World Leaders commit $12.9billion to fight malaria and AIDS

Leaders from around the world meeting under the auspices of the Global Replenishment Conference in Montreal, Canada have reaffirmed their determination to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Towards that direction, the conference raised over $12.9 billion in pledges, an amount…

Legislators, Civil Society Unite For Improved Health Care

The House of Representatives committees on appropriation and health, in partnership with Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, a non-governmental organisation, recently, organised a two-day retreat in Accra, Ghana, for their members on financing primary health care. In his opening address,…

PIN Set To Host Internet Policy Training in Uganda

Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) will host an Internet Policy Training session in Kampala, Uganda from 25-27 September 2016. This is part of the scaling up of activities of PIN’s ICT Policy Office to other African regions in the coming months.…

Environmental Education Is Key to Solving Our Waste Problem

@OlumideIDOWU We live in rapidly evolving societies, so why doesn’t our environmental sensitization adapt/conform to these changes?’’ explains – environmental education is becoming increasingly important as our lives, cities and priorities change. As our cities become more congested and busy,…

Tech, Media Experts to Meet in Lagos

In a bid to enhance the status of Lagos State as the leading IT state, firms in Nigeria will on September 20gather in Lagos for a media and technology assessment programme. The giant firms include; Google, Uber, Intel, Africa Internet…