The Ford and MacArthur Foundations have announced the launch of Nigeria Youth Futures Fund (NYFF), to the tune of US$5 million to support and strengthen youth leadership ecosystem in Nigeria. The Foundations in close partnership with Leadership, Effectiveness, Accountability & Professionalism (LEAP) Africa, in charge of fund management will build on momentum in the region, inspired by the youth-led #EndSARS movement. …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has imposed sanctions, including a freeze in financial assets and travel bans, on members of the new Guinean military government. This followed the Extraordinary Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS member-states on the political situation in Guinea and Mali on Thursday (16 September). The bloc has …

BioNTech, founded by a German-Turkish researcher couple and which was one of the first companies to launch a coronavirus vaccine on the market, has been awarded the special prize of the German Founder’s Prize 2021. “With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world changed for all of us. Together with their team, Dr Özlem Türeci and Professor Dr Uğur …