African Countries Commit to Accelerate Actions Towards Food Security
Rome/Harare — Largest ever Regional Conference for Africa closes with united call for raised ambitions Ministers at the largest ever FAO Regional Conference for Africa...
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Featured Former CEO Haroon Lorgat named in nine-member interim board to run Cricket South Africa
South Africa's sports minister Nathi Mthethwa has announced a nine-member interim board that will run the Cricket South Africa (CSA) for the next three months...
Featured Books of the Week: Friends and Enemies, Himalaya, The Silence
This week’s must-reads include Barbara Amiel’s “gob-smackingly honest” and “hilariously bitchy” memoir; a “hugely ambitious” and wide-ranging study of the Himalayas by writer and climber...
Featured MAILBOX: Look out world, South Africa is going to bounce back – Rob Opie
South Africa has had a rough couple of years. Daily corruption, crime and Covid-19 fight each other for centre stage in the headlines. As South...
Forum condemns desecration of Oba’s palace
Our Reporter A GROUP, the Eko Directors’ Forum, (Lagos Division Indigenes) in the state’s public service, has condemned the desecration of Iga Idungaran, the palace...
Want to come home? This startup is helping diasporans return to the African continent
Two years ago, according to a Pew Research Center study, about 45% of Nigerians had plans to leave the country within the next five years,...
Featured IMAX Q3 Revenues Hit $37.3M With Boost From Local-Language Titles In Asia
Imax on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings for the period ended September 30. Revenues were $37.3 million versus $86.4M in the third quarter of 2019, largely...
Featured Havells Q2 net up 82% to Rs 326 crore, sales up 10% at Rs 2,459 crore
Consumer electrical goods maker Havells India Ltd on Thursday reported an increase of 81.97 per cent in its consolidated net profit at Rs 326.36 crore...
Featured South Africa: Hawks Set Up Special Team to Investigate Lottery Corruption
A senior officer has been removed from a newly-formed Hawks task team set up to probe the Lottery after it was discovered that her policeman...
Featured Paystack partners Google to empower SMEs in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa
President Muhamadu Buhari has approved free business name registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) for 250,000 businesses across the nation. This was announced on...