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 modern toilet facility in the town of Ogere Remo in Ogun State, Nigeria, was opened with fanfare on Thursday. The facility, which serves a community market, is a gift from the Austrian football star David Alaba to support Nigeria’s efforts to attain the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The 15.3 million-Naira project was commissioned by the Federal Minster of …
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September, 2022
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15 September
Germany: Employment Opportunities for Minorities at the City of Hamburg
The City of Hamburg presents itself as an employer with its many different employment opportunities from the fire brigade to the tax office, from educators to engineers or bus drivers.
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15 September
Germany: Minister admits possible mistakes in fatal police shooting of African teenager
The Minister of the Interior of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Herbert Reul, has admitted a possible misconduct of the police officers involved in the fatal police shooting of Mohamed Lamin Dramé, the 16-year-old refugee from Senegal who was killed by a policeman on 8 August in Dortmund. On the fateful day, the police had been invited by …
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15 September
Germany: Nigerian embassy warns against paying for appointments, sets up complaints unit
The Nigerian Embassy in Germany has issued a statement calling on those looking for appointment for passport issuance to desist from patronising touts. In the statement, published on its website, the embassy appealed to Nigerians to report anybody seeking payment from them for the purpose of helping them get appointments. “It has come to the attention of the Embassy that …
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14 September
Opinion: Why US should lift South Sudan oil sanctions, By NJ Ayuk
By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber Four years have passed since the US imposed sanctions on South Sudan’s oil industry. The goal had been to prevent oil money from funding the civil war that had been raging in the country since 2013. By curtailing the ability of businesses and organizations to provide revenue for the South Sudanese government, …
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14 September
Africa’s fintech, crypto players gather in Accra
400 Fintech & Crypto Industry Leaders From Across Africa to Convene in the Ghanaian capital city at the Africa Money and DeFi Summit on 27-28 September —– As the rapid growth of fintech continues and the birth of decentralised finance (DeFi) grows across Africa, leading fintech’s, investors, crypto platforms, ventures and digital finance stakeholders will connect at the Africa Money …
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14 September
Gates Foundation optimistic about SDGs despite setbacks
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates call on leaders to keep commitments to world’s poorest and invest in innovation, ingenuity to continue saving millions of lives. Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Report Says Progress Still Possible Despite Setbacks to Global Goals The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Tuesday released its sixth annual Goalkeepers Report, noting that nearly every indicator of the …
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8 September
Sociologist seeks support for organic farming project in Togo
Tomfei Kougnon, a young sociologist who trained in biodynamic agriculture in Switzerland, is appealing for support to realise his dream of an organic farming project in his home country, Togo. Organic farming is an agricultural system that uses fertilizers of organic origin such as compost manure, green manure and bone meal, and places emphasis on techniques such as crop rotation …
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8 September
Meet the three new Black Ministers in UK government
Prime Minister Liz Truss did not waste time to appoint her cabinet after taking over at 10 Downing Street on Tuesday. The new Conservative British leader named a 31-member cabinet that surprisingly includes three ministers of African origin. These are Kwasi Kwarteng, Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister), James Cleverly, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, and …
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8 September
“Africa has high Fever” — former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, September 7, 2022/ — Two months to the 27th global climate summit (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, African and other global leaders have rallied in Rotterdam, to highlight the urgency of climate adaptation funding for the continent. The meetings — co-convened by the President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, CEO of the Global Center …
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