Tag: africa
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Nigeria only African country barred from 2022 US Visa Lottery
Nigerians have been barred from participating in the United States’ Visa lottery in 2022. This was contained in a document obtained from the US’ website on Thursday. The 19-page document was titled ‘Instructions for the 2022 diversity immigrant visa program (DV-2022)’. “In Africa, natives of Nigeria are not eligible for this year’s Diversity Visa program,”…
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Nigeria has largest poor population in sub-Saharan Africa – World bank
Nigeria has the largest poor population in sub-Saharan Africa, with 79 million extremely poor in 2018, the World Bank said in a new report on Wednesday. The country accounts for 20 per cent of the total poor in the region, according to the bank’s biennial ‘Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report’. The report said the COVID-19…
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What Is Mali Telling Africa? – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene The headlines, especially in the Western press, suggest that Africa is back again in the news for the wrong reasons. Misery has really never been too far away, but in the last few years foreign journalists looking for stories of deaths, diseases and destruction on the continent have had to find another hobby,…
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JUST IN: WHO declares Nigeria, Africa polio-free
The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Polio Eradication officially declared the World Health Organisation (WHO) African Region is free of wild poliovirus. This marks eradication of the second virus from the face of the continent since smallpox 40 years ago. The last case of wild poliovirus in the region was detected in 2016…
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Elumelu Advocates Collaborations to Boost Africa’s Fortunes, tips Continent as Key Investment Destination
The Group Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Tony O. Elumelu has said that the Corona virus pandemic has presented a perfect opportunity for foreign investors to invest in Africa, owing to the huge opportunities that are inherent in the African economy. “This is the time to invest. Africa is a land of opportunities;…
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Tony Elumelu: God’s gift to Africa – Ehi Braimah
A great mind such as Tony Elumelu, founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF); Chairman of UBA, Africa’s Global Bank, and Chairman of Heirs Holdings, an African investment conglomerate, amongst several other interests, needs little or no introduction. He is God’s gift to Nigeria, and then Africa. But Elumelu’s larger than life image obviously transcends…
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COVID-19: FAO warns over rise in hunger in Africa
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned on the rising hunger in Africa, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Abebe Haile-Gabriel, the organization’s Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Africa said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, hunger is on the rise in all regions of Africa, particularly in Sub-Saharan…
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Africa will rebound from COVID-19 slump in 2021 – AfDB
Africa is expected to partially rebound next year from a pandemic-induced economic slump, but it could lose about $250b in economic output in 2020 and 2021, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Tuesday. Africa has so far largely been spared the rampant infections and heavy death tolls seen in Europe and the United States.…
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UBA Group announces appointment of Deputy Managing Directors for Nigeria, Africa
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services group, is pleased to announce the appointments of Ayoku Liadi and Oliver Alawuba as Deputy Managing Directors in charge of UBA’s Nigeria and Africa businesses, respectively. The creation of the new positions, reporting to Group CEO, Kennedy Uzoka, represents further strategic recognition of the…
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Next-Gen digital payment system: Oduwa Coin, a promising fintech solution to Africa’s financial trouble
Oduwa coin, a revolutionary digital payment ecosystem is promising to become the fintech solution to Africa’s financial trouble. Oduwa originated from the ancient Benin kingdom meaning “The Road Map to wealth: Your money should work for you and not against you”. These are symbols of kingdom power through trade. Oduwa’s Co-founder, Bright Enabulele said he…