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African organisations under pressure to sharpen skills retention and employee engagement

Businesses across major African economies such as Kenya and Nigeria are coming under increasing pressure to align their strategies for retaining talent, compensating employees and engaging with their workforces with good international practices.  That’s according to Gerhard Hartman, Head of Department for Sage HR & Payroll’s International Division, who says that African companies are facing stiffer competition for skills as... Read More

Malawi Speaker challenges African Parliamentarians for laws curbing graft in the continent

Malawi’s National Assembly Speaker, Richard Msowoya has urged African Members of Parliament (MPs) to drastically formulate laws to deal with graft in the continent which has seen huge loses of money that could have been used to uplift poor people’s lives.  The appeal comes amid net economic outflows in African countries which according to “Financial Africa’s Post -2015 Development study”,... Read More

Burundi presidential term saga balloons into regional crisis as US, Rwanda, Tanzania drawn in

Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza has been unfazed by the international reaction to his bid for a third term. (Photo/File/Getty) Court backs controversial third term bid for Pierre Nkurunziza, stoking fears of a rapid escalation and a return to conflict. BURUNDI’s crisis this week snowballed into a major regional concern after a constitutional court backed president Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a… Read More

Central African Republic: New Constitution should leave no space for impunity

Authorities in Central African Republic should amend clauses in a proposed new constitution that could undermine the fight against impunity, Amnesty International said ahead of a national reconciliation forum in Bangui. In an open letter to delegates attending the Bangui Forum starting on 4 May, the organisation warns that the current draft constitution could allow any serving president immunity from... Read More

Open Letter to the African Commission Regarding the Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa

Dear Chair and Commissioners of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, write to you as concerned organisations and citizens of the African continent to raise concern about the xenophobic attacks currently occurring, mainly against African foreign nationals, in the Republic of South Africa. We come to you, as the body responsible for... Read More

Airtel Africa Wins Global Award at the prestigious MVNO Industry World Congress in Nice, France

Airtel Kenya awarded ‘best wholesale operator’ at MVNOs World Congress 2015, Nice, France The award underscores Airtel’s innovation and differentiation agenda following its MVNO launch in its Kenyan Market in April 2014 Nairobi, Thursday April 24 2015… Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa has received global recognition a year after... Read More

CAR: Key Step Toward Justice Get New Special Criminal Court Up and Running

(Bangui, April 24, 2015) – The Central African Republic's National Transitional Council has taken decisive action for justice for the victims of atrocities by adopting a law to establish a Special Criminal Court within the national justice system, 23 Central African and international human rights organizations said today. The draft law, which the government sent to the transitional parliament on... Read More
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