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Nigerian meals procurement platform Vendease lays off 9% of its workforce 

Nigerian meals procurement platform Vendease lays off 9% of its workforce 

Vendease, a Nigerian food procurement startup, has let go of 9% of its workforce, or 27 of its almost 300 staff, this week. The startup confirmed to TechCabal in a statement that the decision to…

South African crypto change VALR launches in Zambia

South African crypto change VALR launches in Zambia

South African crypto exchange VALR has announced the launch of its operations in Zambia this week. The exchange will allow Zambians to buy and sell Bitcoin (BTC) and USD Coin (USDC), as well as 60+…

Ghana to begin utilizing gold as an alternative of U.S. greenback to purchase oil

Ghana to begin utilizing gold as an alternative of U.S. greenback to purchase oil

Saturday, November 26, 2022 Ghanian Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia Photo Credit :News Ghana The Ghanaian government has announced that it will begin utilising gold, instead of dollars, to purchase oil products in order to…

Midterms freed from feared chaos as voting specialists look to 2024

Midterms freed from feared chaos as voting specialists look to 2024

Politics The Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law is compiling data to determine whether new voting laws in states such as Georgia contributed to a drop in turnout among Black and…

Speedy response groups bolster Uganda’s Ebola struggle

Speedy response groups bolster Uganda’s Ebola struggle

Mubende – First meeting at 8:00am, last one at 7:00pm. In between, Hilda Wesonga untiringly goes from one village to another to sensitize communities on the current Ebola outbreak. Some evenings, Wesonga features on radio talk-shows…

UK universities start strike over pay, pension, work contracts

UK universities start strike over pay, pension, work contracts

Academic activities in the United Kingdom were disrupted on Thursday as varsity workers began a strike action over pay, working conditions, and pensions. The University and College Union (UCU), the UK trade union for university…

Digital Nomads: The digital marketer travelling throughout Africa on a $2,000 finances

Digital Nomads: The digital marketer travelling throughout Africa on a $2,000 finances

“In everything you do in this life, just have money—especially if you’re a woman.”Lily Dada, 2022. I speak to Lily on a frigid Thursday morning, from my apartment in Abuja. It’s 3 AM WAT, and…

South Sudan commemorates Worldwide One Well being Day

South Sudan commemorates Worldwide One Well being Day

With the theme ‘collaboration for a better health outcome’, South Sudan celebrates International One Health Day to create awareness and enhance better understanding of human, animal and environmental health in strengthening collaboration and coordination for…

Court docket annuls Osun native authorities election

Court docket annuls Osun native authorities election

Saturday, November 26, 2022 Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) The Osogbo Division of the Federal High Court has declared the Osun State Local Government election held on October 15 null and void.  Justice Nathaniel…

Qatar 2022: Iran crush Welsh hearts with last-gasp double

Qatar 2022: Iran crush Welsh hearts with last-gasp double

Saturday, November 26, 2022 Iran scored two dying minutes’ goal to secure a crucial 2-nil victory over 10-man Wales in Group B of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, leaving the Dragons on the brink of…

Development fatalities down from Covid peak

Development fatalities down from Covid peak

Fatalities in the construction sector decreased by a third as the impact of the Covid pandemic wore off. A total of 30 workers died over the course of 2021/22, according to preliminary data released by…

Police woo residents to produce data on bandits in Niger

Police woo residents to produce data on bandits in Niger

Saturday, November 26, 2022 The Niger State police commissioner, Ayodele Ogundele The Niger State Police Command on Friday solicited the support of residents in the fight against banditry. The police commissioner in the state, Ayodele…