Africa

Africa to become top medical cannabis grower, experts say

Africa is likely to become one of the world’s top medical cannabis growers, a group…

Afreximbank says Russia-Africa trade volume hits $20bn in 3 years

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) says trade between Africa and Russia has doubled to about…

Facebook expands third-party fact-checking to more African countries

After successfully pioneering its anti-fake news project in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Cameroon and Senegal,…

Why sustainable solution to xenophobia may be difficult — Expert

Grant Masterson, an expert in pan-African governance, says the South African government may find it…

Africa’s food, beverage growth to hit $1trn by 2030 – World Bank Expert

Dr Adetunji Oredipe, a Senior Agriculture Economist with the World Bank, says the food and…

Social media a security threat, Africa’s intelligence chiefs declare

The Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) has declared some activities in…

Is US, global north trying to silence Africa at climate talks? – Nnimmo Bassey

By Daniels Ekugo The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) is concerned that the US…

Nigeria, rest of Africa’s total merchandise trade stands at $997.9bn – report

Nigeria and the rest of Africa’s total merchandise trade in 2018 have been estimated to…

Africa needs partnership not aids, says Dogara

  Africa needs partnership that would develop the continent’s latent potentials and not aids and…

Nigeria, Africa to benefit from rising oil price — Uwaleke

Prof. Uche Uwaleke of the Department of Banking and Finance, Narsarwa State University,  said the…