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Launch of Boost Africa Initiative, a new integrated approach to boost young innovative entrepreneurs across Africa

November 23, 2016 Global AuthorAfDB President Akinwumi Adesina, Boost Africa Initiative, east africa, EIB President Werner Hoyer, European Commission, Pan-African

Over 1,500 start-ups and high-growth SMEs to be supported across the continent Boost Africa Initiative, a unique partnership in support of innovation and entrepreneurship across Africa has been launched today in Abidjan by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) in partnership with the European Commission. The launch ceremony took place at the Headquarters of the… Read More

REVEALED: Pastor TB Joshua’s Uncanny Influence In Tanzania

November 8, 2015October 21, 2016 Global AuthorBurundi, east africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

Within hours of Pastor T.B. Joshua touching down in Tanzania on Tuesday November 3rd 2015, he had met the three most important political figures in the country – John Magufuli, the President-Elect, Jakaya Kikwete, the outgoing President and Edward Lowassa, the former Prime Minister and opposition leader. However, a government source has revealed that the Nigerian Pastor’s uncanny influence in... Read More

Burundi tense amid gunfire after killing of a general

August 4, 2015 Global AuthorBurundi, east africa, Pierre Nkurunziza

Pierre Nkurunziza. (File: AFP) Bujumbura – Gunfire rang out in Burundi’s capital on Sunday night following the killing of a feared military general who was a close ally of President Pierre Nkurunziza. Nkurunziza, who was re-elected last month, said in a televised address that he had ordered the police to find Lieutenant General Adolphe Nshimirimana’s killers within 10 days. There… Read More

President Obama’s Visit And Africa’s Second Uhuru

July 22, 2015October 21, 2016 Global AuthorBill Clinton, Burundi, east africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Milton Allimadi, Museveni, Obama, Paul Kagame, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

Dear Mr. President, Your trip to Africa this week presents a legacy-defining opportunity. President George W. Bush is remembered for the billions of dollars he made available to fight HIV/Aids; a program which has continued under your administration. Bill Clinton, while decried for allowing genocide in Rwanda, is also hailed for the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA),… Read More

Mauritius: A woman president for all citizens

June 5, 2015October 21, 2016 Global AuthorBurundi, east africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

“I think that the great strength that women bring when they move into senior levels of politics is not that they're more nurturing, caring, maternal figures, but that they will bring a certain level of different perspective, a different way of thinking, and that is just really valuable for all of us.”— Nicholas Kristof, journalist, author and Pulitzer Prize winner. ... Read More

Mauritius: Gender equality for the next term

February 6, 2015October 21, 2016 Global AuthorBurundi, east africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gender Equality, kenya, Madagascar, map of Mauritius, Mauritius, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Women in Mauritius Politics

Port Louis, 6 February: The elections have come and gone. There is a new government in place of which only eight women form part of the 69 seat National Assembly. Despite progress made over the last few years, gender inequality persists. Gender inequality is deeply rooted in entrenched attitudes. Political commitment at the highest level is crucial for social change.... Read More

Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni thinks there are lessons to be learnt from Malawi’s recent elections

July 3, 2014October 21, 2016 Global AuthorBurundi, east africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jessie Kabwila, kenya, Leonard Mulekwa, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Museveni, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

A three man delegation from the Uganda Electoral Commission spent a weeklong visit in Malawi to study voter education processes. Inspite of flaws in the Malawi recents elections the Ugandans believe there are still positive lessons to be learnt. Uganda has less than two years to prepare for the next national elections and this time, election officials say they want... Read More

East African passports set to go international

August 7, 2013 Global Authoreast africa, Passports, Rwanda, Tanzania

Starting January 2016, the East African Community citizens will begin using regional passports to travel internationally. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP. Starting January 2016, the East African Community citizens will begin using regional passports to travel internationally. All partner states are expected to procure passport booklets and issuance systems between July and October 2015. The launch date in each partner… Read More

Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete threatens Malawi over lake dispute

July 26, 2013October 21, 2016 Global AuthorBurundi, east africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jakaya Kikwete, Joyce Banda, kenya, Lake Malawi, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

LILONGWE(AGV)--Speaking on Thursday during the country's heroes' day celebrations, Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete made a rumbling speech saying its armed forces were ready to protect the country against any foreign threat to its territory, raising the stakes in an escalating border dispute with Malawi. . Read More

Lake Malawi fossil could be oldest dinosaur ever found

December 7, 2012October 21, 2016 Global AuthorBurundi, east africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

LILONGWE: Fossilised bones unearthed by a British palaeontologist in colonial Tanzania in the 1930s may be those of the oldest dinosaur ever found, researchers reported on Wednesday. The bones are either those of the earliest dinosaur or of the closest relative of dinosaurs discovered to date, they said.A denizen of the Middle Triassic around 243 million years ago, the creature... Read More

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