CALL FOR ENTRIES: Nigeria ranks as the second highest producer of tomatoes in Africa. N11.7 billion is spent annually to import processed tomato paste into the country while over 200,000 farmers in Nigeria, whom collectively grow over 1.5 million metric…
Businesses in Cameroon have lost over $1.39 million as the internet shutdown in the country enters a fourth week, a coalition of rights organisations monitoring the outage disclosed. The government ordered the suspension of internet services to the English speaking…
The results of the World Health Organisation’s analysis of the world’s health systems among 191 member states are in, and Nigeria ranked 187 only ahead of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic and Myanmar. Using performance indicators including…
At 3 a.m. one March morning, Mayeso Gwanda, an informal trader, left his home in Blantyre, Malawi, and traveled to the nearby Limbe market. He carried with him the plastic bags he sells in order to earn a living. As…
The Gambia has formally sworn in its new elected President, Adama Barrow, in front of a crowd of thousands including African heads of state. It was the second time he had taken the oath after his formal inauguration was delayed…
The police have released Audu Maikori, the CEO of Chocolate City Entertainment, roughly 24 hours after he was arrested, his lawyer said Saturday. Mark Jacobs, who had been with Mr. Maikori as legal counsel since he was picked up Saturday. “He’d just…
As the world marks International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation Monday February 6, UNICEF has called on governments at all levels, civil society organisations, traditional and religious leaders to join together and end the scourge of Female…
Journalist and digital strategist Omar Mohammed has joined Code for Africa as its country head in Tanzania. Mohammed has been appointed as an ICFJ Knight International Journalism Fellow, tasked with establishing a Code for Tanzania chapter. This will include establishing…
BANJUL, The Gambia — The smallest nation on the African continent has a lot on its plate. Newly elected President of The Gambia Adama Barrow faces an insolvent economy, two decades of documented human rights abuses, reserves of only two…
The word gender has become meaningless in the humanitarian sector. And I say this as a gender adviser. I’m one of the converted and I speak with experience when I say that the word has become a beast. After many…
