The Confederation of African Football says it will maintain the schedule of all competitions despite the outbreak of coronavirus as the World Health Organisation is yet to declare any African country as a high risk.
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The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has urged the six South West governors to build independent power projects and rail system that would link all the states in the geopolitical zone.
Ecobank Nigeria is providing opportunities that supports exporters and importers within the African region.
Verve, the largest domestic card scheme in Africa, recently launched a new campaign, themed: “Live the good life.”
The Nigerian Stock Exchange has emerged the second largest Exchange Traded Fund market in Africa with current market capitalisation of N6.9 billion.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has raised alarm over rising cases of hunger in Africa.
The World Health Organization is scaling up novel coronavirus preparedness efforts in the African region and supporting countries to implement recommendations outlined by the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee.
The Foundation in a statement released on its website on Monday said it was committing $5 million to the coronavirus response in China, and was already working with a range of Chinese public and private sector partners to accelerate national and international cooperation.
The AfDB’s Communication and External Relations Department quoted Adesina as saying this on Tuesday at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London.
The Summit, which holds on January 20, 2020 in London, will be hosted by the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, bringing together businesses, governments and international institutions to showcase and promote the breadth and quality of investment opportunities across Africa.
Hon. Ned Nwoko, Founder of Prince Ned Nwoko Foundation, a humanitarian NGO, on Sunday said the organisation would champion the eradication of malaria from Nigeria and Africa through research funding.
Africa’s biggest blogger, Linda Ikeji, Nigerian screen diva Omotola Jalade- Ekeinde, Stephanie Okereke Linus, Yvonne Okoro and Osas Ighodaro were recognised by Style Rave, as the most beautiful women in Africa.
The Tony Elumelu Foundation, the private-sector-led philanthropy focused on empowering African entrepreneurs, has announced a final list of 2,100 entrepreneurs to benefit from the inaugural TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme.
Three-African champions, the Super Eagles have retained their position as the 3rd highest African side in the FIFA world rankings, making them a Pot 1 team for the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers.
The festival, which is the biggest of its kind in Africa is in its second edition.
July 24 to August 3, 1943 was a period no German would want to forget in a hurry. It was a time “Operation Gomorrah”, the codename of the allied forces, stormed the city of Hamburg and rained hails of bombs and bullets with almost no end in sight on its harmless inhabitants. Residents were shattered, children cried, family torn apart, and hundreds killed while several others were injured and maimed. It was, indeed, a forlorn hope for all Germans.
The two women have not been named but they are both reported to originally be from Africa and now belong to two different orders in Sicily.
The Nigerian leader stated this at State Banquet organised in his honour by the South African government on the occasion of his three-day official visit to South Africa on Thursday night in Pretoria.
He also pledged to do all he could to help Africans improve their lot.
At the just concluded Forum organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross, key speakers: Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, and Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC, proffered entrepreneurship as the most sustainable solution to accelerating Africa’s transformation.