Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government signed last Thursday a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Chinese firm Huawei that provides for 2,000 ICT trainee jobs to young Nigerians next year. The MOU was signed at the office of the … Read More
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The candidate of the Movement of the People for Progress (MPP), Roch Marc Christian Kabore, is leading polls with 54.42%, to 29.49% for his main challenger, Zephirin Diabre, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Scores of students suffered injuries after a stampede at the Strathmore Business School in Nairobi, ensued during a mock terrorism drill at campus. The University was conducting a security drill to test the operational readiness of … Read More
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Chinese Foreign Affairs minister Wang Yi said last week that his country would continue strengthening its cooperation with Africa and work closely with African countries in the fight against terrorism and extremism. Speaking to diplomats and journalists … Read More
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Check Point Software Technologies has released the October 2015 statistics for its Threat Cloud World Cyber Threat Map, which found that Tanzania was the most attacked country in the world that month in cyber-crime. … Read More
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana Police Service (BPS) has warned the public against hoax promises now rampant on social media. Christopher Mbulawa, BPS spokesperson, said on Monday that the criminals lure their potential victims by promising large amounts of money. … Read More
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Former Namibia president Hifikepunye Pohamba accepted on Friday the 2014 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership at a special ceremony in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. The Ibrahim Prize, an annual US$5 million award paid over … Read More
Honeydew, South Africa (PANA) – Nigerian job placement technology entrepreneur, Chris Kwekowe, has won the Anzisha 2015 African youth entrepreneurship prize. Kwekowe, 22, took away the US$25,000 grand prize for youth entrepreneurs. Fabrice Alomo, 22, from Cameroon, was 1st runner-up while … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The African Union (AU) is preparing an implementation plan for Agenda 2063, a long-term vision to ensure faster economic growth and industrialization. An expert meeting bringing together senior officials from regional economic blocs ended in Nairobi, with … Read More
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Wildlife and environmental issues will be on the official agenda when Chinese and African heads of state come together from 4-5 December 2015 for the Sixth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit in Johannesburg, South … Read More
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – South Africa, Cape Verde and Mauritius are the top three African countries on the world solar energy consumption ranking this year. According to SolarSuperState, which carried out the ranking, South Africa and Cape Verde reached … Read More
NEW YORK— The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) will convene today, November 12, 2015, from 5:45pm to 8pm, a town hall for the African community to meet city agency leaders and hear about the services they provide. The town hall held … Read More
New York, US (PANA) – Debunking the myth of racial hierarchy is imperative to deconstruct, on a global scale, the ideological myth of a superior race and the resulting conviction of a superior culture, UN experts on racial discrimination said … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The U.S. Department of State has extended to Kenyans the validity of Non-Immigrant Visas (NIVs) for temporary stay in the United States. Also to benefit from the extension are students accepted by a Student and Exchange Visitor … Read More
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari called early Sunday Australia, to congratulate Wellington Jighere the first African and Nigerian to emerge World Scrabble Champion. Wellington Jighere, 36, defeated Lewis Mackay of Cambridge, England, by 448 points to 426 … Read More
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Saturday that Ebola virus transmission has been stopped in Sierra Leone. According to WHO, 42 days, that is two Ebola virus incubation cycles, have now passed since the … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The CEO of South African telecoms giant MTN, Sifiso Dabengwa, announced on Monday his resignation in the wake of the biggest scandal in the company’s history. This after it was slapped with a US$5.2 … Read More
Sembene!, the story of the “father of African cinema,”, told by a close friend and autobiographer Samba Gadjigo opens today in New York at the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas. Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembene, a self-taught novelist and filmmaker fought against enormous odds … Read More
The Northern Manhattan Borough President’s Office, in partnership with the NYS Department of Business and Licensing Services, is hosting on October 27, 2015 at 6 PM, a free licensing workshop for African hair braiders. The goal is to help African … Read More
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – There is an unbelievable contrast today in Africa: How can a continent with such an abundance of arable land, water and sunshine annually import food worth US$35 billion? How can it be that the continent … Read More
