The contracting shelf-life of skills requires African businesses to focus more on strategies that would enhance employees’ ability to adapt to unfolding global workplace realities, Ivie Imasogie-Adigun, Group Head, Human Resources, Sahara Group, has said.
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In the recent past, some international organisations, including agencies of the United Nations, have been issuing some reports whose parameters are unknown and whose outcomes raise a lot of doubt, for those who have knowledge of the issues in focus. Take for instance the recent pronouncement that Nigeria has overtaken India as the country with the largest number of people living below the poverty line.
Nigeria ranks top with the highest number of students from Africa studying in the US, Rachel Canty Deputy Director, Students and Exchange Visitor Programme, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, says.
The adoption of unified standards across Africa will create a bigger and more effective regional market that will enhance the continent’s competitive positioning in global energy markets, Tope Shonubi, Executive Director, Sahara Group, has told stakeholders at the African Refiners Association meeting in Cape Town, South Africa.
Leicester City boss Kolo Toure hopes he can one day manage an African nation to World Cup glory.
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 23, 2019 election, Peter Obi, on Tuesday mourned the passage of renowned poet, writer and administrator, Dr. Gabriel Okara, describing it as the loss of an African literary giant.
One of Nigeria’s foremost telecommunications companies, Globacom, has said it is committed to supporting any initiative that can assist the continent of Africa to realize its huge potentials.
In a bid to create economic opportunities for African women to aid their growth, Google on Friday in Lagos unveiled a new initiative, WomenWill, targeting 50,000 women across Africa.
Digital Transformation Leader, Globacom, has re-affirmed its support for the economic growth and development of Africa as it throws its weight behind the annual Africa CEO Forum holding in Rwanda next month.
Nigerian singer and disc jockey, Sodamola Desmond popularly known as DJ Spinall or The Cap is set to headline his first UK concert on April 21, in London.
Apart from making the country proud on table, Aruna Quadri has become Nigerian culture promoter in the new promo released by the International Table Tennis Federation for the 2019 World Championship holding in Budapest, Hungary.
With elections scheduled to be held in various African countries this year, Facebook has devised mechanisms to reduce the spread of fake news, the social media giant said on Wednesday.
Nigeria has retained her fourth position in Africa but dropped two places from her previous 44th position in FIFA Coca Cola World Rankings released on Thursday.
Former Nigeria coach, Clemens Westerhof, has said his age is no barrier to his desire to keep working in Africa as he considers new opportunities in Zimbabwe.
Following reports of attempted military takeover in Gabon, President Muhammadu Buhari has called for respect for constitutional provisions in the oil-rich west-central African nation.
Solomon Dalung, the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, on Friday said Nigeria would dominate the wrestling sport with proper investment and training.
re:publica, Europe’s largest conference on digital and social topics, is set to be hosted in Accra, Ghana and for the first time in Africa.
The 2018 edition of the All Africa Music Awards will be broadcast live on DStv and GOtv from Wednesday, 21 November to Saturday, 24 November.
Okorocha made the call when contestants and organisers of a non-bikini beauty pageant scheduled to hold in Owerri on November 29 paid him a courtesy visit.
In sharp contrast, major African airlines such as Ethiopian Airlines, South African Airways, Africa’s oldest Rwandair, Royal Air Maroc and Kenya Airways have fleets with average age of between 11.4 years and 5.8 years.