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Abiodun Abidoye, April 6, 2025, Sandton Johannesburg. The recent imposition of sweeping tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump has sent shockwaves across Africa, threatening to upend decades of trade relations under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). While a universal 10% baseline tariff applies to all imports into the U.S., several African nations face […]
Apr 5, 2025 · 3 min
In a move akin to a Trump backing a Clinton in a US election, Kenya’s outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta wants to hand the political crown to his foe-turned-friend Raila Odinga – only to see his deputy William Ruto trying to snatch it in the 9 August election. It has led to a political drama that […]
Aug 6, 2022 · 6 min
Equality is not only a fundamental human right, but also is a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.
Jul 12, 2022 · 6 min
Experts from Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky have discovered an undetected backdoor program called “SessionManager” set up as a malicious module in Internet Information Services (IIS), a popular Microsoft-published web server. Once propagated, SessionManager enables a wide range of malicious activities, from collecting emails to taking complete control of the victim’s infrastructure. First ex
Jul 5, 2022 · 3 min
The move has been a long time coming. December 2020, Abuja issued a directive for all SIM card carriers to link their lines to a unique National Identity Number, citing a need to tackle the plaguing insecurity in the country.
Apr 11, 2022 · 6 min
Total confirmed cases from the Coronavirus pandemic in Africa has risen to 14,497 with 2,823 total recoveries and 788 confirmed deaths. South Africa leads in numbers of positive cases standing at 2,173 with 410 recoveries and 25 deaths. This could be attributed to a better testing capacity and a more robust information gathering and dissemination […]
Apr 9, 2020 · 2 min
The National Influenza Center laboratory at the National Public Health Laboratories of the Ministry of Health confirms this case of Covid-19 as the first in Kenya of a citizen who returned from the United States via the United Kingdom on the 5th of March and has tested positive to the Covid-19 virus. The patient is said […]
Mar 13, 2020 · 1 min
According to a recent report, Africa is considered to lead global economic growth in the conceivable future. it is the home of almost two billion people with rising household spending and growth in foreign direct investment. The continent is rich in natural resources with a majority young productive population, the potential is huge. it is […]
Feb 4, 2020 · 1 min
The African continental free trade agreement ACFTA has opened up opportunities for multinationals to diversify into unchartered markets especially emerging economies like Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Rwanda. According to the International Monetary Fund, Angola’s economy will contract for a fourth straight year in 2019 yet investors are happy with the reforms by […]
Jan 23, 2020 · 3 min
