For every Drogba there are hundreds of West African football hopefuls who struggle: West Africans who play professional football in Poland rest at halftime. Warsaw, Summer 2016. Paweł Banaś/GLOBALSPORTMany young aspiring footballers in West Africa see professional football, which has become a global multibillion industry, as a pathway out of poverty. Hundreds have joined … [Read more...] about For every Drogba there are hundreds of West African football hopefuls who struggle | The Conversation
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Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) Announces Details of Inaugural West African International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (WAIPEC) to Launch in February 2017
Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) Announces Details of Inaugural West African International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (WAIPEC) to Launch in February 2017: The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) (www.PETAN.org) has announced the launch of the inaugural West African International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (WAIPEC) … [Read more...] about Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) Announces Details of Inaugural West African International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (WAIPEC) to Launch in February 2017
Are Investors in West Africa shifting Focus?
Are Investors in West Africa shifting Focus?: With global and regional capital continuing to flow into West African Real Estate, investors are starting to diversify their funds across the region and move away from the previous Nigeria and Ghana bias. Following from the first market correction seen in 20 years, crippling Central Bank debt and the pegging of the … [Read more...] about Are Investors in West Africa shifting Focus?
“The Road Across The Wolds 1997” by David Hockney (Salts Mill Gallery, Saltaire, West Yorkshire)
"The Road Across The Wolds 1997" by David Hockney (Salts Mill Gallery, Saltaire, West Yorkshire) Image by Martin Beek Landscape 1997. In the late 1990's David Hockney returned to Yorkshire, this resulted in a series of high-key landscapes such as this. The colours do not seem to reflect the muted tones of English landscape or indeed the weather often associated with such … [Read more...] about “The Road Across The Wolds 1997” by David Hockney (Salts Mill Gallery, Saltaire, West Yorkshire)
Over-fishing is strangling a key protein source for West Africans | The Conversation
Over-fishing is strangling a key protein source for West Africans: An illegal fishing vessel caught off the coast of Sierra Leone, a region where illegal fishing is a serious problem ReutersAround 6.7 million people depend directly on small-scale fisheries in West Africa. In the past, fisheries were an appealing refuge. But the sector is beset with challenges including … [Read more...] about Over-fishing is strangling a key protein source for West Africans | The Conversation
