The Business Council for Africa (BCA) (https://BCAfrica.org/) is proud to announce the nominees for the inaugural African Business Book of the Year award. The prize is designed to recognise and celebrate business-related stories from the continent and encourage more high-quality writing on business, economics, and management in Africa. The nominees for the African Business … [Read more...] about The Business Council for Africa (BCA) Announces Nominees for African Business Book of the Year
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World Food Programme (WFP) to reduce food rations by half for refugees as funding decreases in Burundi
Download logoMore than 56,000 Congolese refugees will soon receive only half the food rations they need, due to a dwindling of funding for food needs in five camps in Burundi. The refugees, most of them fleeing conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), require food assistance to nourish their families. On April 1, 2023, WFP will be forced to reduce … [Read more...] about World Food Programme (WFP) to reduce food rations by half for refugees as funding decreases in Burundi
UG@75 Anniversary: Professor Gyimah-Boadi calls on the University of Ghana to reclaim its vanguard role in nation building
“Reclaim the University of Ghana's vanguard role in the building and sustenance of a pro-human rights, accountable, and inclusive governance regime, today and beyond,” Prof. E. Gyimah-Boadi, co-founder and board chair of Afrobarometer (https://www.Afrobarometer.org/), said Wednesday at the University of Ghana (UG) College of Humanities. Prof. Gyimah-Boadi … [Read more...] about UG@75 Anniversary: Professor Gyimah-Boadi calls on the University of Ghana to reclaim its vanguard role in nation building
Gender in Focus: African Development Bank’s Digital Ambassadors Program training boosts Senegalese entrepreneur business performance, service to community
Download logoSenegalese entrepreneur Fatou Diouf is one of 1,000 youth selected from 21,000 applicants for the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) Digital Ambassadors program (https://apo-opa.info/3G3kuTu). The program, which aims to achieve a 50/50 gender balance, is expanding digital skills to African youth - especially in rural communities - through a … [Read more...] about Gender in Focus: African Development Bank’s Digital Ambassadors Program training boosts Senegalese entrepreneur business performance, service to community
Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina’s release and apology – a master stroke engineered by Kagame
Rwanda’s ministry of justice recently announced the pardon and release of Paul Rusesabagina from jail. Rusesabagina was involved in events portrayed in the 2004 Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda. In September 2021, Rusesabagina was sentenced to 25 years in jail over his ties to groups opposed to Rwandan president Paul Kagame. His release followed intense diplomatic talks between … [Read more...] about Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina’s release and apology – a master stroke engineered by Kagame
