THE AFRICAN COURIER. Reporting Africa and its Diaspora! The African Courier is an international magazine published in Germany to report on Africa and the Diaspora African experience. The first issue of the bimonthly magazine appeared on the newsstands on 15 February 1998. The African Courier is a communication forum for European-African political, economic and cultural exchanges, and a voice for Africa in Europe.
A private company, Mara Phones, has opened a smartphone manufacturing plant in Kigali, blazing a trail in Africa in the local production of electronic goods. Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame Monday inaugurated what is being described as Africa’s “first high tech smartphone factory” in the country’s capital city. He commended the drive towards affordable smartphones and underlined the need to boost …
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October, 2019
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11 October
No-deal Brexit would ‘push UK debt to 50-year high’
As the 31 October deadline for reaching a deal between the EU and UK approaches, analysts and stakeholders are now calculating the likely costs of a no-deal arbitrary exit of the UK from the bloc. According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, a British think tank, a no-deal Brexit would push the UK to its highest debt-level since the 1960s, …
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11 October
2019 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister
Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for “for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.” The Nobel committee said during its announcement Friday that the coveted prize was also meant to recognize all the stakeholders working for peace …
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10 October
7 German habits you should consider adopting
Upon moving to Germany, Dana Regev couldn't understand why Germans were being so... German. But five years later, she has embraced these seven German practices that she once strongly rejected.
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10 October
Karamba Diaby talks about his unusual road to German parliament
The only MP of African origin was reelected in 2019 to represent the eastern city of Halle in the Bundestag.
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10 October
Nigerians in Germany, friends bid solemn farewell to Dr Daniel Kutchin
Members of the Nigerian community, associates and friends gathered on 2 October, at the main cemetery in the German city of Mönchengladbach, to bid the final farewell to Dr Daniel Yakubu Kutchin. The Nigerian scholar, IT expert and development activist died on 7 August at the age of 57. A brief Christian funeral service preceded the interment of the …
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8 October
Nigerian Diaspora Investment Summit 2019 holds in Abuja
Convened by Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) in collaboration with Nigeria Diaspora and Alumni Network (NIDAN), the Summit is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria Investment Promotion Council, Nigeria Export Promotion Council, and Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission.
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8 October
How to book a cheap flight to Africa, by award-winning travel agent
Reiseservice Sacco regularly offers its African customers flight tickets at best prices to more than 20 destinations from Senegal to Angola. “I’m personally in contact with the different airlines several times every week, in order to get special prices for the Ethnic Tickets. It’s time consuming and demands negotiating skills, but it pays off for our customers enormously,” says Sandro …
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8 October
Ethiopia welcomes first dedicated TV platform: Ethiosat
For years, Ethiopian TV viewers have had to navigate through a plethora of multinational content in a variety of foreign languages in order to locate their favourite channels. That changes on 3 October with the launch of Ethiosat – the first-ever dedicated Ethiopian TV platform to host Ethiopia’s most popular local channels. This has been made possible by agreements between …
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8 October
Nigeria: Russia gives conditions for Ajaokuta Steel Complex to thrive
The on-the-spot assessment, which involved a facility tour, was carried out by experts from MetProm Group, a Russian company which had offered to rehabilitate the steel complex and run it.
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