White paper reveals that the unprecedented halt in economic activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected the most vulnerable and has accelerated the need for digitally delivered financial inclusion · 55% of respondents to a Mastercard survey say they use digital mediums to make financial transactions Further findings show that digital financial services have …
Lifting the lid on the continent’s USD 70 billion trade opportunity The inaugural publication of Standard Bank’s Africa Trade Barometer is expected to become Africa’s leading trade index. Present in 20 African markets and supporting trade activities in many more, Standard Bank enjoys a uniquely privileged view of Africa, “especially its rapidly emerging enterprises heavily …
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Investing in, growing and developing the education sector on the African content is more crucial than ever. Given the growth of the African population coupled with socio-economic challenges, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical to strengthen education systems to facilitate unimpeded participation of young people in the development of African countries. The World …
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Can purpose, culture and strategy have equal seats at the breakfast table? As organisations continue to drive their digitalisation agenda, we find ourselves on the cusp of the Fifth Industrial Revolution (5IR) which is characterised as new connectivity and purpose between human, machines, and technology. This revolution focuses on the personalisation of every human engagement …
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The ActionAid Project Coordinator, Ms Kyauta Giwa, made the call on Wednesday in Sokoto during validation meeting. The meeting was preparatory to the close of the project, tagged ”Tax Justice, Gender Responsive Public Service and Braking Barriers,” being implemented in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the project is anchored by ActionAid …
ActionAid tasks Sokoto govt. on barriers, infrastructure in schools Read More »
Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, during the ceremony tagged, “Film in a Box, on the Field”, held in Lagos, said this was to deliberatly convert youths’ restiveness into productive ventures. Akinbile-Yusuf said that the state government had partnered with AFA to train no fewer than 600 youths in those …
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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the engagement was organised by Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC), an NGO, in reaction to the poorly funded primary health care centres in the FCT. Taiwo advised National Assembly members interested in community projects, especially Primary Health Care Centres, to budget N120million for a standard centres instead …
PHC needs N120m to build community healthcare facility -Official Read More »
Charged by ‘the belief in the righteousness of things’, Niyel, one of Africa’s leading advocacy, campaigns, and public affairs organization celebrates 14 years of exemplary impact on the continent. Founded in 2008, the female and African led firm has been a trailblazer in its field with a unique ‘for Africa, by Africans, to the world’ …
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The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is shocked and saddened by the violent deaths of two Red Cross aid workers who were killed yesterday, during an attack by armed men in the Kayes region of Mali. The aid workers were on their way back from a field visit to the Malian town of …
The David and Goliath battle of climate activists against plans by Shell has resumed in South Africa. The case, which in February 2022 saw the High Court in Makhanda dismiss the oil giant and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe’s application for leave to appeal a ruling that temporarily halted a seismic survey off …
