Tag: africa
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Bill Gates queries ‘low’ COVID-19 deaths, cases in Africa
Bill Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), has said he does not understand why coronavirus numbers have not been as high as predicted in Africa. Recall that Gates and his wife, Melinda, had on more than one occasion, warned that there will be dead bodies all over the streets…
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Africans top global list of dead migrants in 2020 — Report
A recent report from the Missing Migrant Project of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), has revealed that more Africans died due to irregular migration in 2020 than any other people. The report noted that the deaths were recorded across six regions of the world between January 1 and December 16, 2020. According to the…
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Nigeria submits ratified AfCFTA agreement to AU
Nigeria has deposited a ratified document of the agreement establishing the AfCFTA with the African Union legal depository, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Saturday. The African Continental Free Trade Area, created in 2018, seeks to accelerate intra-African trade and boost Africa’s trading position in the global market. “On behalf of the Nigerian government,…
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Africa-China in a journey of a score years -Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. China and all, but two of the 55 African countries, were enslaved by European colonialists who looted them and carried out unspeakable atrocities including the massacre of millions. Even after independence, they were subjected to control by their former slave masters who taught them that they could develop only based on a…
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Governor of Africa: Meet the man who created Playnation Entertainment – Collins Oviawe
Collins Oviawe, popularly known as Governor of Africa, is the genius behind the sensational record label and entertainment brand Playnation Entertainment. The record label has recorded early successes, even with the recent project “Cincinnati” featuring Peruzzi from the 30BG crew, making it to number eighty-four on the Top 100 Nigeria playlist on Apple music back…
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BREAKING: Okonjo-Iweala wins Forbes’ Africa Person of the Year 2020
Former Minster of Finance, Okonjo-Iweala and a leading candidate for the office of the Director-General. World Trade Organisation has been voted Africa Person of the Year by Forbes magazine. Among other prominent Nigerians who have won this prestigious award include, former governor of the central bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido; President of the African Development…
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Africa Failing Again – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta In the decade leading up to 2010- 2015, global discourse on Africa’s development prospects adopted a new mantra: Africa Rising. Major influential media echoed it and the message went to major investors, increasing the interest and appetite of Africa’s traditional partners while luring new ones to discover what used to be the ‘dark…
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Will a Biden Administration Put Smiles on Africa?, By Tony Iyare
What does the victory of the more urbane Joseph Robinette Biden Jnr hold for Africa? Will the continent elicit a better deal from his incoming administration than the “shithole” perception of a garrulous Donald Trump? Is there some glimmer of hope, that the new American government, with Kamala Momala Harris, an African American as…
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Liberating Africa serious problem for people who have wronged Africa – 2Face
Popular singer, 2face says that “open eye” has made Africans think “their things are inferior and foreign accent is intelligence”. The ‘Gaga Shuffle’ crooner further averred that African liberation is a serious problem for people who have wronged Africa and people who wish to continue to ‘rape’ Africa. He added that Africans leaders are out…
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Win or Lose, Trump Is A Danger To Africa, By Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene If Donald J. Trump were president of Wakanda on the eve of an election, that country would have received several warnings from the US State Department on the need for free and fair polls, and the necessity for all parties to play by the rules. But what is playing by the rules if…