Nigeria – New Business Ethiopia

Policy to fortify foods transforms Ethiopia’s health, GDP

September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 BEHAK edible oil, Ethiopia, Folic acid, GDP, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, healthcare costs, Kenya, Nigeria

Ethiopia’s Government spending of $3.8 million over the next 10 years could save tens of thousands of lives, reduce healthcare

Agribusiness

Research Institute wins 2021 Africa Food Prize

September 8, 2021September 8, 2021 BEHAK 2019 Africa Food Prize, Burkina Faso, chickpea, climate change, Dryland ecosystems, Ethiopia, Ghana, groundnut crop, ICRISAT, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has been awarded the 2021 Africa Food Prize, for work

Politics

Ethiopia PM urges African leaders to cooperate

September 2, 2021 BEHAK African Leaders, Africans, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia urges African leaders mainly Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, and Nigeria to cooperate pooling together

Agribusiness

Nigeria to create special agro-industrial processing zones

September 2, 2021 BEHAK agro-industrial processing, IFAD, Nigeria, public-private partnerships

Nigeria’s Federal and State governments have expressed overwhelming support for an initiative to create Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ).

Travel

AFRAA releases African airlines’ performance updates August 2021

September 1, 2021 BEHAK Abidjan, AFRAA, Africa, air passenger traffic, Dakar, Egypt Air, Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Royal Air Maroc, RwandAir, Sri Lanka, UAE, Uganda

In the month of August 2021, air passenger traffic reached 46.8% compared to same month in 2019 while capacity was

Economy

Report unveils key factors for successful job creation in Africa

July 2, 2021 BEHAK Africa, Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, ECA, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, job creation, Kenya, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and NKC African Economics (an Oxford Economics company) launched today a joint report

Tragedy

Congo tops list of world’s most neglected crisis

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 BEHAK Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, crisis, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), displacement crisis, Ethiopia, Honduras, humanitarian crises, Mali, Nigeria, Norwegian Refugee Council, Venezuela

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the world’s most neglected displacement crisis according to the Norwegian Refugee Council’s

Investment

Africa’s Best Brands unaffected by pandemic

May 25, 2021 BEHAK Africa's Best Brands, Airtel, Botswana, brands, Dangote, digital businesses, DSTV, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Airlines, GTBank, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, MTN, Namibia, Nigeria, Orange, pandemic, Uganda, Vodafone Group

African Business today released its June cover story featuring its exclusive ranking of Africa’s Best Brands. This year’s ranking was

Entertainment

‘Lyrical lushness’ wins Nigeria 2021 African Poetry Prize

May 13, 2021May 13, 2021 BEHAK African poetry, HIV/AIDS, Lyrical lushness, Nigeria, sexuality, suicide

Suicide, sexuality and HIV/AIDS are some of the searing subjects Nigerian, Othuke Umokoro, writes about in his 2021 Brunel International

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