Tag: African Countries
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UN General Assembly elects 4 African countries to Human Rights Council
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council, with Peru and Russia failing to secure a seat. Four of the 15 new members are from African countries, viz, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Malawi.
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How other African countries view Nigeria – Arinze Christopher
Nigeria-born Arinze Christopher who’s a data scientist shares his experience when he travelled to Ghana alongside other African Data Scientist for a year course in Kumasi. They all lived together and had cross-fertilization of ideas whilst staying together.
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Buhari decries low-level trade among African countries
President Muhammadu Buhari has decried the low-level trade among African countries, emphasising that Intra-regional trade still accounts for a very tiny fraction of total trade in Africa. The president stated this while addressing the second African Sub-Sovereign Governments Network (AFSNET) Conference on Friday in Abuja. The event was organised by the Afreximbank in collaboration with…
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CWG Day 9: Nigeria leads African countries on medals table
With additional gold medal on Saturday, Nigeria is now leading African team on the medals table at the ongoing Commonwealth Games. At the end of Day 8 at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Team Nigeria crawled behind South Africa in the eighth position, with a total of seven Gold, three Silver, and six Bronze Medals,…
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America to offer $215 million food assistance to Nigeria, others
Anthony Blinken the United States Secretary of State, has said that the US government would provide an additional $215 million emergency food assistance to Nigeria and many other African countries. Blinken also assured that other African countries Algeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, among will also enjoy from the largesse.
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Ecobank Mobile App Enables Super Easy Banking 24/7, Available In 33 African Countries
“The revamped Ecobank Mobile app makes it super easy to bank on the go 24/7; it enables customers manage their everyday banking needs anywhere anytime directly from their mobile device. The ubiquitous mobile app helps a customer manages his / heraccount, send money, make payments and get help from the Ecobank mobile app in all…
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Why Nigeria, other African countries must collaborate for effective response to pandemics – Alim Abubakre
A British-Nigerian and founder of TEXEM UK, Dr Alim Abubakre has urged African nations to embrace regional collaborations
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Nigeria, 18 other African countries to benefit from World Bank’s $22.5m electricity grant
Nigeria and 18 other African countries would benefit from World Bank’s 22.5 million dollars additional financing for the Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project (ROGEAP) in Western and Central Africa. The World Bank announced this in a statement issued on Friday in Washington D.C., adding that its board of Executive Directors had approved the additional financing.…
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African countries should look out for each other – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has re-emphasised the need for neighbouring countries to always protect each other’s interests, saying their mutual survival depends on each other. The President spoke on Tuesday at the State House, Abuja, while playing host to President Patrice Talon of Republic of Benin, who was on an official visit. According to a statement…
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COVID-19: UK places travel ban on 11 African countries
The United Kingdom has extended the ban on travellers entering England to 11 African countries in a bid to prevent the spread of a new COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa. This was contained in a press statement titled, ‘Travel restrictions update: South Africa ban extended, Israel (and Jerusalem)’ on the UK’s government website. It…