South Sudan: For Juba, $7.22m water project means better health and peace
Access to drinking water in South Sudan is a crucial issue for peacebuilding and dealing with community disputes that could undermine the country’s emergence from conflict and crisis Farida, her school bag on her back and her face betraying a hint of a smile, sings softly on her way to...
Samoura: Fifa keen to save football from coronavirus
Fifa Secretary General Fatma Samoura took part in the closing session of the World Football Summit today to discuss issues that ranged from disruption, wokeness and the impact of the Fifa Covid-19 Relief Plan on global football. In an interview with South African broadcaster Carol Tshabalala, Fatma Samoura spoke about...
Ghanaian environmentalist bags this year’s Goldman Environmental Prize
The world’s foremost award honouring grassroots environmental activists, the Goldman Environmental Prize, was this year bagged by Ghanaian environmental champion Ezekiel Chibeze. The selection panel cited Chibeze’s commitment to pushing for good governance in Ghana’s environmental sector and leadership in Ghana, across Africa and globally. The Goldman Environmental Prize is...
Yippies or disgusting yobs: Spectre of drunk and disorderly Kenyan yodellers
The arrest of 20 teenaged children in Nairobi’s Kahawa Sukari and at least 40 others in Webuye, western Kenya in just one week, sheds more light on a phenomenon that began unfolding since schools closed indefinitely following the outbreak of coronavirus more than nine months ago. The story despondent youth...
AstraZeneca Covid vaccine: A scientific red flag with flashing lights
Manufacturers of a third coronavirus vaccine announced positive results in clinical trials last week, setting off yet another round of excited news reports. This one, produced by a partnership between a University of Oxford research institute, its spinout company Vaccitech and the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca does not need to be...
Mediamax unveiled as Kenya Rugby Union official broadcast partner
The Kenya Rugby Union has entered into a partnership with Mediamax Networks Limited that sees the media organisation become the KRU’s official broadcast partner for the next five years. They will have exclusive rights to cover KRU’s flagship competitions – The Kenya Cup, Eric Shirley Shield, Rugby Super Series, National...
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...
