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Tunisia: Legislative Elections

Tunisia: Legislative Elections

Tunis/Tunisia — January 29 is the only legal date for the second round of legislative elections, President of the Independent High Authority for Elections (French: ISIE) Farouk Bouasker said as he paid Thursday a working…

South Africa: As With Covid-19, the Results of TB Can Linger Lengthy After It Is Cured

South Africa: As With Covid-19, the Results of TB Can Linger Lengthy After It Is Cured

According to the World Health Organization, of the roughly 10 million people who fall ill with TB annually, over 80% survive, in most cases due to a six-month treatment course. Unfortunately, as with long COVID,…

Kenya: Aid for IEBC Deputy CEO Kulundu After Courtroom Guidelines She Was Wrongfully Interdicted

Kenya: Aid for IEBC Deputy CEO Kulundu After Courtroom Guidelines She Was Wrongfully Interdicted

Nairobi — It was a sigh of relief for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Deputy Chief Executive Officer Ruth Kulundu after the Employment and Labor relations court on Thursday ruled that she was…

Ethiopia: Extra Than 70,000 IDPs Struggling From Starvation, Acute Ailments in Wag-Hemra Zone, Amhara Area

Ethiopia: Extra Than 70,000 IDPs Struggling From Starvation, Acute Ailments in Wag-Hemra Zone, Amhara Area

Addis Abeba — More than 70,000 internally displaced people sheltered in make shift camps in Abergele and Tsagebej districts in Wag-hemra zone of Amhara regional state for more than two years are suffering from severe…

Mike Adenuga, Nigerian Billionaire Good points $600 million in January 2023

Mike Adenuga, Nigerian Billionaire Good points $600 million in January 2023

Oil Mogul Mike Adenuga has seen a $600 million increase in his net worth since the beginning of the year. The strategic increase comes as the market value of his private holdings continues to monitor…

Bomb injures at the least 12 folks close to a market in north-eastern DR Congo

Bomb injures at the least 12 folks close to a market in north-eastern DR Congo

Congolese Defense Forces soldiers inspect the scene of an attack near the town of Oicha, 30 kms (20 miles) from Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, Friday July 23, 2021.   -   Copyright © africanews Al-hadji Kudra…

Nigeria’s central financial institution launches AfriGo, a nationwide home card scheme

Nigeria’s central financial institution launches AfriGo, a nationwide home card scheme

Nigeria’s central bank has today made good on its intentions to launch a national domestic card scheme, AfriGo. The scheme, which was initially announced at a Bankers’ Committee press briefing in October 2022, introduces the…

Nambu Group raises seed spherical to create animal feed from fly larvae

Nambu Group raises seed spherical to create animal feed from fly larvae

South African agritech startup Nambu Group, whose technology produces high nutrition animal feed using the larvae of the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia Illucens), has secured seed funding from E Squared Investments. Nambu’s solution works by…

Cape City is getting one other information centre, due to Africa Knowledge Centres

Cape City is getting one other information centre, due to Africa Knowledge Centres

Cassava Technologies-backed data centre constructor, Africa Data Centres, has announced that it is building another data centre facility in Cape Town. The new facility will have an IT load of 20MW and is expected to…

Simply In: Naira Notes Deadline: Gbajabiamila Threatens to Arrest Emefiele 

Simply In: Naira Notes Deadline: Gbajabiamila Threatens to Arrest Emefiele 

Reps Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has declared that if the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele fails to appear before its committee on Thursday,…

CBN Launches Home Card to Enhance E-Fee System

CBN Launches Home Card to Enhance E-Fee System

Online Payment The Central Bank of Nigeria has launched the Nigerian National Domestic Card Scheme to boost the country’s electronic payment system. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, said the card would help to reduce operating…

Luno wields job axe on 35% of employees

Luno wields job axe on 35% of employees

South African crypto exchange Luno is retrenching 35% of its global workforce, with CEO Marcus Swanepoel citing dwindling growth and revenue numbers as the main reason for the cuts. “2022 has been an incredibly tough…