The 2018 FIFA World Cup draw is out. The groups seem evenly distributed without any obvious ‘group of death’ this time around. The event will be held from June 14th to July 15th, 2018 in Russia. The five African teams that have earned their spot to represent the continent are Nigeria, Egypt, Senegal, Morocco, and Tunisia. The teams secured their place after a long, two-year competition. A total of 64 games will be played to decide the winner of the FIFA World Cup. TAKE OUR POLL [totalpoll id=”319111″] ALSO READ: Here is What Happened When Nigeria Became First African Team…
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Twitter Lite, Twitter’s stripped-down version of its service for Android has been rolled out to a dozen more countries. This includes 6 African countries Algeria, Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Tunisia, and also Tanzania. According to Twitter, The Twitter Lite app is able to load faster on a slow connection. And moreover, it is more resilient on unreliable mobile networks. Twitter additionally reduced the size of the app to under 3MB, so that it doesn’t take up too much space on a phone. ALSO READ: President Uhuru Kenyatta Wins Disputed Election Re-run and Kenyans React on Twitter The announcement was made…
The Dangote group has opened a $300 million cement production plant in the Republic of Congo. The facility which has a capacity of 1.5 million metric tonnes per annum will generate over 1000 new jobs. ALSO READ: Dangote bids for Struggling Kenyan Company The Launch The various speeches at the launching of the Congo-Brazzaville plant highlighted the economic development significance and prospective impact of this massive industrial project. President Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville noted that the plant was the biggest industrial plant in the country and the investment represented an industrial revolution within the regional group – Economic Community of…
South Africa’s Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters has been crowned Miss Universe 2017 in a tough pageant with 92 contestants, only 10 of which were African. She is the second South African to win the title after Margaret Gardiner won the title in 1978. The beautiful 22-year-old recently earned her degree in Business Management at North West University. She was the Junior Deputy Mayor of her city George, in the Western Cape, at the age of 17. She also became the first girl in her school’s history to be President of the Student Council for both my school and boarding house. ALSO READ: Zozibini Tunzi Becomes…
In a very recent and surprising turn of events, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe resigned, becoming the 3rd African President to step down from power this year after over 2 decades of rule. Prior to his resignation, Angola’s President José Eduardo dos Santos stepped down after 38 years of rule. Also, in The Gambia, President Yahyah Jammeh was forced out after losing elections – this effectively ended his 23-year rule. ALSO READ: The Best African Heads Of Government Of 2019 TAKE OUR POLL Africa’s Presidents With Over 15 Years In Power CountryPresidentTermYears in PowerAgeAlgeriaAbdelaziz Bouteflika1999-Present1880AngolaJosé Eduardo dos Santos1979-20173875CameroonPaul Biya1982-Present3582ChadIdriss Déby1990-Present2765Republic of…
2017 has blown in vast winds of change on the African continent. From development projects to a rapid emersion into the promise that technology provides. But some old problems prevail. Most nagging is the seduction of power that has found some African Presidents hanging on to power for decades. However, this year some of that changed as 3 dictators stepped down from their ‘thrones’. Most notable of all has been the 3 was the recent exit of Zimbabwe’s 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe, who was the oldest President in the World. The other two countries that saw a similar shift were…
The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA’s) Head of IT Fernando Wangila is the CIO of the year Award winner in East Africa’s 2017 CIO100 Awards. Themed as Digital Transformation, the annual CIO100 Awards ceremony was preceded by a two-days symposium attended by more than 400 senior IT and business executives who congregated to learn, share knowledge, and recognize their peers who have performed well. ALSO READ: API Awards: Real Estate Projects That Set High Standards for African Property Developers in 2019 According to Prof. Joseph Sevilla, Director at iLab, a research Center within Strathmore University. NTSA scooped the top accolade…
Cytonn Investments plans to transform a 100-acre Kiambu coffee plantation into a $12.5 million residential-cum-commercial development. The new plantation will host 6,500 people and a five-star hotel in Kenya. Through a special purpose vehicle jointly formed with local and foreign investors, Cytonn Investment Partners Five LLP will also build a five-star waterfront hotel comprising 34 luxury rooms, 36 cottages, and also four water cottages on 1.97 acres reserved for the hotel development next to an eight-acre dam. ALSO READ: Unraveling The Mystery Behind Uganda’s Banana Disease https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kmtynV6Too#action=share Moreover, details disclosed to the National Environment Management Authority (Nema) says the high-class Zone…
Unmarried couples have until the end of this year to legalize their relationships, the Burundi government said, as part of an effort to reform morals in the country. In Burundi, The order follows the launch of a campaign in May by President Pierre Nkurunziza “to moralize society”. Interior ministry spokesperson Terence Ntahiraja told AFP the country was facing a population explosion which he blamed on “illegal marriages”, polygamy, bigamy, and “hundreds of schoolgirls getting pregnant”. He said church and state-sanctioned weddings were the solution and were a patriotic duty. Nkurunziza said Burundians should show their love for each other -…
Ramón Nsé Esono Ebalé is an Equatorial Guinea cartoonist who works under the pen name Jamón y Queso. He was seized in a restaurant in the capital city, Malabo, and detained without charge by government security officers on September 16th. This is as a result of his provocative political cartoons. Esono’s Cartoons The target of Esono Ebalé’s cartoons is the country’s long-time leader, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron fist since overthrowing his own uncle in a coup in 1979. Governing in Equatorial Guinea has been an Obiang family business — an often ruthless one — since independence in…