID-19 stresses need to transform Africa’s water, sanitation and hygiene services sector (Article, News)
04-Nov Foreign investment is vital to Africa’s economic growth (Article, News)
01-Nov Banding Together is the only way Africa will Beat COVID-19 (Article, News)
30-Oct Urgent call for sustainable healthcare reforms in Africa amidst COVID-19 crisis (Article, News)
29-Oct Should countries fire sell their oil & gas assets? (Article, News)
25-Oct Ghana records FDI of $785.62m in first half of 2020 as foreign investment inflow rebounds (News)
25-Oct Dissecting Africa’s Covid-19 response in the extractives sector (News)
22-Oct A free and fair election is solution to South Sudan’s woes (Article, News)
21-Oct BEAC has Killed jobs, investments, local oil & gas entrepreneurs (Article, News)
14-Oct $100m Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative to boost disease surveillance, emergency response capacity (News)
06-Oct Emerging economies could miss COVID-19 recovery from undervaluing housing’s share of GDP (News)
05-Oct US – Africa collaboration is key talking point at AOW virtual (News)
01-Oct AU initiates bold steps to make African trade easier, help small businesses (News)
01-Oct 60 years after independence Nigeria’s energy industry hasn’t realized its promise — But it’s getting closer (Article, News)
29-Sep SouthBridge, Brazil Africa Institute partner to bring Brazilian investors closer to Africa (News)
26-Sep Infrastructure for Peacebuilding: The role of infrastructure in tackling the underlying drivers of fragility (Article, News)
26-Sep Panelists see bright future for Africa’s automotive sector and youth start-ups (News)
25-Sep New Report on COVID-19 in Africa highlights need for increased access to health care services (Article, News)
23-Sep The Democratic Republic of the Congo – A change of perspective on Africa’s problem child (Article, News)
23-Sep Tobacco responsible for 20% of deaths from coronary heart disease (News)
23-Sep Escalating conflict forces thousands to flee Mozambique amidst worsening humanitarian crises (News)
21-Sep Again, Obasanjo’s sermon on Nigeria (Article, News)
18-Sep Issues in ensuring COVID-19 vaccine compliance (Article, News)
17-Sep Volatile North-East Nigeria continues to hinder humanitarian efforts – UNHCR (News)
16-Sep Africa’s post-pandemic recovery is likely to be prolonged and uneven, but could also be transformative (News)
15-Sep Central Sahel: Spike in violence leads to higher deaths, more than one million fleeing homes (News)
15-Sep Gates Foundation’s report shows COVID-19 has stalled 20 years of progress, calls for global response to end pandemic (News)
15-Sep Africa still a prime investment destination despite COVID-19, participants affirm at AfDB webinar for Asians (News)
14-Sep Senegalese President Macky Sall is right about African Debt Relief – and the G20 shouldn’t stop there (Article, News)
14-Sep Strong land governance can help rebuild Africa, fighting the effects of COVID-19 (News)
11-Sep It’s time for the legal profession to embrace change (Article, News)
11-Sep Over 50% of global destinations are easing travel restrictions – but caution remains (News)
11-Sep Noncommunicable diseases increase risk of dying from COVID-19 in Africa (News)
08-Sep AfDB partners Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa to sponsor African Green Revolution Forum (News)
04-Sep African countries engaging in ground-breaking COVID-19 vaccine initiative (News)
03-Sep Pantami, Danbata make case for indigenous digital solutions as NCC rewards winners of COVID-19 hackathon (News)
03-Sep Adesina, eighth President of African Development Bank, sworn in for second term (News)
02-Sep First Local Content C’tee meeting says local content is enabler of Africa’s economic recovery (News)
02-Sep “We must help Africa build back boldly, but smartly,” says AfDB President Adesina (News)
28-Aug Nigeria ranks 81st for digital quality of life in 2020 (News)
28-Aug Adesina re-elected as President of African Development Bank Group (News)
27-Aug AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina seeks second term “to serve Africa” (News)
27-Aug Unlocking the self-inflicted hardships in Northern Nigeria (Article, News, Politics)
25-Aug Regional integration as a tool for wealth creation in Africa (News)
25-Aug AfDB 2020 Annual meetings: Building Africa back better after the COVID-19 pandemic (News)
25-Aug Post COVID-19: Rebuilding Africa and strengthening its resilience against future economic shocks (Article, News)
19-Aug More organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa record advancing gender parity in the workforce (News)
