Odunayo Eweniyi, 27, spoke to Africa Renewal’s Damilola Ogunbiyi about her upbringing, managing business as a young woman, and gender equality. Twenty-seven-year-old Odunayo Eweniyi is making waves in Nigeria as a successful tech start-up specialist. She is also known for advocating for the empowerment of girls and women having helped to raise about$1.1 million in […]
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Government has promulgated Statutory Instrument (SI) 184 of 2021 that will operationalise the much-awaited agriculture commodities exchange, the Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZMX). In this regard, the exchange originally scheduled for launch during the first quarter of 2021 is expected to go live next month following establishment of the rules and regulations. Through the SI, the […]
Most hills of two sectors in Remera and Rurenge, Ngoma District, have turned purple, as blossoms of chia seed crop give farmers a hope of unprecedented income at the end of the season again. It all started in 2018 when the new crop was tried in four farms in Ngoma 22 irrigation scheme located between […]
Kenya is constructing a railway line that connects the coastal port of Mombasa and the interior of the country. It is expected to terminate at Malaba, a town on the border with Uganda, and link up with other railways that are being built in East Africa. It’s locally known as the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). […]
Pressure from the public and political opposition is growing, but police reform in South Africa is unlikely to happen anytime soon. An attempt in May by Parliament’s Portfolio Committee to discuss changes needed to ‘fix’ the South African Police Service (SAPS) was cancelled at short notice, with no reasons given. More telling is the number […]
The abrupt arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world, creating havoc for economies and social fabrics and taking heavy tolls on lives and livelihoods. Many rich nations have procured and vaccinated a critical mass of their populations. Many have reopened their borders for “business as usual”. At first sight, the situation looks dire […]
The former ruling party in Tigray said it has taken back control of the regional capital Mekele. The city had been under the control of Ethiopia’s federal government for eight months. Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) said Monday that they were back in control of Mekele, the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The major turn […]
What: Alliance for Green Revolution Forum launch of the Agribusiness Deal Room 2021 Who: African Development Bank’s incoming Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Dr. Beth Dunford When: Tuesday, 29 June 2021 TIME: 13:00 ABJ(GMT), 16:00 (Nairobi) Where: Virtual ceremony In her first public engagement as the African Development Bank’s incoming Vice President […]
Rome — The following statement was released by United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and the Foreign Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS following today’s meeting. Begin text: The Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS, reconvening in-person after two years, met today in Rome at the invitation of Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and […]
Addis Ababa — The African Union Commission and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) noted with concern recent communications regarding the applicability of the EU Digital COVID Certificate “Green Pass” to different COVID-19 vaccines. The availability of such a Certificate, with its potential to significantly facilitate free safe movement across all […]
France recently announced plans to close its military operation battling Islamist militants in the Sahel region of West Africa. President Emmanuel Macron said the mission would be replaced by an “operation of support and cooperation with armies in countries that ask for it”. And as part of the “new framework” the French military’s presence in […]
Africa’s ability to respond to future pandemics will depend on making investments in health and education, and governments must immediately intensify efforts to avoid further crisis. “Ebola was a signal,” John Nkengasong, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told participants in a virtual session on healthcare held during the African Development […]
The United States government, via the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has granted US$30 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to address food insecurity in communities affected by terrorism in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado and those affected by natural disasters in the central provinces of Sofala and Manica. […]
Addis Abeba — Abdi Regassa, a senior member of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) was reportedly taken by security forces after the court ordered his release. His lawyer Tuli Bayisa told Addis Standard that the Oromia Supreme court acquitted Abdi of terrosim charges on June 24, 2021. Abdi was taken to an undisclosed location after […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The social innovation accelerator Lab’ess has just launched the 8th promotion of its incubation program which will support a dozen new social impact project leaders. Each project leader will get a training worth 20,000 dinars over a period of six months, Lab’ess said in a press release on Monday. This comprehensive support system […]
A cultural purist gang believed to be a scion of the Mungiki sect has erupted in parts of Central region and is forcing women to get circumcised. Its activities are concentrated in Murang’a, Kiambu, Kirinyaga, Nyeri, Nyandarua and parts of Laikipia counties. So forceful is the gang that the Chief Administrative Secretary for Public Service […]
It is more than five years since prevalent stunted growths among children in Northern Kenya were reported, yet there is still no end in sight for children and families suffering devastating impacts on their health and well-being. While speaking to the nation.africa at Qalaliwe village during her visit to Moyale sub-county on Saturday, the World […]
Khartoum — The Special Court convened to try the perpetrators of crimes related to the Sudanese revolution, has sentenced a former member of the defunct National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) to death by hanging, for the murder of Hassan Mohammed Omar during a mass protest in Khartoum on December 25, 2018. At the Institute […]