Goddy Ikeh
The MSME Financing Gateway, a revolutionary digital platform tailored to address the unique challenges faced by MSMEs in securing financing was also launched in Kenya.
The leaders of Mauritania and Mali, on Wednesday, met on the sidelines of the 9th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, China. This was the first face-to-face meeting after recent border tensions between the two countries.
With the Kenitra-Marrakech LGV Project, Morocco has reaffirmed its ambition to become a regional leader in modern rail transport, while strengthening social and economic ties between its major cities.
Gas production in Nigeria is growing from 7.5 billion cubic feet per day and is inching to 12 bcf per day, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Mr. Ekperikpe Ekpo, has said.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Press Institute, and the Media Foundation for West Africa released a joint statement on Tuesday, September 3, calling on Nigerian authorities to ensure the body of slain journalist Onifade Emmanuel Pelumi is released to his family and that those responsible for his death are identified and held to account.
The price of OPEC basket of 12 crudes stood at $76.29 a barrel on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, compared with $77.03 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
Driven by the globalisation of trade, the phenomenon of human trafficking and smuggling has grown exponentially in recent decades.
A 32-year-old police officer became the first patient to receive life-transforming surgery on board Mercy Ships’ hospital ship yesterday as the vessel returned to Sierra Leone to deliver a further 1,400-plus surgeries over the next 10 months.
New guidelines ahead of the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), scheduled for September 26, are aimed at tackling pollution caused by the production of antibiotics.
Morocco is currently facing a crisis exacerbated by several years of drought. The Moroccan Ministry of Transport and Water reports a staggering 78 per cent drop in the volume of surface water, plunging the country into a critical situation that requires an urgent response from the government.