Nothing has ever sparked a debate on the state of governance in the country like the song released by one of Sierra Leone's most popular artists, Emerson Bockarie.
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Liberia Limited has signed a $10 million financing deal with Liberia's leading telecom company, Lonestar Limited; a company owned 51% by MTN Communications Limited for a network expansion programme. The deal is one of the biggest single projects financing by a commercial bank in the country and underscores UBA Group's role in project financing across Africa.
In July 2007, the Presidents and the Boards of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) requested a joint evaluation of agriculture and rural development (ARD) policies and operations of both institutions in Africa. Undertaken jointly by the independent evaluation offices of both institutions, the evaluation had four objectives. These were ...
One of the key resolutions aims at strengthening, pursuing and improving reforms of existing public procurement systems so as to make them more effective, efficient and transparent, through institutional capacity building and by ensuring systemic integrity. This will strengthen good governance and accountability in public finance as well as improved social services and poverty reduction.
In what appears to be the first ever move between two of the world's biggest movie industries, award-winning Indian-origin film and television producer, Parminder Vir is set to bring Bollywood and Nollywood practitioners together at this year's edition of the ION international film festival billed to kick off from December 9 through 13, at the garden city of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State capital.
The R.Kelly anticipated concert is 69 days away but Zain Uganda, the company behind his coming, has already stepped up activations.
Spirit of David, the No.1 dance group in Nigeria, has begin Season Two of Celebrity Reality TV Show- Celebrity Take 2 (CT 2), making Nigeria's entertainment sphere the buzz among lovers of entertainment.
The first African Water Week was organized by the AfDB jointly with the African Ministers's Council on Water (AMCOW) and held in March 2008, in Tunis. Having gathered more than 500 participants, the event was considered as a tremendous success. One of the main outcomes was a Ministerial Declaration on Accelerating Water Security for Africa's Socio-Economic Development.
It is in the matter of his residence that Ayobamidele Abayomi Ojutelegan Ajani Momodu, now known as Chief Dele Momodu; Bob Dee, to his friends and acquaintances, points the way to some of the monumental goals he has set for himself in his lifetime.
One of President Abdoulaye Wade's several great pan-African projects which the ageing Senegalese leader had wanted to meet the December 2009 deadline has turned out a fiasco, chiefly due to inadequate and timely funding.
UPCOMING Somali-born Canadian based hip-hop artiste, K'naan will join Bobi Wine, Radio & Weasel, GNL, Grace Nakimera in entertaining Ugandans during the public viewing of the FIFA World Cup on November15, at Lugogo Cricket Oval.
A foremost Nigerian actress, Eucheria Anunobi has described the increasing kidnapping of Nigerian actors as a major setback to the movie industry and government's re-branding campaign.
President Jacob Zuma believes that the Miss World contestants can play a significant role in addressing challenges face the world.
Diski dance, a sequence of moves based on soccer tricks, is the official World Cup dance - and the city is out to set a world record for the most people doing it at the same time at the launch of the Cape Town Summer Festival this weekend.
He was introduced in a teaser: "Guess who is coming to town? He wears a Zorro mask, his middle name is Sylvester and he has had his hair recently cut off." The clues were just enough for his identification. Zain confesses that on the first day the adverts ran, 30% of the responses were correct.
