Category: Newsline
Entertainment: A foundation for Africa’s success, by Fhulu Badugela
Entertainment is primarily fun and enjoyable, but it also reflects and creates culture, which binds people together. It is created by scores of highly skilled, talented people working in several adjacent industries. In addition to this, entertainment fires passion and enthusiasm, which not only creates strong business demand, but it can also be used to…
IDFC meets on the margins of the World Bank/IMF 2023 Annual Meeting in Morocco
IDFC Annual Meeting is taking place on the margins of the World Bank/IMF 2023 Annual Meetings in Marrakech, Morocco. The international group of 26 leading national and regional development banks gathered for its Annual Meeting on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF 2023 Annual Meetings. IDFC Annual Meeting was marked by the election for the…
Egypt issues Africa’s first Sustainable Panda Bond worth 3.5 billion RMB
Egypt issues Africa’s first Sustainable Panda Bond worth 3.5 billion RMB backed by African Development Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. She will use the bond proceeds for inclusive growth and green objectives under its Sovereign Sustainable Financing Framework Egypt has successfully issued a 3-year Sustainability Panda Bond worth RMB 3.5 billion ($478.7 million). The North African…
‘Thrilla in Manila’: Women’s financial inclusion is our fight of the decade, By Malado Kaba
Unlocking women’s economic power and closing the gender gap will not only help us achieve Sustainable Development Goal 5—which is focused on gender equality— it will also help accelerate progress towards many of the 16 other goals Last month, I represented the African Development Bank’s Gender, Women and Civil Society Department at the Alliance…
Sahara Group to reinforce call for more intra-African collaboration on Energy poverty at AEW
Sahara Group is set to reinforce its call for more intra-African collaboration and investments towards enhancing access to energy on the continent at the Africa Energy Week (AEW) 2023 (www.AECWeek.com) Conference & Exhibition, scheduled to hold in Cape Town on October 16 – 20. AEW brings together leaders, innovators, and experts in the energy sector…
Bosun Tijani launches programme to train 3 million technical talents by 2027
As part of plans by Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy to train 3 million technical talents by 2027, the Minister, Dr Bosun Tijani has launched the 3MTT programme https://3mtt.nitda.gov.ng, targeted at generating a pipeline of technical talent across Nigeria. The programme, he said, is a key part of the Ministry of Communications, Innovation…
Obari Gomba wins 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature
Obari Gomba has won the 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature. He was announced winner for his play from a shortlist of three, which included Henry Akubuiro for Yamtarawala, the Warrior King and Abideen Abolaji Ojomu for The Ojulegba Crossroads. GRIT. Gomba was announced winner of the $100,000 prize by the Chairperson of the Advisory Board, Professor…
Hippolite Amadi wins 2023 Nigeria Prize for Science for Respiratory technologies for new-borns
The Advisory Board of The Nigeria Prize for Science today announced a novel scientific work on respiratory technologies for keeping Nigerian new-born babies alive by Professor Hippolite Amadi as the winner of the 2023 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Science. The Prize which is sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) is worth $100,000. According…
A Disclaimer by NLNG on Vendor List for NLNG Train 7
The attention of Nigeria LNG Limited (‘NLNG’ or the ‘Company’) has been drawn to the activities of certain groups of persons and individuals purporting to be agents of NLNG in relation to the NLNG Train 7 Project (‘NLNG Train 7’ or the ‘Project’), and demanding fees from companies, organisations and members of the public, for…
African Energy Week (AEW) 2023 takes place in Cape Town next week
African Energy Week (AEW) 2023 takes place in Cape Town next week. AEW is an annual event that brings together leaders, innovators, and experts in the energy sector to discuss and shape the future of energy in Africa. As the continent grapples with the dual challenges of providing access to energy for its growing population…