Nigerian business tycoon Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has his eye on new investment prospects and is tempted by U.S. opportunities in renewable energy and petrochemicals. “Let’s say that by 2025, I’m looking at (investing) between $20 billion and $50 billion outside Africa. Mind you, we don’t do small things,” said Dangote, who is worth $11.1 […]
Aug. 28, 2017 (GIN) – If it’s a choice between suffocating seabirds, strangling turtles or the convenience of a plastic bag, Kenya is taking the side of marine animals. Starting this week, citizens producing, selling or even using plastic bags will risk imprisonment of up to four years or fines of $40,000. It’s the
A fast-moving wall of mud, loosened by heavy overnight rains, has buried over 300 Sierra Leoneans, many of them sleeping children, during a torrential downpour early Monday. The deluge was foreseen by climate change experts. Videos posted by local residents show an angry flood of dark orange mud rushing down a steep street in the capital.
A Guinean NGO in New York, Pottal Fii Bhantal (United For Development) has been organizing a soccer tournament for its nationals in the New York area for the past 10 years. This year, the tournament has kicked off in full force. According to the Former President of Pottal Fii Bhantal, Abdoulaye S. Diallo, the purpose of the
Aug. 7, 2017 (GIN) – As an epidemiologist, Chenai Mathabire is a hard-working researcher, conducting TB screening tests and observing the effects of long-term ARV use on the emergence of non-communicable diseases in HIV patients. But sometimes there is a chance to do more, as when a woman came into the clinic who was very,
The Fouta Djallon (Fulani) community in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut Tri-State area held their second annual cultural event dubbed Pottal Fii Bhantal Fouta Djallon in New York over the weekend. The event attracted members of the community as well as other Guinean nationals, the extended African community and well wishers. The colorful event was a
Zimbabwe’s First Lady Grace Mugabe said Thursday she was ready to support whoever is chosen by President Robert Mugabe as successor, insisting the veteran leader’s choice would be final. Cabinet minister Tshinga Dube was recently rebuked by Mugabe for making the same suggestion with the veteran leader insisting that his successor was a matter for
When historians write Africa’s digital story, Kenya will likely assume its place as the cradle of the internet revolution on the continent. “With so much creativity and innovation going on, the nation is witnessing a revolution of a kind that is empowering ordinary citizens and reshaping their communities and lifestyles,” declared Bitange Ndemo, one-time
Ghana’s president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has sent out a congratulatory tweet to the team that launched the country’s first satellite into space. Last week, a team of scientists and engineers from a private university, the All Nations University in the Eastern Region successfully launched the GhanaSat-1 into orbit from the International Space Center
Jun 26, 2017 (GIN) – Botswana has declared three days of national mourning after the death of former President Sir Ketumile Masire, aged 91. Sir Ketumile, often known as Quett, who led the country from 1980 to 1998, is credited with being the architect of the country’s famed stability, reports the AFP news agency.
