When Ivory Coast put out a tender to build a bridge over the lagoon in its commercial hub of Abidjan, 10 out of the 18 companies that expressed interest were either Chinese companies s or in partnership with them. China State Construction Engineering Corp. won the contract in May. The 109
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Africa seems to have finally made the move, albeit belatedly, to join the growing global concern to save the environment from the pernicious and yet pervasive grip of plastic pollution. At the 2018 World Environmental Day,Nigeria Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, pledged the country’s commitment to the cause by enunciating government policy on
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UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged countries to invest in family-friendly policies that support early childhood development. Mohamed Fall, UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, made the call in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. He emphasised that such investment should include paid paternity and maternity leave, free pre-primary education and paid breastfeeding breaks. He
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Surprising as this may sound, malnutrition and obesity are co-existing in the same households, says a global study on Africa's feeding habits. The study titled, Nourished: How Africa can build a future free from hunger and malnutrition, says that it is not uncommon to find undernutrition and obesity existing within a
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has suggested that it is time to process cocoa and produce chocolate in Africa, and to end the continent from being at the bottom of global value chains. AfDB said there is large opportunity for Africa, the largest producer of cocoa in the world, to rake
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Participants at the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)Forum in Abidjan said that Africa’s industrialisation would be achieved with proper entrepreneurship drive. Some of the Participants who spoke to the news agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Tues said that proper entrepreneurship model ought to be adopted in the region. Ms theresa Diarra, executive Assistant GCCI,
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At least a hundred and ten million of the 600 million people without access to electricity in Africa lives in urban areas. Most are within a stone throw from existing power system infrastructure. In Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana and Liberia alone there are up to 95 million people living in urban areas.
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Billions of dollars in remittances flowed to Africa in 2017. The money could go further if it wasn't more expensive to send money to Africa than anywhere else in the world, a new World Bank study finds. Immigrants sent a $38 billion (€31.1 billion) back home to Africa in 2017, according
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More than a dozen heads of State and government, Bill Gates, ministers from 19 Commonwealth countries, scientists and private sector and international organisations have made significant financial and political commitments that will catalyse progress towards beating malaria at a time when efforts to end the preventable disease have stalled at
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The African Import Export Bank (Afreximbank) and the Russian Export Centre,in Nairobi, began a series of roadshows under a new partnership that will raise the profile of Russian aircraft and helicopters in Africa. The roadshows, which will feature presentations, will showcase a range of cutting-edge Russian aircraft and helicopters, with demonstrations
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