Nigerian Entrepreneur Finds New Way To Solve Housing Shortage
May 7, 2015 Nigeria, with a population of over 170 million people, is facing a national housing deficit of about 17.5 million units, and requires a minimum of additional one million housing units each year to reduce that deficit. With high interest rates on mortgages, high cost of construction material and land, many Nigerians cannot
FA told Graham Taylor not to pick ‘too many’ black players for England
May 6, 2015 The Football Association tried to impose an unofficial quota system on the number of black players an England manager should be allowed to use, according to a new book about racism within the sport. Pitch Black, written by Emy Onuora, includes a passage in which an anti-racism in football campaigner claims Graham
Rebels attack U.N. convoy in central Africa, killing 2 peacekeepers
May 6, 2015 Suspected rebels ambushed a U.N. convoy in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, killing two peacekeepers and wounding 13 others. Four more peacekeepers are missing after the attack in Beni, the United Nations said in a news release. The peacekeepers killed were from Tanzania, it said. A day earlier, a U.N.
Footballer Emmanuel Adebayor comes for his family in new Facebook post
May 6, 2015 Former African Footballer of Year, Togolese footballer Emmanuel Adebayor has been having a running battle with his family for years. His sister has gone to the media a few times to claim he doesn’t take care of them and has turned his back on them, plus other accusations. She even claimed that
Getting Africa’s Jobseekers Online and Into Employment
May , 2015 “Throughout my four years at University, my friend and I used to go dropping off application letters to firms in Nairobi, but it was all in vain since we never received any responses,” Zach Ngugi recalls. Then he met Deborah Beaton, chief executive of Kenyan online recruitment service Kama Kazi, at his
The Fuel Scarcity Crisis That Was….
The Fuel Scarcity Crisis That Was…. Every crisis in Nigeria has a story that follows it, some sort of adventurous tale of success…sometimes (most times) failure. But nothing, I mean nothing beats the tales that accompany the occasional Fuel Scarcity crisis in Nigeria. I just got Fuel (PMS/Petrol) now, so allow me to drop
APC reveals the real causes of Nigeria’s latest fuel scarcity
May 5, 2015 The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the real causes of the debilitating fuel scarcity across the country are the looting of the $12 billion domestic gas fund under President Goodluck Jonathan’s watch, the Administration’s failure to pay fuel subsidy and the cost of interests on bank loans to oil marketers, thus
Boko Haram stones women as Nigeria conducts rescue mission in which more than 10 die
May 4, 2015 Boko Haram pelted women and children with stones as Nigerian soldiers conducted a rescue mission in which more than 10 women were killed. As gunshots of the military could be heard in the Sambisa Forest in northeast Nigeria, women and girls were stoned to death because they refused to run away with
Opinion: Call For Nigeria To Adopt Sharia Economic System
May 4, 2015 Professor Shehu Usman Rano Aliyu, director of the International Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance at Bayero University, Nigeria, said Islamic banking and finance is the best option for tackling challenges faced by the Nigerian economy. Nigeria ranks second only to Saudi Arabia for gross domestic product among members of the Organisation of
NEW: Opportunities For Young Africans
May 3, 2015 Software Development Teaching Fellowship at MEST Ghana (Fully-Sponsored) Deadline: April 30, 2015 The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) is looking for candidates with a passion for teaching and a strong background Web and Mobile technology and/or entrepreneurship for a one-year assignment, teaching programming to aspiring software entrepreneurs in Accra, Ghana. MEST