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Ghana Endorses and Set to Participate at the USAfrica Business Expo During UNGA74
April 19, 2022
The Consul General of Ghana in New York; West Africa’s second-largest economy, Professor (Emeritus) Samuel K. Amoako has announced his country’s participation at the USAfrica Business Expo; a B2B Exhibition, Conference and networking event which will hold during the 74th session of the UN General Assembly on Friday, September 20 to Saturday, September 21, 2019, … Continue reading Ghana Endorses and Set to Participate at the USAfrica Business Expo During UNGA74
Africa Begin Race To Qatar 2022
April 19, 2022
The race to Qatar 2022 has officially kicked off in Africa, following the draw made in Cairo on Monday. Barely ten days after the continent crowned its new football champion, plans have begun in earnest as eyes have now turned to the World Cup, which is to hold in beautiful country of Qatar. Qualification Only … Continue reading Africa Begin Race To Qatar 2022
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The Second African And Black Festival Of Arts And Culture: Festac ’77
April 19, 2022
The second African and Black Festival of Arts and Culture, otherwise known as Festac ’77. was held in Lagos from the 15th of January, 1977 to the 12th of February, 1977. The festival was intended to showcase to the world the richness of African culture and to expose African music, fine arts, drama, religion and … Continue reading The Second African And Black Festival Of Arts And Culture: Festac ’77
Farmcrowdy Merges with Agricsquare and Farmgate Africa
April 19, 2022
Agritech company Farmcrowdy has announced that it will be merging with two other firms, Agricsquare, and Farmgate Africa. The consolidation, which was announced earlier this week, should see Farmcrowdy strengthen its position and reach in Nigeria’s agricultural value chain. All three companies, though formally presenting as sister brands, have until recently operated as separate entities. … Continue reading Farmcrowdy Merges with Agricsquare and Farmgate Africa
Golden Moments In Sports: When Nigeria’s Junior Tennis Team Stunned Africa At The 2016 ITTF
April 19, 2022
Nigeria’s victory at the 2016 ITTF Junior Circuit, tagged ‘Egypt Open’, was not an easy one for the tennis junior team who had their work cut out for them from the preliminary stages of the continental event. Tennis stars Junior players, Amadi Omeh and Azeez Solanke, won Nigeria’s first gold medal at the tournament, after … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: When Nigeria’s Junior Tennis Team Stunned Africa At The 2016 ITTF
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There’s Need For More Disruption In Africa’s Tech Scene
April 19, 2022
For most people living outside Africa, they imagine the continent as the home of poverty, corruption, internet fraud, infrastructure deficit, and everything that describes under-development, marginalization, oppression, bad leadership, insecurity, diseases, and many more. Although the continent is truly beset with some perennial development issues, some of these notions are preposterous and not entirely peculiar to Africa. … Continue reading There’s Need For More Disruption In Africa’s Tech Scene
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Tony Elumelu Foundation Set To Host The Largest Entrepreneurship Forum In Africa.
April 19, 2022
Entrepreneurs all over the world do not hesitate to jump at schemes and opportunities meant to bolster their trade and widen their scope on how to build their brands to a global standard. Nigeria is fortunate to have a crop of youth willing to establish their own enterprise in a country with a high unemployment … Continue reading Tony Elumelu Foundation Set To Host The Largest Entrepreneurship Forum In Africa.
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App Of The Week: BookTime Africa
April 19, 2022
BookTime Africa is an app that seeks to incentivise learning among students. The app aims to do this by providing students with monetary and recreational rewards that would boost their enthusiasm to gain knowledge and make them highflyers in their scholastic endeavours. The app was created by Sunday Bawa and released by Iyanu LLC, a … Continue reading App Of The Week: BookTime Africa
BUSINESS Did You Know? Telecommunication
Did You Know? One out of Every Four Telecoms Mast in Sub-Saharan Africa is Located in Nigeria
April 19, 2022
Telecoms masts- the large towering structures which facilitate mobile network communication –have become a part of our landscape. They creep up into the sky from obscure enclaves and impose themselves upon our vision from afar. They remind us of the difficult engineering that makes our easy telephone conversations possible. We know that these telecoms towers … Continue reading Did You Know? One out of Every Four Telecoms Mast in Sub-Saharan Africa is Located in Nigeria
Nigeria Has Signed Up for Africa’s Trillion Dollar Free Trade Agreement
April 19, 2022
After months of holding out against growing pressure, Nigeria has finally signed up for the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement. News of this broke on Sunday, 7th July 2019 after the country’s President Muhammadu Buhari added his signature to that of 52 other heads of state who had already agreed to lead their nations to … Continue reading Nigeria Has Signed Up for Africa’s Trillion Dollar Free Trade Agreement
Segun Odegbami Tasks Eagles to Defeat South Africa
April 19, 2022
Ex-Super Eagles International, Segun Odegbami, has tasked the Nigeria senior men’s team to defeat South Africa in their quarter final tie in the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Egypt. The football veteran believes that the Eagles have all it takes to take down the strong Bafana Bafana who will also be looking to make … Continue reading Segun Odegbami Tasks Eagles to Defeat South Africa
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2004 AFCON: Nigeria 4:0 South Africa
April 19, 2022
With a squad that contained the likes of famous football legends such as Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, Joseph Yobo, John Utaka, and goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, the Super Eagles were greatly feared across the continent. At the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria was selected into Group D alongside Morocco, South Africa and Benin. Nigeria … Continue reading 2004 AFCON: Nigeria 4:0 South Africa
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Nigerian Writer, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Wins The 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing
April 19, 2022
Without a doubt, Nigeria has produced some of the finest writers the globe has ever seen. Names like Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and a host of other Nigerian writers ring a bell in the literary world. Most of these writers have won numerous awards and are globally recognised. Nigerian writers have not … Continue reading Nigerian Writer, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Wins The 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing
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South Africa Vs Nigeria: The War Of Words
April 19, 2022
The Super Eagles have advanced into the quarterfinal round of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, and will face South Africa at the Cairo International Stadium on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, for a place in the semi-final of the continental showcase. Coach Gernot Rohr described Bafana Bafana as the favorite to win the … Continue reading South Africa Vs Nigeria: The War Of Words
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Apply For The Google Developer Launchpad Accelerator Program 2019 For African Startups
April 19, 2022
Google has played and still plays an important role in the story of tech on the continent of Africa and globally. Apart from creating some solutions to problems ahead of time including the fastest and most popular search engine used globally, it has gone on to launch various programs to encourage tech solutions in Africa … Continue reading Apply For The Google Developer Launchpad Accelerator Program 2019 For African Startups
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