Ghana is set to have six new regions to the existing ten after landslide approvals were recorded in a referendum vote on the issue. In addition, the YES vote ranged between 99% and 99.7%. With respect to turnout, according to official results released by the Electoral Commission, EC. The lowest turnout was around 80% with the highest at 90%. ALSO READ: Top 7 Health Insurance Companies In Ghana READ MORE HERE >>
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Andela, the global technology company that is building a network of technology leaders on the African continent, recently hosted the “Fighting Fake News” Hackathon. Supported by BBC News, the Andela Hackathon was one of many events being held as part of the broadcaster’s ‘Beyond Fake News’ series. The project aims at tackling the spread of disinformation. ALSO READ:Andela Launches Tech Hub In Rwanda – African Business Magazine After a 24-hour sprint involving 52 software developers, 16 teams presented their ideas to a panel of judges comprising Jackie Christie [BBC Head of Partnerships – Africa TV Co-Productions], Shikoh Gitau [Head of…
Twenty-six bronze artifacts taken from Benin during the colonial era will be returned from France to their country of origin. The news comes on the heels of a dramatic report presented at the Élysée Palace on Friday, advising French President Emmanuel Macron to enact a permanent restitution agenda for all art taken “without consent” from Africa during the colonial era. The report, titled “Towards a new relational ethics,” has been met with horror by some French museum and gallery directors, who fear this will open a “Pandora’s Box” of restitution claims that will empty French museums of their treasures. Macron commissioned the…
French President Emmanuel Macron and Morocco’s King Mohammed VI have inaugurated Morocco’s first high-speed rail line, the first-ever such line in Africa. Known as the LGV, it will connect the economic hubs of Tangier and Casablanca in 2 hours 10 minutes at a speed of up to 320 kph (199 mph) instead of almost 5 hours on a regular train. The Moroccan and French leaders boarded the train in Tangier after they were handed tickets by the Director-General of the National Railway Office Mohamed Rabie Khlie, according to State agency MAP. ALSO READ:Morocco is home to World’s Largest Solar Plant…
Burundi government has rejected JamboJet’s proposal to offer flights between the two countries, as their planes are small and do not have business class sections. The Kenya Airways’ subsidiary was to commence the Bujumbura – Nairobi flights on 7 November after receiving a go-ahead from the Burundian government. According to its Minister of Transport, Public Works, Equipment and Land Use, Jean-Bosco Ntunzwenimana, the planes operated by Jambojet were unbefitting of the status of government officials. “I would like to kindly inform you, as I informed your partner Kenya Airways before, that our high State officials travel to the world mainly…
Blantyre district health office director of health services Dr. Gift Kawaladzira has confirmed the suspension of Patricia Mulichi who works at Ndirande Health Center. Mulichi came under intense fire on social media platforms on Tuesday for taking a selfie which went viral. The picture drew anger from people who feel the government is employing immature and irresponsible people to handle sensitive matters. The Controversial Selfie The controversial selfie showed a masked and exposed pregnant woman with wide open legs ready to give birth in a labor ward. Executive Director of Malawi’s Nurses and Midwifery Councilm, Isabella Musisi says Mulichi deserves…
Blantyre district health office director of health services Dr. Gift Kawaladzira has confirmed the suspension of Patricia Mulichi who works at Ndirande Health Center. Mulichi came under intense fire on social media platforms on Tuesday for taking a selfie which went viral. The picture drew anger from people who feel the government is employing immature and irresponsible people to handle sensitive matters. The Controversial Selfie The controversial selfie showed a masked and exposed pregnant woman with wide open legs ready to give birth in a labor ward. Executive Director of Malawi’s Nurses and Midwifery Councilm, Isabella Musisi says Mulichi deserves…
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and owner of Dangote cement in Nigeria, has revealed to be among the bidders for Kenya’s struggling ARM Cement; a cement maker company currently under the administration of accounting firm Price water house Coopers (PwC). ALSO READ: GAME CHANGER: African Billionaire Opens $300m Industrial Plant In Congo-Brazzaville The Nigerian businessman, without naming the acquisition target; which in his opinion fits the ARM company, said he is in talks over buying it. “There is a company which has operations in Tanzania, Kenya, and Rwanda which we are in talks with to see if we can take it…
Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil-producing country, which gives the nation access to wealth and resources its neighbors do not have. Unfortunately, that wealth and those resources haven’t traditionally trickled down to the Nigerians who need them most. In 2018, Nigeria’s population of people living in poverty became the largest in the world at 87 million, which far surpasses India’s 73 million living in poverty. Why does a nation with outsized wealth compared to its neighbors fail to lift its people out of poverty? According to a new report, the issues are mismanagement and outright corruption. Post-Flood Money Fails to Benefit…
Tanzanian government will provide free land to investors who would be interested in establishing industries involved in making building and construction materials, a cabinet minister has revealed. Opening the 21st Buldexpo yesterday, the minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development, Mr Wlliam Lukuvi, told the business community that the offer will last until December, aiming at attracting more investors in the building and construction sector and reducing imports. Buldexpo is Africa’s building and construction tradeshow whose 21st edition is currently going on in the country for three days. It comprises more than 200 manufacturers and exporters from around the…