U.S. Vice President wraps up visit to Africa

The U. S. vice president has ended her weeklong trip across Africa. Kamala Harris met with Zambia’s, Tanzania’s and Ghana’s heads of state during her 3-leg journey.  If the influence of other foreign powers loomed over her trip, she tried to deepen and reframe U.S. relationships with the continent. She highlighted major steps in that

The rapid rate of competition law developments across Africa

  Baker McKenzie’s latest Africa Competition Report 2022 provides a detailed analysis and overview of recent developments in competition law enforcement and competition policy in 32 African jurisdictions and regional bodies. The Report outlines how, over the past two years, African competition regulators have actively engaged in efforts to address pandemic-related challenges, but there has

NIGERIA AND THE GLOBAL INTERNET INDEX  – THISDAYLIVE

Nigeria ranks low in the Internet value index, writes Sonny Aragba-Akpore    Despite the robust growth recorded for internet connectivity in Nigeria, the country still ranks low in global internet value index. Of the 117 countries profiled, Nigeria ranks 109 on the index. Sixty one percent or five billion of the global population is said to be

Benin, Ghana, Nigeria…West Africa, the new hub of cocaine

A lot of things change without changing, that’s according to the this year’s Global Cocaine Report 2023, released by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). If the global supply of the tropane alkaloid extracted from the coca leaf seems to have officially increased by 35% in less than two years, it’s difficult to

TechNigeria: A weekly digest of what went down in Nigeria’s tech space

Get Funded Africa (GFA), AfriGOPay, ABC Fund, Finverity, Oxfam, Spotify, Effy, Zoom, Payday were some of the names that made the headlines in the tech ecosystem this week. Zoom announced Tuesday teaming up with OpenAI to add AI-generated summaries, message drafts, and more to its video conferencing app through its Zoom IQ AI-powered assistant. Also,

Gold in Ghana, oil in Nigeria, and fracking in South Africa

One small-scale miner was killed and four injured as security forces moved to evict them from a concession held by Ghana’s Golden Star Resources.ExxonMobil’s plan to exit from onshore oil production in the Niger Delta is effectively an attempt to escape from its toxic legacy in the region, communities say.Plans to frack for gas in

MMZY; Fela Kuti’s son making waves as Nigeria’s music next big thing

‘Animal’ has accumulated over 20milliion+ streams across all platforms. His “Ballin’ released in 2022, also got high number of Shazam in Canada and over 1 million streams on all platform. Before releasing his debut record “Miracle lover” in 2009, he had already collaborated with established artists and was formerly signed to KeraeRecords. His infectious rhythms

How Nigeria is wrestling lost cargoes from Togo, Benin, Ghana

Togo, Benin and Ghanaian ports have always deprived Nigerian ports of cargoes due to cargo diversion by importers who seem to want better services and port efficiency. However, recent indicators reveal that Nigerian ports are beginning to wrest back lost cargoes from these ports, writes TOLA ADENUBI. Excerpts: NIGERIAN ports, before now have been described