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Africa Business World 

Consumers gear up for a festive season like no other

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– – The global retail sector is in an unprecedented state of flux and as the end of the year approaches, Nielsen has identified a range of evolving consumer groups as well as four Holiday/Festive consumer behavioural resets related to this crucial holiday period. Nielsen Retail Intelligence MD for Sub-Sahara Africa Kelly Arnold comments; “As the end of the year approaches, upcoming… Read More
Africa East Africa Sudan World 

Sudan ‘closes border with Ethiopia’ over tension in Tigray region

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– – Sudan has closed the border between its eastern Kassala State and Ethiopia due to ongoing tension in Ethiopian Tigray region. According to the state-owned Suna news agency the announcement was made by Governor of the state, Fateh al-Rahman al-Amin. Al-Amin has said that the border will remain closed until further notice as Ethiopia struggles to end the tension.… Read More
Africa East Africa Featured World 

Tanzania’s Magufuli sworn in after election win

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– – John Magufuli was sworn in Thursday for his second term as president of Tanzania after a landslide election victory dismissed by the political opposition as a sham. His inauguration in Dodoma, the Tanzanian capital, proceeded despite opposition demands that fresh elections be held after reporting widespread irregularities in the October 28 poll, allegations the US and others described… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Bola Tinubu: A Preying Progressive By Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi

Elwin Mandowa,
The Yoruba nation has been bemoaned with recent vain narratives of comparing our sage and the icon of progressive politics, Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo with Jagaban Bola Ahmed Tinubu.  I initially loved to title this piece: AWOLOWO VS TINUBU: THE CONTEST OF LEGENDS. but I was shocked at the rage exhibited by some of the respected personalities I contacted as… Read More
Africa Investments 

Technology at the heart of tomorrow's fashion

Elwin Mandowa,
What: Fashionomics Africa Webinar Series, Episode 3 Who: Gender, Women & Civil Society Department, African Development Bank When: 13 November 2020, 12.00 to 14.00 GMT Where: Online via Zoom – Click here to register for free The Gender, Women and Civil Society Department of the African Development Bank Group will hold the third instalment of the Fashionomics Africa Webinar Series… Read More
Africa World 

Trump in need of ‘Angels from Africa’ to help him win election

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– – US President Donald Trump’s spiritual adviser Paula White-Cain has said that “angels have been released” from Africa and South America to help him win this month’s presidential election. President trump is currently trailing in required electoral votes to win re-election as his rival Joe Biden gets closer to victory. During a prayer service, White-Cain said “I hear a… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

‘Reminiscences: My Journey Through Life’ By Azu Ishiekwene

Elwin Mandowa,
At the beginning, I was tempted to think of the author as a reluctant memoirist. Hon. Justice Sunday Akinola Akintan says his two greatest motivations for writing Reminiscences: My Journey Through Life  are 1) to fortify the slender repertoire of written records in Yorubaland and 2) to heed the counsel of famous lawyer T.O.S. Benson that the only way for… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

The Emergency Meeting Northern Governors Should Be Holding By Olabisi Deji-Folutile

Elwin Mandowa,
Left to our 19 Northern states’ governors and Nigeria’s Education Minister, Adamu Adamu, the over 1.5 million candidates that sat this year’s West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) would have probably waited for another year before taking the exam. We owe the West African Examination Council (WAEC) thanks for sticking to its timetable in the face of intimidation and… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank signs grant agreement to support the Rwanda Coding Academy

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank has signed a grant agreement with the Ministry of ICT and Innovation in Rwanda to support the Rwanda Coding Academy, set up to develop top technology talent to drive a booming, innovation-driven digital economy in the East African nation. The Rwanda Coding Academy was set up as a proof-of-concept model school for developing ICT and other… Read More
Africa Investments 

Flood Forecasting and Early Warning in West Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
What: Webinar on Flood Forecasting and Early Warning in West Africa Who: African Development Bank’s Clim-Dev Africa Special Fund (CDSF) When: 19 November 2020, 09:00 GMT   Where: Virtual. Please register here The African Development Bank’s Clim-Dev Africa Special Fund (CDSF) invites you to a webinar to discuss the opportunities and constraints around improved flood forecasting and early warning systems in… Read More
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