19-Aug Shaping a new food system with Hydroponics (News)
19-Aug AU Commission inaugurates AfCFTA permanent secretariat as launchpad for continent’s economic transformation (News)
19-Aug In Central Africa, economic recovery must go through a reform of Forex regulations (News)
17-Aug Social Media Bill: SHORT WALK TO TOTALITARIANISM? (News)
11-Aug Virtual Summit on Africa Soft Power Project launches this week (News)
11-Aug AUDA-NEPA launches the MSME Academy for all Africa’s Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (News)
11-Aug WPEC launches ‘Titans Tank’ to reward best African and African American female entrepreneurs (News)
05-Aug World Breastfeeding Week 2020: WHO, UNICEF call on governments to support mothers (News)
04-Aug German energy investors see bright future in post-Covid 19 Africa (News)
03-Aug Equatorial Guinea hold discussions with African Energy Chamber on energy developments during Covid-19 (News)
29-Jul OPEC, Nigeria discuss market recovery after Covid-19 (News)
28-Jul NOT GUILTY! Adesina fully exonerated by Independent Review Panel led by former Irish President Mary Robinson (News)
27-Jul UBA Group announces new country CEOs in Africa as part of global management appointments (News)
27-Jul AfDB approves $27m to boost African Union’s COVID-19 response initiative (News)
27-Jul Is this the insurance industry’s new normal? (News)
27-Jul After COVID-19, will Africa catch up, stand still or fall further behind? (Article, News)
27-Jul OPEC-Gabon talks embodies Africa’s strong support for market stability (News)
27-Jul Infrastructure is so much more than bricks and mortar (Article, News)
26-Jul Rwanda: AfDB commits $98m for multisector COVID-19 response (News)
26-Jul NITDA trains PLWD in Kano as part of initiative for digital inclusion (News)
21-Jul We all should be makers (Article, News)
21-Jul Fitch Ratings affirms stable outlook for AfDB with ‘AAA’ (News)
16-Jul African Energy Chamber shares vision for Africa through 60-minute sessions (News)
08-Jul Post COVID-19: Africa’s growth stands to rebound to 3% in 2021, says AfDB in African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement (News)
08-Jul Global experts call for a radical health policy shift in post COVID-19 Africa (News)
07-Jul ‘Build a solid macro-economic policy environment, protect local investments and strengthen intra-African trade,’ (News)
03-Jul Ecobank spearheads new private sector initiative to end malaria (News)
25-Jun African Development Bank is 4th on global transparency index (News)
23-Jun OPINION – African lives matter, too; Energy Policy decisions should consider their needs (Article, News)
18-Jun Social enterprise shines light on Nigeria’s street kids in dark days of pandemic (News)
18-Jun “Times of unprecedented crisis present unique opportunities for unprecedented action” (News)
18-Jun Dangote to boost economic diversification with maiden clinker shipment (News)
15-Jun Opinion: Dealing with the deadly concoction of disease and disaster (Article, News)
14-Jun African Development Bank COVID-19 response: Moving from commitment to action (News)
14-Jun Surviving as a private university in COVID-19 era: The AIT experience (Article, News)
05-Jun AfDB states reason for agreeing to review report of its Ethics Committee (News)
05-Jun Lawyering in Crisis: African countries among innovation leaders in fight against COVID-19 (News)
04-Jun Reducing Right of Way (RoW) fee is good but will not end telecom industry turmoil (News)
03-Jun African Development Bank delivers on a decade of transformative commitments to reduce poverty (News)
29-May Efforts to find local remedy for COVID-19 underway, says Nigeria’s health minister (News)
29-May Three months of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa (News)
28-May Accusations against African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina and the U.S. Case Against him (News)
28-May AfDB president Adesina tackles corruption accusations, dismisses rumour of stepping down (News)
28-May Akinwumi Adesina, AfDB President to the US: “Allegations against me remain unsubstantiated” (News)
25-May Senegal: A West African leader on the rise (News)
21-May Just hoping coronavirus will bypass Africa would be a deadly mistake, says UN (Article, News)
21-May Made in Nigeria goods: Senior Govt officials flout Mr. President’s directives (Article, News)
18-May The African Utopia at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel (Article, News)
13-May Pan-African leaders share critical perspectives on COVID-19 pandemic (News)
12-May Again, a thought for Leah Sharibu (Article, News)
08-May Honoris United Universities partner Le Wagon to offer free online coding course across Africa (Uncategorized)
