Agriculture, including forestry and fisheries, is the sector most threatened by climate change. At the same time, the agricultural sectors produce a fifth of the world’s...
Johnson & Johnson has announced the launch of the Africa Innovation Challenge, an initiative to support Africa’s vibrant and growing innovation ecosystem and to help develop...
The Department of Water and Sanitation has started a process of releasing water from the country’s reserves at Sterkfontein Dam into the Vaal Dam. The department...
The Naked Convos (TNC), an open-publishing platform with over one million monthly page-views has announced its expansion into East Africa, starting with Kenya. The Naked Convos...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has again debunked report of plans to increase the pump price of petrol. Mr Garba Deen Muhammad, Group General Manager,...
Much of Nigeria’s market potential remains unrealised because of significant impediments such as pervasive corruption, inadequate power and transportation infrastructure, high energy costs, an inconsistent...
A modern e-library donated by Shell to the Port Harcourt Literary Society has opened its doors to book lovers and other literary enthusiasts. The N1.03 billion...
BY: SHARON SNELL In a collaborative effort to improve cybersecurity in the financial sector, the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors have endorsed the G7...
The Department of Science and Technology Director General, Dr Phil Mjwara, says biotechnology or genetically modified (GM) crops have had a positive economic impact on South...
I was privileged to attend the 12th edition of the African Travel & Tourism Conference (Akwaaba): a gathering of travel and tourism experts in Africa –...
The GE Global Operations Properties team was tasked with planning, designing and building the Africa Innovation Centre (AIC), after evaluating the results and key findings from...
Tongaat Hulett says the severe drought in KwaZulu-Natal has affected cane yields and subsequently sales volumes, but it still expects to report an increase in interim...
Data leaders from government, business, science and civil society to collaborate on challenges and initiatives in Cape Town, 15 – 18 January 2017, at the inaugural...
A new FAO methodology has been launched that allows dairy farmers and project designers to reliably document how they are reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. The...
LAGOS, Nigeria – The African Development Bank has approved the first installment of a $1 billion loan to Nigeria to help President Muhammadu Buhari combat a...
The Federal Government, weekend, said it would undertake a review of the pricing template for Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, to forestall a...
‘Innovation’ is a word I hear a lot in business these days. Many organisations owe their success to it, while others have realised the importance of...
Nigeria’s top tomato paste maker, Chief Eric Umeofia, says he is leaving Nigeria to set up shops in Kenya, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire and Ethiopia. Umeofia said...
By Collins Yakubu-hammer Dr Charles Ugwuanyi, a Consultant Neurosurgeon with the Wellington Neurosurgery Centre, Abuja, says that Nigeria loses 1 billion dollars annually to medical tourism...
Real estate capital flows are moving increasingly to eastern and southern Europe as opposed to sub-Saharan Africa, according to the commercial real estate advisory firm, JLL....
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