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SafeBoda retreats from Nigeria to “double down on profitability” in Uganda

SafeBoda retreats from Nigeria to “double down on profitability” in Uganda

SafeBoda, the Ugandan bike-hailing startup, is leaving Nigeria to focus on “bringing the company to profitability by deepening its core transportation offering” in Uganda, its largest market. This is the second time SafeBoda is exiting…

Comoros on the trail to ending mother-to-child HIV transmission

Comoros on the trail to ending mother-to-child HIV transmission

Moroni — Nadja* was in the midst of planning her wedding two years ago when she learned that she was HIV-positive.  "I couldn't quite believe it at first,” she says. But when she became pregnant eight…

Milken Institute and Motsepe Basis announce $2 million inexperienced power competitors

Milken Institute and Motsepe Basis announce $2 million inexperienced power competitors

The Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation have launched the Milken-Motsepe Prize in Green Energy, a $2 million prize competition to reward entrepreneurs and innovators working to address access to green and renewable energy in…

Liquid Clever Applied sciences commences operations in Nigeria

Liquid Clever Applied sciences commences operations in Nigeria

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has officially launched operations in Nigeria. Some of the services to be offered by the one-stop-shop technology company include high-speed connectivity, cloud, and cyber security services. “We were the first African company…

Alleged fraudulent property sale: Defendants select out-of-court settlement

Alleged fraudulent property sale: Defendants select out-of-court settlement

The defendants in an alleged fraudulent sale of land located at Wasimi, Maryland have decided to settle out of court following an enrolment order in the case granted by a Lagos High Court sitting in…

Rising poverty: FG blames govs, A’Ibom, Edo differ

Rising poverty: FG blames govs, A’Ibom, Edo differ

The Federal Government on Wednesday said state governors were partly responsible for the rising rate of poverty in the country. It blamed the state chief executives for favouring the construction of infrastructure, such as bridges…

Truck driver dies in Lagos crash

Truck driver dies in Lagos crash

LASEMA DG, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu A  yet-to-be-identified truck driver has lost his life during a crash at Agric bus stop, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr…

Lagos desires extra youths in management

Lagos desires extra youths in management

The Lagos State Government has expressed its plans to include more competent youths in leadership positions and governance of the state. The state Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr Olusegun Dawodu, disclosed this, according…

9 of 10 medical consultants leaving Nigeria –MDCAN

9 of 10 medical consultants leaving Nigeria –MDCAN

National President of MDCAN, Dr. Victor Makanjuola The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria has shown that nine out of every 10 medical and dental consultants with less than five years of experience plan…

Christianity struggled to develop—till this skeptic turned a believer

Christianity struggled to develop—till this skeptic turned a believer

ByJean-Pierre IsboutsPublished December 1, 2022• 10 min readAfter Jesus' death in A.D. 33 , his early followers began slowly spreading out from Jerusalem to find sanctuary in places such as Cyrus, Phoenicia, Damascus, and Antioch.…

These radiant portraits present ladies as they need to be seen

These radiant portraits present ladies as they need to be seen

ByNina StrochlicPhotographs ByEsther Ruth MbabaziPublished December 1, 2022• 6 min readFor several years, “fly on the wall” was Esther Ruth Mbabazi’s approach to photography. Be invisible. Don’t influence the scene. Then, in 2019, the 28-year-old…

Leeches are nonetheless utilized in drugs—sure, actually. Right here’s why.

Leeches are nonetheless utilized in drugs—sure, actually. Right here’s why.

ByPriyanka RunwalPublished December 1, 2022• 9 min readA rare type of cancer called synovial sarcoma landed Ellie Lofgreen at the University of Utah Hospital this summer. Surgeons removed a tumor—the size of a small cantaloupe—wrapped…