Women in Africa need to claim the entire continent as their marketplace
Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Conference, Expo and Awards celebrates five-year anniversary in 2019 with the theme ‘Enhancing Impact: Digitalisation, Investment and Intra-African Trade’ The Africa…
China’s proposed digital currency more about policing than progress
Chinese central bank chief Yi Gang As China prepares to become the first country to launch a digitised domestic currency, market participants and experts say it is a testament to…
AfDB approves record capital boost of 125% to $208 billion to meet funding needs
AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina The African Development Bank’s board approved a 125 per cent capital increase to $208 billion on Thursday, the largest in the lender’s history, AfDB President…
Government officials around the globe targeted for hacking through WhatsApp – Sources
Senior government officials in multiple U.S allied nations were targeted earlier this year with hacking software that used Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp to take over users’ phones, according to people familiar…
EU antitrust regulators puts Facebook’s online marketplace under scrutiny
Facebook’s online marketplace has attracted scrutiny from EU antitrust regulators who are seeking details about its role vis-a-vis rivals in online classified ads, a questionnaire seen by Reuters showed….
Facebook suspends accounts tied to Putin ally for meddling in Africa
Facebook Inc says it has suspended three networks of Russian accounts that attempted to interfere in the domestic politics of eight African countries, and were tied to a Russian businessman accused…
I would like Brazil to join OPEC -President Bolsonaro
President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday that he wants his country to join OPEC, a move that would add the most significant new…
Focused look at human trafficking could reveal better data, top U.S official says
U.S President, Donald Trump The United States could fight human trafficking effectively with more refined measuring tools which could distinguish young victims from old, or those trapped in domestic…
Ebola: U.N. migration body suspends some screening after killing of aid workersÂ
United Nations migration organization body IOM said on Wednesday it had suspended some of its screening services for Ebola after three of its aid workers were killed in South Sudan….
Power play: President appoints new PM but old PM says “I’m still in my office, working.’
President Jose Vaz of Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday named a new prime minister but his sacked predecessor refused to step down, intensifying a bitter power struggle between Vaz and the ruling…