05-May The way forward: How Africa can make a comeback from the oil & gas downturn (Article, News)
01-May How to pull Nigeria from the brink (Article, News)
29-Apr Covid 19: The 2020 Economic World Wars and Lessons for Nigeria (Article, News)
22-Apr End of an era? Move Over the USA, Here Comes Who? (Article, News)
22-Apr Growth in Africa is fragile and now, COVID-19: How the continent’s economies can recover (Article, News)
18-Apr Egungun, be careful… (Article, News)
17-Apr The Three World Wars in 2020 (PART 3) (Article, News)
17-Apr The Three 2020 World Wars (PART 2) (Article, News)
17-Apr The Three 2020 World Wars (PART 1) (Article, News)
15-Apr Turning COVID-19 tragedy into opportunity for New Nigeria (Article, News)
15-Apr Opinion: We should not go back to business as usual after COVID-19 (Article, News)
15-Apr OPINION: After COVID-19, what will Africa look like in 2030 and 2063? (Article, News)
14-Apr COVID-19: Why Africa urgently needs an Ubuntu plan (News)
25-Mar Nigeria: One Country, Wasted Visions (News)
25-Mar Commonwealth develops tracker to help countries monitor coronavirus (News)
10-Mar ‘Including Nigeria in the U.S. travel ban is a political and economical mistake for Trump’ (News)
18-Feb Why Kebbi State established a full ministry for IT – Abdullah Magoro (News)
17-Feb “Nigeria is on the crossroads and its future hangs precariously in a balance” (News)
10-Feb Why Nigerian universities will remain local (Part 1) (News)
04-Feb “Nobody eats GDP” says AfDB President as he calls for inclusive growth (News)
31-Jan African Economic Outlook 2020: Africa’s economy to grow despite external shocks (Article, News)
23-Jan Internet making young Nigerians more insecure, says roundtable on cyber protection (News)
13-Jan Nigeria: From Egypt to Egypt? (News)
13-Jan NCC drafts guidelines for use of TV white spaces (News)
10-Jan Extreme events are reversing development goals (News)
10-Jan ‘Unprecedented terrorist violence’ in West Africa, Sahel region (News)
02-Jan ‘Nigeria needs right frameworks on challenges, opportunities in digital economy and tax,’ says Pirfa Jingfa Tyem (News)

23-Dec FirstBank ‘vybes’ Nigerians all through December (News)
17-Dec Benin as a Paradigm for Improving Country Risk (News)
02-Dec While Nigeria dithers over Critical Infrastructure Bill, South Africa signs Critical Infrastructure Protection Act (News)
28-Nov Social Media Bill: Short walk to tatalitarianism? (News)
27-Nov NGOs raise awareness on cyber child trafficking (News)
20-Nov The 7th Pan-African Conference and raging debates on taxing digital transactions in Africa (Article, News)
12-Nov 2019 Africa Investment Forum kicks off redefining continent’s investment opportunities (News)
08-Nov Nine African countries agree on pooled procurement to increase access to vaccines (News)
08-Nov Free internet access should be a basic human right – study (News)
06-Nov NADDC excites young Nigerians with first Automotive Design Challenge (News)
06-Nov OPINION: Access to justice for all is not yet a reality – but there are ways forward (Article, News)
06-Nov Russia and Nigeria: Will startups deliver progress in bilateral relations? (News)
05-Nov As Qua’an Pan launches Innovation Hub, LG boss, Kwallu, says strong leadership drives youth and technology (News)
30-Oct Kigali to host 4th Africa Shared Value Leadership in 2020 (News)
20-Oct FirstBank: Towards reviving Nigeria’s textile industry (News)
16-Oct Abuja SMSGAfrica fireside discusses nation building, using social media to foster patriotism (News)
15-Oct AfDB, Climate Investment Funds, Coalition for Green Capital to develop Green financing instruments for Africa (News)
05-Oct Chiniki Guard and 247Medic from Nigeria are semi-finalist startups at GITEX 2019 Supernova challenge (Business / Economy)
26-Sep The $9.6b P&ID monumental scam against Nigeria (Business / Economy)
25-Sep Nigeria gears up for GITEX 2019 with strong message on ICT investment potential (Business / Economy)
24-Sep Nairobi hosts 7th Pan African Conference on illicit financial flows and tax (Business / Economy)
24-Sep Fighting fraud from the top (Business / Economy)
13-Sep UN Chief, Guterres launches new plan to counter hate & violence, reaffirms the sanctity of religious sites (Uncategorized)
02-Sep Tony Elumelu to Japan: “Partner with us in Empowering African Entrepreneurs” (News)
02-Sep Japan, AfDB announce $3.5 billion support for Africa’s private sector development (News)
30-Aug TICAD7: AfDB discusses relief for fragile states through innovative private sector financing (News)
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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