Zowasel, Africa’s frontline agricultural marketplace, has secured a $100,000 investment through the 2021 inaugural UN World Food Programme’s “Zero Hunger Sprint,” where the company demonstrated its crop marketplace which operates on ThoughtAI’s revolutionary artificial intelligence…
Without reforms in decision-making at multilateral institutions, African economies will continue to be erroneously branded as poor quality investment destinations. Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and now space traveller, is famous for his…
An operation across Southern Africa supported by INTERPOL against the trafficking of illicit health products and other goods has led to the identification of 179 suspects and to the seizure of products…
In public health, an important goal of vaccination and immunisation is to reach population or herd immunity. This is why the term comes up often in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. And…
Since its establishment as a state in 1948, Israel has placed great importance on foreign policy. This is because it had been under a political and economic boycott by surrounding Arab states.…
Angola’s parliament recently approved a bill to review the country’s constitution 11 years after its promulgation. President João Lourenço used his constitutional prerogative to initiate a review process by sending a proposal…
For years, it seemed the world was making progress eliminating hunger. Then, starting in 2014, the trend slid back slowly and reversed in many nations; now, some 700 million people—nearly 9 percent of…
After years of pressure, Germany recently announced that an agreement had been reached to return hundreds of priceless artefacts and artworks that had been looted from Nigeria in colonial times and were…
International financial markets have opened a window for African governments to diversify their funding sources from traditional multilateral institutions and foreign aid. For example, they can now borrow through issuing Eurobonds –…
With rising cases of the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Nigeria, there is heightened concern about how well the country is prepared to deal with them. The Conversation Africa’s Wale…
