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Google earmarks $4m investment fund for 60 African start-up businesses
Google has disclosed plans to invest $4 million in 60 eligible African-founded start-up businesses during the second session of its Start-up Black Founders Fund (BFF).
The start-up businesses would be picked from 13 African countries…
Ghana may begin Covid-19 vaccine production in 2024
As a way to curtail the spread of Covid-19 virus, Ghana President, Nana Akufo-Addo has announced in his State of the Nation Address in the parliament that the country will start producing its own COVID-19 vaccines in January 2024.…
Ghana ends COVID-19, frees land, sea boarders restriction
Following two years of stiffened Covid-19 restrictions, Ghanaian President, NanaAkufo-Addo has announced the re-opening of land, sea borders and the lifting of most of the COVID-19 restrictions in the country.
The president said the…
Kenyan high commissioner to Nigeria, Machage, dies after brief illness
The Kenya High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. Wilfred Machage, has been confirmed to have died after he slumped at his quarters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
As gathered, the 65-year-old ambassador was said to have slumped…
Malawi records Africa’s first polio outbreak after four years
The World Health Organization has announced that Malawi recorded the first polio outbreak on the African continent after four years.
The organization stated that as the wild virus was existing in the world, there is a risk of it…
Rwanda reopens border with Uganda for commercial activities
Rwanda has reopened a border crossing with Uganda which had been closed for three years when the government accused Kampala of harassing its nationals and supporting dissidents bent on removing the government in Kigali.
The lift of the…
Dangote retains position as Africa’s richest man
The Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has retained his position as the richest man in Africa, with a net worth of $12.1 billion.
Data from the 2022 edition of the Forbes’ Top 10 Africa’s Billionaires List showed that for 11th…
16 Cameroonians die, eight injure during nightclub fire outbreak
No fewer than 16 persons have been confirmed dead, while eight others were left with varying degrees of injuries during a fire outbreak at a nightclub in Cameroon.
The fire was said to have been caused by explosion of fireworks which…
Just In: Mali’s ousted president, Keita, passes on @76
The Malian ousted president, Ibrahim Keita, has been confirmed to have died at the age of 76 in the country's capital, Bamako, barely one year and a half after the military took over the leadership of the West African nation.
As…
African leaders must deliver despite shrinking resources – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged leaders across the African continent to exploit their ingenuity and refrain from hiding under coronavirus, other impact on the economies for low performance, saying it was important for the leaders to…