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Thursday, August 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kenya Government has been applauded for its decision not to shut down the internet and also ensure the media continues to operate freely before, during and after upcoming elections in the East African nation. The commendation is coming from a coalition of Pan-African digital rights and inclusion organizations on the continent, […]
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Thursday, August 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Senegalese opposition leader has called on supporters to be ready to defend their votes by any means, accusing the ruling party of President Macky Sall of wanting to steal a legislative election the opposition claims to have won. Official results of Sunday’s vote are expected on Thursday, but both Sall’s ruling […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Thursday, August 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has called for the scaling up of startup investments across Africa in order to grow tech entrepreneurs and enhance financial inclusion in the continent. AfDB’s Director General for East Africa, Nenna Nwabufo gave the charge while speaking at the 9th World Financial Innovation Series in Nairobi, Kenya. The […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Government of Côte d’Ivoire has commended the African Development Bank (AfDB) for its support for the development of the agricultural sector. of its economy. Ivorian Prime Minister, Patrick Achi gave the commendation during the launch of the agro-industrial project in northern Côte d’Ivoire supported by the AfDB. The project which is […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Sunday, July 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, has announced a new $25 million catalytic seed funding to roll out a first-ever Multi-Year Resilience Programme in Cameroon. ECW supports quality education outcomes for refugee, internally displaced and other crisis-affected girls and boys, so no […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Sunday, July 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation, Dr. Rania Al-Mashat has expressed optimism and applauded her country’s New Strategy Paper for the 2022-2026 fiscal year. The new strategy for the north African nation, builds on results and lessons from the preceding 2015-2021 strategy paper, which helped develop the country’s infrastructure and improve the business […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Saturday, July 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – AfDB Approves Over $20m Grant To Raise Food Production In Malawi The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved a $20.2 million grant to raise food production in Malawi. Part of the Bank Group’s African Emergency Food Production Facility, the project is premised […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Friday, July 29th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heads of State of the East Africa Community (EAC) have officially launched the 42.4km Arusha Bypass Road which seeks to decongest traffic in the towns of Arusha and Moshi and to promote intra-regional trade. The road project was commissioned during the EAC Heads of State summit, which took place in Arusha, Tanzania. […]
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Thursday, July 28th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dozens of government troops, civilians and extremists have been killed and injured in attacks on two military outposts in Mali, the country’s army reported early on Thursday. In the fighting following the attacks in the towns of Sokolo and Kalumba in the centre of the West African country early on Wednesday morning, […]
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Thursday, July 28th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kenyan government on Thursday sent 19 police officers to Somalia to help strengthen stabilisation efforts in the country. Police spokesman Bruno Shioso said in a statement that the officers would join an ongoing peacekeeping mission under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) “which is aiming at de-escalating violence in […]
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Thursday, July 28th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Moroccan peacekeeper was accidentally shot dead on Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR) said on Thursday. The soldier was accidentally shot in Butembo, North Kivu by a UN police officer who was part of the teams sent to reinforce the Moroccan contingent, […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Wednesday, July 27th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved a grant of $2 million to boost food production in Sierra Leone. The programme falls under the AfDB’s $1.5 billion African Emergency Food Production Facility, a response to the global food crisis that resulted from the […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Monday, July 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African American entrepreneur, Paul Allen Billings from Muskegon, Michigan, has opened the East Africa’s newest Safari in Tanzania. The newly launched Safari dubbed, VisitTanzania4Less.com, is an African Safari Company dedicated to providing a safe safari that will advance visitors’ knowledge of the amazing country while leaving lifetime memories. Africa is known for […]
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Sunday, July 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Angola’s Minister of Finance, Vera Daves de Sousa has emerged the winner of this year’s African Finance Minister Award. The award, organized by the African Banker magazine through the vote of an independent committee of industry experts, is traditionally announced during the African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual meetings. The committee awarded the […]
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Saturday, July 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organisation, on Saturday, officially declared the Monkeypox disease as a global health emergency. The global health body noted that it activated its highest alert level for the growing Monkeypox outbreak, making the virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. African Examiner reports that Monkeypox, according to the Nigeria […]
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Saturday, July 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sixteen people, including civilians, were killed in clashes among rival armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli, health officials said Saturday, amid fears of growing unrest in the country roiled by years-long strife. The Health Ministry said the fighting also left 52 injured. The fatalities included six civilians, the spokesman for the […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Saturday, July 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline Pan-African Digital Rights and Inclusion organization, Paradigm Initiative (PIN) today marks 15 years of impacting the lives of more than 5,000 under-served African youth with improved livelihoods through digital opportunities and the protection of their online rights. PIN is a social enterprise that builds Information Communication Technology (ICT) driven support […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Saturday, July 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Award-winning African American actor, Terrence Howard has expressed his interest and intension to invest in some sectors of the Ugandan economy. Howard said he will invest in Uganda’s Information Communication and Technology (ICT) and entertainment sectors as well as real estate. He gave the hint during his recent visit to the East […]
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Friday, July 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected Islamist militants on Friday attacked the main military base where Mali’s interim president lives outside the capital Bamako, but the armed forces said they had repelled the assault and had the situation under control. The attack on the Kati military base began at 5a.m. local time with two vehicles packed with […]
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Wednesday, July 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Equatorial Guinea, says increasing storage capacity of refined oil and gas products is a viable solution to resolving the challenge of fuel scarcity. Mr Gabriel Lima, Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea, made this known on Wednesday, while responding to questions from journalists, during a Media briefing organised by the […]
