May, 2023

• 2 May

  How to set up a new business as an expat in Germany

  

  There are many opportunities for startups in Germany. A few tips that will help you achieve success. —— Find a space for your ideas  For years, Berlin has also been regarded as Germany’s startup capital. Every year, more than 500 new businesses are launched there. However, cities in the Ruhr region, such as Essen or Dortmund, repeatedly top the German rankings because …

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• 2 May

  Nigeria: Lagos launches electric public buses

  

  The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the launch of the first set of electric buses for the state’s mass transit scheme. He announced the development on his Instagram page on Sunday, as he shared pictures of the buses. Sanwo-Olu wrote: “I am excited to announce the first set of electric buses in the Lagos Mass Transit Master …

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• 2 May

  Abuja conference outlines strategies for Diaspora engagement for African development

  

  A 31-point communiqué released at the end of the two-day Global African Diaspora Symposium (GADS), which took place on 27-28 April in the Nigerian capital city of Abuja, details practical steps to drive an effective engagement between Africa and its Diaspora. The Communiqué, presented by the Chairman, Local Organising Committee of the event, Mrs Ibukun Odusote, said the African Diaspora …

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• 2 May

  German chancellor embarks on second visit to Africa

  

  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit Africa for the second time since he assumed office. In May last year, he visited Senegal, Niger and South Africa in a three-day tour. This time, the German leader will travel with a trade delegation to Ethiopia and Kenya from 4 to 6 May 2023. In Addis Ababa, Chancellor Scholz will meet with the …

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April, 2023

• 29 April

  How false information was weaponised at Nigeria’s presidential election — Special Report

  

  Tijani Abdulkabeer is a Nigerian freelance journalist who covers solutions, accountability in governance, social justice, business, education, environment, humanitarian crisis and more. In this special report for the International Centre for Journalists, he details how deliberate campaigns of disinformation were waged by agents of political parties to influence voters’ decision at the 2023 Nigerian presidential election, a strategy that endangered …

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• 28 April

  Buhari challenges African diaspora at global conference in Abuja

  

  President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Africans home and abroad to connect and create a common front through strategic frameworks to address the challenges arising in the new world order. This was stated during his keynote address at the second edition of the Global African Diaspora Symposium (GADS) which opened on Thursday in Abuja. Speaking through his representative Mu’azu Jaji …

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• 28 April

  European Parliament’s Development Committee visits Kenya

  

  Six members of the European Parliament’s Development Committee (DEVE) visited Kenya recently to consult with Kenyan government, civil society and business community on the impact of the humanitarian crisis caused by the cumulative effect of climate change, drought, food insecurity and its corollary famine, on the country’s economy. Dr Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana MEP, head of the delegation, writes on what the …

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• 26 April

  You can’t quantify Harry Belafonte’s greatness – Ade Bantu

  Ade Bantu (right) and Harry Belafonte/Photo: Courtesy of Ade Bantu Tributes are being paid across the world to the African-American entertainer and rights icon Harry Belafonte, who died in New York on Tuesday at the age of 96. Ade Bantu, the Afro-German musician and rights activist who once met Belafonte, has penned a moving tribute to the Black singer, actor …

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• 26 April

  Visa requirement for Kosovars travelling to EU to be dropped

  As from 1 January 2024 at the latest, Kosovo passport holders will be able to enter the European Union (EU) and the Schengen area twice a year for 90 days without a visa. Following agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on a proposal by the Commission, passport holders from Kosovo will be allowed to travel to the EU …

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• 26 April

  Germany: Give work permit to asylum-seekers, Ramelow advocates

  

  A leading member of the Left party (Linke) has called for a change of strategy in Germany’s asylum policy. In the opinion of Thuringia’s Premier Bodo Ramelow, it amounts to a paradox that Germany is looking for skilled workers abroad while at the same time skilled workers in Germany are stuck in the asylum trap. Migrants should be given the …

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