In a bid to utilize Africa’s enormous market space, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has teamed up with the International Trade Centre (ITC) to empower small business in the continent under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). This…
Kenneth AFOR | As part of the COVID-19 Transparency and Accountability Project (CTAP), leading social accountability initiatives, Follow The Money and BudgIT, with learning partners Global Integrity, have launched a comprehensive user-friendly COVID-19 Fund Africa website. This was disclosed on…
The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) and the Kwara State Government have announced to construct West Africa’s largest oncology and diagnostic centre, in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The centre which is expected to cost about N2.5 billion is…
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO is partnering with Nigeria’s leading Football Consultancy Group, 5Stars Football to organize the 2021 Special People’s Cup aimed at empowering persons with disabilities and internally displaced people in the country. UNESCO,…
Why tech and business media must pay attention to Paystack’s media strategy In April 2021, Paystack – a payment processing company – announced it was hiring a Managing Editor to help build “Africa’s largest digital business media network”. This was…
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative, HRMI, a global project tracking human rights performance of countries, has scored Nigeria worse than average in Sub-Saharan Africa regarding Economic and Social Rights of its citizens in the recently released 2021 rights tracker. The…
Horticulture, an aspect of agriculture practiced by millions of youths across Africa, has helped with improving the livelihoods of a vast majority living in poverty and struggling to find employment. The continent hosts the world’s youngest population of around 200…
The 2020 Clean Water Project closed out with borehole commissioning ceremonies and the formal handover to stakeholders and beneficiaries as project stewards, marking an important milestone in the sustainable provision of water supply in underserved communities. The project which was…
In 2004, Jeff Bezos and his technical adviser Colin Bryar drove together to the city of Tacoma, an hour south of Seattle in Washington State. At that time Amazon was a multi-billion dollar company. However they were headed to Amazon’s…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit, asking the court “to compel President Muhammadu Buhari to disclose spending details of the overdrafts and loans obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) since May 29, 2015 including…
