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November, 2019

  • 24 November

    Mauritius Ambassador identifies obstacles to African development at G-PAD Forum

    Ambassador of Mauritius to Germany, Prof Kheswar Jankee, has identified factors inhibiting Africa’s development and preventing the continent from realising its huge potential. Speaking at the 2019 Global Partnership for Africa’s Development (G-PAD) Forum, which took place on 22-23 November in the German city of Tubingen, the diplomat and scholar said it’s frustrating talking about African development challenges despite its …

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  • 24 November

    African diaspora challenged on African development at G-PAD Forum in Tübingen

    The 2019 Global Partnership for Africa’s Development (G-PAD) Forum took place on 22-23 November in the German city of Tubingen.

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  • 22 November

    Akinwumi Adesina, Nana Akufo-Addo, others nominated for African Leadership awards

    The shortlist was preceded by a call for nomination and the eventual winners would be decided via a voting process.

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  • 22 November

    Merkel challenges African leaders on driving continent’s economic development

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted African leaders to a meeting in Berlin on Tuesday. The summit, the third within the framework of the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) initiative, seeks to promote increased private sector investment in Africa. At a meeting at the federal chancellery attended by representatives of the 12 partner countries of the CwA and South Africa, being …

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  • 21 November

    Zimbabwe: Military responsible for sorry state under Emmerson Mnangagwa

    Zimbabwean journalist and writer Tinashe L. Chimedza writes rejoinder to President Mnangagwa’s open letter to the international community published on Monday (19 November) calling for the removal of Western sanctions on his country. Chimedza blames his country’s ruling elite of being largely responsible for the sorry state of affairs, two years after the exit of then President Robert Mugabe. Two …

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  • 21 November

    Stakeholders discuss future of mobile money platforms in Africa

    Stakeholders from 8 African countries deliberate on policies and frameworks to drive innovation, technology and sustainable mobile payment ecosystem Key representatives from over 8 countries in Africa gathered at a workshop organized by Vodacom in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday (21 November) to look into trends and developments shaping the mobile money industry in Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa is home to …

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  • 21 November

    How Nigerian emerged first Africa Jack Ma Prize winner

    Temie Giwa-Tubosun, whose company LifeBank delivers blood to in-need hospitals in Nigeria, took first place in Jack Ma’s inaugural Africa Netpreneur Prize contest on Saturday (17 November) during a five-hour finale taped for TV in Accra, Ghana. Giwa-Tubosun pitched her way to a $250,000 cash prize over the course of eight months, beating out about 10,000 other applicants from 50 of Africa’s 54 …

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  • 21 November

    All set for first-ever Nigeria-China joint film production

    In a development praised as opening new frontiers for the Nigerian film industry, popular actor and producer Ayodeji Richard Makun, better known by his stage name AY, is partnering a Chinese company for the first-ever co-production by both countries.

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  • 19 November

    EU targets fragile West African fish stocks despite protection laws

    Most of the large fishing vessels that operate in West Africa are from distant water fishing nations - such as countries in the European Union (EU) and China and Russia. To get permission to fish in West African waters they form agreements in exchange for a fee that is payable to the government.

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  • 19 November

    European Bank to mobilise €1 billion for women entrepreneurs in Africa

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has launched SheInvest, a new initiative that aims to mobilise 1 billion euros of investment to benefit millions of women across Africa with better access to finance and by making sustainable infrastructure services and products work for them. This initiative was launched simultaneously at the Africa Investment Forum, which took plan on 11-13 November in …

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