Youssou N’Dour teams up with Graca Machel in Africa’s time is now’ campaign
Artists should be on the frontline of Africa’s development, given their pivotal role as communicators, Youssou N’Dour, musician, businessman and former Senegal culture and tourism minister, said at the opening of the 2020 African Development Bank civil society forum. The two-day civil society orgainsations forum kicked off on November 25...
Milwaukee Bucks signs guard Jaylen Adams and forward Mamadi Diakite
Jaylen Adams spent the majority of the 2019-20 season with the Bucks’ G League affiliate, the Wisconsin Herd, where he was the NBA G League MVP runner up and an All-NBA G League First Team selection after averaging 21.5 points, 5.7 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 1.8 steals over 33 games....
Africans know and understand development – Kenya president
President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta has urged African governments to put their citizens at the centre of delivering service during Africa Delivery Exchange 2020, a virtual event that opened on November 25. In remarks to open the two-day workshop, Kenyatta noted that on a continent of around 1.3 billion Africans...
African oil and gas industry braces for end of super profits era
Without bold fiscal reforms, Africa is doomed to further lose its global market share of oil and gas investment and production. This is a major takeaway, if not the most important takeaway from the Africa Energy Outlook 2021 released this month by the African Energy Chamber. As oil prices settle...
Felix Oloo’s transition from playing rugby to coaching
Life after active playing can be very challenging. Too many options to choose from. One can decide to trade the shorts and boots for suits and enter the management game or grab the whistle and officiate. Many times, however, the odds lean heavily on coaching. Kenya Lioness coach Felix Oloo...
Accor hotel chain adds Turkey, India to its Middle East and Africa business
Accor, a world-leading augmented hospitality group, has added India and Turkey to its Middle East and Africa region.The newly expended region will now comprise of a portfolio of more than 84,000 rooms across 400 hotels.With the industry’s most dynamic portfolio of brands, covering every market segment from economy to luxury...
From police to a ‘gangster’ state, Kenya stares into the abyss
“Nobody can stop reggae” is a refrain that connotes the Building Bridges Initiative campaign to amend the constitution, but in Kenyan politics it communicates political anarchy security and democracy experts fear will drive the country deep into the abyss. Beneath the reforms refrain or anthem – as politicians refer to...
New oil and gas finds trigger big investments in Southern Africa
Last spring, the Maersk Voyager, an ultra-deep-water drillship under contract by French supermajor Total, drilled a wildcat well in the deepest water ever – 3,628 meters in Block 48, a massive area with potentially huge oil reserves in the Congo basin offshore Angola. The record-setting achievement was not a success...
Coronavirus recasts attention on public health
Public health — the science of protecting and improving the health of a population — includes everything from setting pollution limits to urging women to get mammograms. It’s investigating salmonella outbreaks, tracking Lyme disease, defining drink-driving, fighting climate change, tackling systemic racism, inspecting restaurants, distributing condoms and every other activity...
Nairobi sucked into ‘fool’s gold’ as the mineral fuels conflict in central Africa
Despite efforts invested licit mineral trade to stifle gold smuggling and money-laundering, East Africa – with Nairobi and Kampala as pivots – still towers other countries in Africa as a major conduit for pirated gold and diamonds from conflict regions in the South and Central Africa. East Africa is in...
