Loan sharks collude with organised crime groups to smuggle motorcycles into Ethiopia. Motorcycles are providing job opportunities for Kenya’s youth. But criminals linked to organised crime syndicates find these vehicles versatile in many ways, and are using young people and their bikes for their own gain. In 2009, Kenya’s government zero-rated the duty on motorcycles […]
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Grand Bassa County — Making remarks during the launch of the 2-day event, the Minister of Labor, Cllr. Charles Gibson commended the Association for the dedication and commitment to seeing the profession take its place among other professions. “the ALHRP was one of the first organizations to make contact when I assumed office at the […]
Monrovia — Montserrado County district # 8 Representative Acarous Moses Gray has expressed disappointment over the failure of past national governments to prioritize the sanitary needs of their citizens, especially those residing in slums and congested communities in Monrovia and other parts adjacent. Lawmaker Gray is a National Executive Committee (NEC) member of the governing […]
Cape Town — South African health officials are urging COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Aspen to keep its plant in the Eastern Cape province open. This follows a Reuters article quoting Aspen’s senior director saying they may have to shut down as there have been no orders for their rebranded COVID vaccine. A South African-owned subsidiary of […]
OpenLabs Ghana, Accra has held a seminar to manage issues relating to cyber security at the Bluecrest College Auditorium in Accra last week. Dubbed “Stepping into the field of cyber security”, the seminar educated students of OpenLabs on how to be safeguarded while using the internet in the day-to-day life encounters. Attended by both students […]
Leigh Wentzel and Winston Thomas are stirring up the coffee scene in Cape Town with specialty blends to give communities a taste of quality java. Under the skylight, 10 unlabelled cups, each containing dry coffee grounds, line the edge of the large table at the premises of Cedar Coffee Roasters at Side Street Studios in […]
James Emejo writes that although the federal government’s efforts at de-risking the investment climate have recorded remarkable progress, the political will and commitment by public agencies are key to achieving desirable outcomes. Worried by the increasing risk environment which created apathy on the part of both local and foreign investors to invest in the economy, […]
Omolabake Fasogbon writes about how gaps in Nigerian safety policy and efforts have deepened Nigeria’s vulnerability to crisis and disaster From building collapse to fire incidence, road, sea, rail and air mishap, tanker explosion, insecurity challenge, flood and workplace accident, Nigeria has been hugely impacted by varying degrees of natural and man-induced disaster that have […]
The government could do more to stem illegal bunkering and refining of crude oil Scores of people were recently burnt to death from an explosion during an illegal refining of crude oil at Abaezi forest in Egbema community, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. At least 109 bodies have so far been recovered from […]
The Provost of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Dr. Wahab Azeez, has called on the federal government to enact a policy on minimum qualification for teaching to attract people to the profession. Azeez, who recently said this at the 2021/2022 NCE and Professional Diploma in Education (PDE) matriculation ceremony, bemoaned the low enrolment […]
Nairobi — Kenya Healthcare Federation (KHF), the Health Sector Board of Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), has lauded the government, for securing the deal for Moderna to set up a $500 million manufacturing facility in Kenya, its first in Africa. The facility is expected to produce 500 million doses of mRNA vaccines for the continent […]
Eight Kenyan startups are among 45 African startups that have been selected by Viva Technology and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for the first edition of the AfricaTech Awards. The initiative seeks to recognize and support emerging start-ups that are driving innovation and development impact across the continent in three main sectors – Climate Tech, […]
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) is struggling to pay allowances to its enumerators amid allegations a sizable number of the enumerators are yet to be paid for the exercise which was completed last week. Sources who undertook the exercise anonymously told NewZimbabwe.com that they are yet to receive information on when they will be […]
Kampala, Uganda — Uganda’s coffee industry will seek new international market for their products to reduce over concentration on traditional buyers to boost farmer’s income. Coffee is the country’s second biggest source of foreign exchange after tourism and provides a living for around 8 million people or about 19% of the population. “In 2017, stakeholders […]
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Nigeria: Before ASUU Is Crucified
A WhatsApp post that has been circulating for some weeks now vividly captures the travails of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the struggle to save public education at the university from total collapse. The instructive post is the photo of the front page of the Ibadan-based Daily Sketch edition of November 26, […]
Recent statistics have revealed that a total of 16,572 telecoms subscribers ported to other networks within a period of six months. The statistics, which was released recently on the website of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms industry regulator, and obtained by THISDAY, showed that from September 2021 to February 2022, a total of […]
About 50 passengers onboard Dana Air Flight 9J344 with registration number 5N JOY from Port Harcourt to Lagos were safely disembarked 9:00 pm on Monday when the tyre of the aircraft caught fire on the runway, but the pilot quickly aborted take-off. THISDAY learnt that the pilot in command saw light that seemed to be […]
A United Kingdom (UK) based firm, HP Kapital Limited and the FHT Ventures Plc yesterday in Abuja, unveiled a multi-billion-naira development – driven intervention plans. The firms said their target was to empower 70 million youths in Nigeria and put an end to medical tourism by wealthy Nigerians. . The Chairman of HP Kapital UK, […]