Every year, road crashes are estimated to claim over 300,000 lives in Africa. The African region has 2 per cent…
Read More
Nairobi to host Origin Africa apparel industry show
At the upcoming Origin Africa 2018 show in Nairobi, Kenya, ThreadSol, the pioneer in enterprise material management for sewn products’…
Read More
Kigali to Host Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum
The 50th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF50) is set to be held on 27th and 28th August…
Read More
UN official calls for Africa’s intellectual property rights protection
The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Ms. Vera Songwe calls on Africa leaders for the protection…
Read More
Ethiopia starts energy production from waste
BY ELIZABETH EQUBAY – Ethiopia has started production of 25 Megawatts of energy from waste at one of its first…
Read More
African human rights defenders to hold the powerful to account
The new Secretary General of Amnesty International, the world’s biggest human rights organization, Kumi Naidoo, met with human rights activists…
Read More
Canada investing on women empowerment in Africa
On her first visit to the West African nation of Cote d’Ivoire, Canada’s Minister of International Development, Marie-Claude Bibeau shared…
Read More
Ethiopia, Sudan to deploy joint military along border
The governments of Ethiopia and Sudan have agreed to deploy a joint military force that will patrol the border between…
Read More
Ethnic clashes displaced 2.8 million people in Ethiopia
The number of internally displaced people (IDP) in Ethiopia due to ethic clashes has reached 2.8 million from 1.6 million…
Read More
What to expect from Ethiopia’s ruling party upcoming assembly
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – The Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democracy Front (EPRDF), the ruling coalition in Ethiopia with four ethnic…
Read More
BASF acquires Bayer’s vegetable seeds business
BASF, a German chemical company with businesses across the world, today closed acquisition of Bayer’s global vegetable seeds business, mainly…
Read More
Mastercard announces Next-Generation African Leaders
Fifteen teams of a total of 32 emerging African social entrepreneurs have been selected as winners of the 2018 Resolution…
Read More
Africa launches continental innovation award for SDGs
The President of Ghana and Co-Chair of the Group of Eminent Advocates for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Nana Addo…
Read More
Mozambique makes journalism difficult with exorbitant accreditation fees
The introduction by Mozambican authorities of exorbitant media accreditation fees is an assault on freedom of the press and a…
Read More
