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OP-ED Opinions 

ASUU Strike: Fruitful or Futile? By Dr Nasir Aminu

Elwin Mandowa,
The 2022 industrial action by Nigeria’s academic staff union of universities (ASUU) is worrying on many grounds, but it is nothing new in the Nigerian context. It is the fifth industrial action in the last ten years – 2020, 2017, 2014, and 2013 – and this is becoming more like a tradition. As an academic and an active union member in the higher education sector, I empathise with the ongoing industrial action by ASUU. I also worry for the… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Running Mate As Albatross: Tinubu’s Choice By Azu Ishiekwene

Elwin Mandowa,
That the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is exactly where the party’s last presidential candidate President Muhammadu Buhari was when he got the ticket eight years ago, shows just how our politics has stagnated, if not regressed. After Buhari won the APC ticket in December 2014, the next major hurdle was getting a running mate.… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Peter Obi And The Audacity Of Hope By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo

Elwin Mandowa,
On Monday, August 4, 2004, one week after he made a speech at the Democratic Party’s convention in Boston, I wrote a column for the Nigeriaworld called “Obama: An audacity of hope?” Here is how the column started. “Jan Schakowsky, an Illinois Congresswoman, recently visited the White House with a congressional delegation. Making her way out, she passed President Bush,… Read More
Africa Investments 

North African conference on labor, entrepreneurship and MSMEs concludes with the "Rabat Declaration"

Elwin Mandowa,
“The post-Covid-19 world is opening up new avenues and opportunities. All public and private actors have a role to play in making themselves even more accessible to entrepreneurs. This will only be possible if a new impetus is given to entrepreneurship and MSMEs, with a synergy of all programs, public and private, which will have to be scaled up, have… Read More
Africa Investments 

President Adesina to attend 2022 Commonwealth Business Forum in Kigali

Elwin Mandowa,
What:       Commonwealth Business Forum (part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) Who:        African Development Bank President Adesina, the Government of Rwanda and heads of Commonwealth states and international organizations Where:     Kigali, Rwanda. When:      20-25 June 2022 African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina will join Rwandan President  Paul Kagame and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson, and others,… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

All Eyes On Kagame As CHOGM Roars To Life In Kigali By Kelvin Jakachira

Elwin Mandowa,
The stage is set for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) slated for June 20 to 26 in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital. With four of the seven East African Community partner states being members of the Commonwealth of Nations, the EAC Secretary-General, Peter Mathuki, says it will be an opportunity for the four partner states – Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda – to reap the… Read More
Africa Investments 

Burkina Faso : plus de dix mille nouvelles entreprises enregistrées grâce à un projet soutenu par la Banque africaine de développement

Elwin Mandowa,
Le Projet d’appui à la transformation de l’économie et la création de l’emploi, mis en œuvre au Burkina Faso, entre 2014 et 2021, a permis d’augmenter l’enregistrement de nouvelles entreprises. Les nouvelles entreprises enregistrées sont passées de 1 021 en 2014 à 13 500 en 2021, grâce notamment à l’appui du projet aux Centres de gestion agréés de Ouagadougou et de Bobo-Dioulasso… Read More
Africa World 

WHO to rename Monkeypox to remove African stigma

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– – The World Health Organization is working with experts to come up with a new name for Monkeypox. It comes after more than 30 scientists wrote last week about the “urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatising” name for the virus and the disease it causes. According to the effects, the continuous reference to the virus as African is both inaccurate… Read More
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