Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – African Leadership Academy and The MasterCard Foundation announced Tuesday the finalists, two of whom are from Togo and Cote d’Ivoire, for their $75,000 Anzisha Prize for Young Entrepreneurs. According to a statement from the organizers, for the first … Read More
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Zimbabweans living in Botswana now have a new option to send their remittances home, following the entrance of BotswanaPost, a new competitor in the money transfer market. BotswanaPost launched a new money transfer facility Wednesday, as part … Read More
Michael Agbo Idibia, the father of Nigerian singer 2Face Idibia died yesterday after loosing his battle against prostate cancer. Michael Agbo Idibia was 68 years old. Related Images:
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African countries are demanding access to the US$78.8 trillion worth of assets and pension funds to help grow local economies to accelerate the fight against poverty, top UN and AU officials said Thursday. “The African … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Fourteen years after the introduction of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) by the US government to facilitate trade with the continent, a Nigerian business group has frowned at a situation whereby America is dictating … Read More
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The ubiquity of mobile phones is providing a new low cost tool for teaching in some of the poorest communities, according to a news update published Thursday by global telecoms industry monitor Pyramid Research. … Read More
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The non-governmental environmental organization Greenpeace has described as a mere window dressing the pollution reducing measures so far taken by the South African power utility Eskom. The organization said that following the launch of its campaign … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Accra-based sub-regional rights body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) Thursday urged Senegalese Police to respect students’ right to demonstrate. ”We also urge students to act within the law whenever they choose to exercise their … Read More
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Cameroon and Congo are considering a join exploitation of the iron deposits discovered at the border between the two countries, the Cameroonian minister of Mines, Louis-Paul Motaze, said Monday at the end of an audience with … Read More
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Africa has experienced substantial growth in its middle class over the past 14 years, according to a study by Standard Bank. The report, entitled “Understanding Africa’s middle class”, found that there are 15 million middle-class … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The trial of Senegal’s former Minister of State for International Cooperation, Regional Development, Air Transport, and Infrastructure, Karim Wade, resumed here Monday after a 12-day suspension to give the court time to look into objections raised … Read More
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) Member of Parliament Jonas Shakafuswa, has been arrested for allegedly assaulting six cadres from the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) during campaigns ahead of Tuesday’s parliamentary by-election in the Mangango … Read More
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – An opposition politician in The Gambia has described the prison conditions in the West African nation as ”horrible” and called for measures to decongest the prisons in the country. Leader of opposition National Reconciliation Party (NRP) … Read More
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Thousands of Libyans took to the streets in the capital, Tripoli, on Friday, to demonstrate against calls, by the new Parliament, for international intervention in the violent crisis ravaging their country. The intervention, according to parliamentarians, is … Read More
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Greenpeace on Thursday launched its anti-coal project that puts a human face on coal and challenges South Africans to question the source of the country’s energy. Over 90% of South Africa’s electricity is generated from … Read More
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has installed over 170 free Wireless Internet Fidelity (WIFI) zones across the island, in a bid to improve the quality of life of the population. Mauritian Information and Communication Technology Minister Tassarajen Pillay Chedumbrum, said … Read More
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s external debt stock swelled to over US$14 billion at the end of June 2014, on account of new disbursements and accumulation of interest arrears, the central bank said in a new report released … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian cocoa farmers are being offered lower prices as mould induced by heavy rainfall has reduced the quality of the chocolate ingredients, according to Socodevi, a Canada-based organisation working on improving crops in Nigeria. The private … Read More
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has given the green light for the use of experimental drugs to treat those infected with Ebola Virus Disease, amid the worst-ever outbreak of the disease in West Africa. The go-ahead … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – At a time when many believe that Kenya is looking east for development partners, the Danish Government says it plans to invest US$ 206,896,551 (Sh 18 billion) in the country in the next four years … Read More
