LéO Africa Institute Huduma Fellowship 2023 for emerging public sector leaders in Uganda.
Application Deadline: 24th March 2023. The Huduma Fellowship is an initiative by the LéO Africa Institute and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung which has provided thought leadership training for 30 emerging champions in Uganda’s civic and public service sector over the last two years. The program enrolls 15 outstanding champions who are already working in the field or aspire
U-21 hockey teams brace for Jnr Africa Cup
The Herald Ellina Mhlanga Senior Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE’S Under-21 men’s and women’s field hockey teams are fancying their chances at the Junior Africa Cup that gets underway this coming weekend in Ismailia, Egypt. The tournament is now scheduled to run from March 12 to 16. Initially it was set for March 12 to 19 with
Into Africa: Cloud Brings Customers and Innovation – TechEconomy
South Africa and Kenya are worlds apart in their embrace of information technology, … while Nigeria and Ghana came in just below South Africa.
Global Gateway, billion-dollar European funds for companies in the ACP region-breakinglatest.news-Breaking Latest News
27 The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission have signed new agreements to mobilize a total of €4 billion to support businesses in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, up to 2027. This is learned from a press release from the European Commission, which specifies that these agreements constitute a guarantee program which
Ashoka/HSBC Green Changemakers Challenge 2023 for young Changemakers ($225,000 in grant funding)
Application Deadline: April 26, 2023 Ashoka and HSBC are collaborating for the third year, to launch the ‘Green Changemakers Challenge.’ This global innovation challenge is open to changemakers with solutions that are equipping others with the mindset and capabilities to contribute towards building a sustainable and equitable world. The Green Changemakers Challenge will support those individuals
A timeline of Nigeria’s 2023 demonetisation policy
On Sunday, several media reports said that hackers robbed Flutterwave of over ₦2.9 billion ($6.3 million). According to Techpoint Africa, ₦2,949,557,867 was illegally transferred from the account of the Nigerian fintech company. Amidst these claims, Yewande Akomolafe-Kalu, Head of Branding and Storytelling at Flutterwave, said, “Flutterwave has not been hacked”. However, she noted that a
Applications Open for 2023 Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition
The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, a philanthropic initiative sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, has launched its fifth annual edition and now calls for participation from Africa’s entrepreneurial talent. ABH is part of the Jack Ma Foundation’s long-term commitment to helping support and foster an inclusive and strong entrepreneurial ecosystem
Africa dominates searches for leveraged trading products, with Nigeria having second-highest global level of leverage searches
According to the most recent analysis of Google searches performed by Leverage Trading, Nigeria obtained the second-highest score (94) internationally for queries connected to cryptocurrency leverage in the last five years. Only Singapore (100), which placed a strong emphasis on transactional queries such “how to leverage trade crypto,” outperformed the West African country in the
Startups in Francophone Africa are on the rise
African startups continue to shatter fundraising records, but those operating in English-speaking countries attract the majority of investment inflows. In the recent past though, there have been encouraging developments in the Francophone space. Startups on the continent raised $4.8 billion in total funding in 2022, according to a report by Africa: The Big Deal. As
African destinations to make massive return to European fair this March
Internationale Tourismus-Börse (ITB Berlin), one of the globe’s leading tourism market place, will be making a return to live (person-to-person) event since 2019 when it last held the event in the marquee Messe Berlin Arena. Scheduled to take place from March 7-9, 2023 in Messe Berlin in the Charlottenburg province, this year’s event has Georgia