This week, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power helped to kick off the Prosper Africa Build Together Campaign at the Corporate Council on Africa’s U.S.-Africa Business Summit. As announced by Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Senior Director for Africa Dana L. Banks and reinforced by Department of Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo,...
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The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has granted EUR 17 million to international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) for 2021–2024. The support was granted to five organisations for their work on promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHRs) worldwide, and especially in Afghanistan, and for strengthening tax transparency in sub-Saharan Africa.
The funding has a significant role in promoting the goals of...
“Searching for markets required money, physical stamina and a lot of time travelling. We used to leave this for men,” Monica Rashid, Msambafumu Network, Lisasadzi Extension Planning Area (EPA), Kasungu.
Monica is a smallholder farmer in Kasungu district. She faces challenges in accessing produce markets, extension services, and market information like many other farmers living in remote areas that are...
40 Per Cent of Children in Eastern and Southern Africa are not in School
Some 69 million children are currently out of school due to COVID-19 and pre-pandemic drivers
UNICEF estimates that 40 per cent of all school-aged children across Eastern and Southern Africa are currently not in school due to COVID19-induced closures and pre-pandemic levels of out of school children.
Across...
From MBA programs to accelerated learning, ALU Conservation Programs are set to build the next generation of Africa’s Conservation Leaders
The ALU SoWC is developing the next generation of entrepreneurial conservation leaders and undertaking research into Africa’s wildlife economy
We are seeking the conservation leader from West Africa
The ALU School of Wildlife Conservation (www.SoWC.ALUeducation.com) has launched a campaign and scholarship program...
Finnish mobile company HMD Global introduces three new Nokia phones to its refreshed portfolio and significantly expands its audio accessory range
Nokia XR20: Football legend Roberto Carlos and world champion freestyler Lisa Zimouche pair up to give the new life-proof Nokia XR20 its toughest test yet. This is the first ever life-proof1 Nokia phone. Availability is subject to confirmation.
Nokia 6310: a new...
The Graduates came from the eight (8) countries in the pilot phase of the MSME Academy namely, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda and Togo
The leading pan-African banking group, Ecobank Group (www.Ecobank.com), and the African Union Development Agency New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD), held a virtual graduation ceremony for more than 200 alumni of the inaugural...
As part of its community sustainability plan, Eddys Kitchen Initiative has today launched a school feeding program intending to empower children from low-income homes to get a proper education.
The launch ceremony held at Mutwala Primary School in Muhoroni was chaired by Mr.Orina Asibwoga the Subcounty Director of Education in the presence of Mr. Gradvs Agutu Chairman Kenya Primary School...
