Mozambique: Japan freezes $100M in grants and loans
Japan has frozen US$100 million in donations and loans to Mozambique due to the scandal of undisclosed loans by two public companies, the head of Japan’s International Cooperation Agency (JICA)...
View ArticleNigerian Musician Gets Knocks for Backing ‘Brutal Dictatorship’ In Togo
AfricanLiberty.org takes a look at the recent accusations against Nigerian superstar Yemi Alade by Togolese Rights Activist and one of the leaders of the recent Togo agitations, #TogoDebout....
View ArticleApplication Open For $100,000 Mo Ibrahim Leadership Fellowship (APPLY)
The Ibrahim Leadership Fellowships form a selective programme designed to mentor future African leaders. Through this annual fellowship programme, we seek to deepen and broaden our growing network...
View ArticleHadiza Bala Usman Ends Monopoly at Nigeria’s Ports With Liberalization of...
The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Ms Hadiza Bala Usman, has concluded plans to break the monopoly hitherto enjoyed by some oil and gas logistics firms, by liberalising operations...
View ArticleMozambique: Japan freezes $100M in grants and loans
Japan has frozen US$100 million in donations and loans to Mozambique due to the scandal of undisclosed loans by two public companies, the head of Japan’s International Cooperation Agency (JICA)...
View ArticleNigerian Musician Gets Knocks for Backing ‘Brutal Dictatorship’ In Togo
AfricanLiberty.org takes a look at the recent accusations against Nigerian superstar Yemi Alade by Togolese Rights Activist and one of the leaders of the recent Togo agitations, #TogoDebout....
View ArticleApplication Open For $100,000 Mo Ibrahim Leadership Fellowship (APPLY)
The Ibrahim Leadership Fellowships form a selective programme designed to mentor future African leaders. Through this annual fellowship programme, we seek to deepen and broaden our growing network...
View ArticleMaking a case for Nigeria women farmers – By Joel Adeniyi
In Africa, especially in Nigeria, over 80 per cent of the agricultural produce comes through small-scale and subsistence farming. The farmers mostly comprise women in the rural areas. In Nigeria,...
View ArticleFor Nigeria to progress and for a shared prosperity, we need a...
Introduction Nigeria is endowed with both human and natural resources. Yet, it remained undeveloped. It is a rich country with poor people, a situation of poverty in the midst of plenty. Why have...
View ArticleBukola Ogunyemi: Liberalization of air transport market takes Africa closer...
Traveling by air from one African country to another, as those familiar with the routes and processes would testify, is often strenuous, expensive and time-wasting due to poor air connections borne...
View ArticleAfrica’s 2018 elections: The good, the bad and the possibly not-at-all
When the Arab Spring broke out this time in 2011, bringing down the long-standing regimes in Tunisia and Egypt amongst others, many wondered whether it would be followed by an African Spring south of...
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Yusuf Bangura: Everything You Need To Know About Sierra Leone’s March 7...
Nigerians, like citizens of many large countries, often prioritise news on domestic affairs over what goes on outside their borders. However, as regional or global powers, such countries also need to...
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How Kenyatta has gone about stifling the free press in Kenya
Kenya’s press must fight to protect its freedom. Thomas Mukoya/Reuters George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire In a move that has exposed Kenya’s fragile democracy, the government recently shut...
View ArticleWhy Nigeria must trade more with South Africa – Akin Oyebode
There is room for the exchange of ideas between South Africa and Nigeria; this according to Akin Oyebode, Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund. CNBC Africa caught up with him at...
View ArticleSouth African govt’s tax holiday for car makers to double production
In South Africa, automotive industry accounts for about 7 per cent of GDP, with BMW, VW and Nissan putting money into the country. But, some said, the government’s plans may be over-ambitious. SOUTH...
View ArticleEthiopia opens telecoms sector to limited competition
Ethiopia’s state-run telecoms monopoly has agreed to allow some local firms provide Internet services through its infrastructure – a move seen as spurring competition and expanding the data market,...
View ArticleHow Digital Transformation is Accelerating Growth in Africa
James Scott, Chief Digital Officer of Absa Corporate and Investment Bank, writes on how digital revolution is fast-tracking growth on African continent. IF there was ever a time to watch progress in...
View ArticleThe quest for liberalization in Ethiopia’s new political landscape
As recently as March 2018, the discussion of neither political reforms nor economic liberalization was inconceivable in the Ethiopian political context. The changes both may have been an internal party...
View ArticleTax imposed on social media usage in Benin Republic has been revoked after...
Following widespread criticism and outcry that trailed imposition of tax on social media usage in the Republic of Benin, the West African country has shown respect to the views of its citizens who...
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Challenging Nigeria’s Selective Approach to Human Rights
A few days ago, The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERS), a Nigeria-based non-profit organisation working to protect and promote the human rights of sexual minorities nationally and regionally” posted a...
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