Energy industry is going to be the bedrock of Africa’s road to recovery
African Energy producers and the governments are facing an unprecedented economic crisis caused by coronavirus, unemployment, economic recession and energy poverty and energy transition concerns. The African Energy Chamber’s Road to Recovery: How the African energy industry can reshape itself for a post-Covid comeback offers a common-sense strategy for the...
Kenya: US copyright law, fake Gmail accounts used to censor gambling story
On February 4, Emmanuel Dogbevi turned to Twitter with a plea for help. He tagged press freedom groups and colleagues in a series of tweets, lamenting how allegations that he violated US copyright law had prompted his news website to be taken offline. Dogbevi told CPJ via phone that Ghana...
Despair: Some African countries can’t afford shots outside the Covax system
Most African countries are almost entirely reliant on Covax – the initiative backed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the vaccine alliance Gavi and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations that offers vaccines cheaply to developing countries. Covax began distributing vaccines to countries such as Ghana and the Ivory Coast...
Africa holds key to keeping the world free from a pandemic that’s on the rise
As the rest of the world prepares for a vaccine-driven return to normal over the next few months, at her community health centre in a poor, working class neighbourhood of Cape Town, Andrea Mendelsohn is dreading the arrival of April and May – that’s when the weather will get cooler...
Nollywood goes one better, premiers first-ever military movie ‘Eagle Wings’ in Lagos
The premiere of ‘Eagle Wings’, Nigeria’s first military-themed movie was held at the Blue Pictures Cinema, Lagos City Mall in the second Sunday of March this year. The film, which is a collaboration between the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) and the Nigerian Airforce, tells the story of how the military...
Kenya and US agree to ‘broaden and strengthen’ security partnership
Kenya and the United States have agreed on a deal to broaden and strengthen the security partnership, US Army Southern European Task Force, Africa commander Major General Andrew M. Rohling, announced on Wednesday upon completion of a four-day tour to the East African nation between March 2 and March 5....
Zimbabwe repatriates 20 poached DRC primates in transit to South Africa
After months of coordinated international effort the Jeunes Animaux Confisqués au Katanga (JACK) sanctuary welcomed 20 monkeys to their new home. The monkeys, natives of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), were confiscated in September 2020 following a surgical strike on an international wildlife crime syndicate that operates between the...
African rugby’s top woman, Kenya’s Paula Lanco traces her journey to the helm
As the world celebrated International Women’s Day and the dynamic women who have and continue to excel in their fields in all industries, it is fitting that we celebrate one of the leading women in Rugby Afrique Paula Lanco – a Rugby Afrique executive committee member and chairperson of the...
NBA, Basketball Africa League launch gender equality initiatives
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Basketball Africa League (BAL) marked this year’s International Women’s Day that was celebrated on March 8 with the launch of several initiatives to advance gender equality and economic inclusion in Africa. The initiatives will build on NBA family’s collective efforts to advance equality...
African and Canadian youths team up in women’s entrepreneurship project
The Africa Skills Hub, a youth employment organisation and business incubator in Ghana will partner with Canada World Youth or Jeunesse Canada Monde (CWY-JCM) to implement the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Livelihoods Initiative (WELI) on the continent, the two organisations have announced. They said when they announced the initiative on Monday...
