Kora Uses Blockchain To Unlock Financial Markets for the Un(der)banked in Nigeria and Across the Globe

Kora Uses Blockchain To Unlock Financial Markets for the Un(der)banked in Nigeria and Across the Globe

LONDON and NEW YORK, May 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Company hopes to onboard 100,000 users by end of 2018.

Innovating to reduce poverty through financial inclusion, Kora has launched a new network built on blockchain technology to unlock global growth by linking the value in local ecosystems with global markets. Already piloted in Nigeria with the next pilot to launch in Ghana in June, the Kora Network platform was designed to create trust, security, efficiency and transparency.

"The Victory of Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Dream" Approved for Global Distribution

"The Victory of Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Dream" has been approved for global distribution. In full colour with more than 80 photographs of the most colourful presidential campaigns in the political history of Nigeria since independence from British colonial rule.
Written by Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima whose presidential campaign experience dates back to 1990 when he worked for the publicity department of the Alhaji Bamanga Tukur's Presidential Campaign.
This is the most colourful eye witness account of how President Muhammadu Buhari won the 2015 presidential election, including a live telephone report of an SOS distress call from Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Available on @Amazon

ClearFoundation Enters CIS Market By Partnering With World Blockchain Cryptocurrency Summit Moscow 2018

ClearFoundation Enters CIS Market 
By Partnering With World Blockchain Cryptocurrency Summit Moscow 2018

IDACB to establish the partnership with nine-year-old New Zealand-based ClearFoundation, which launches CLEAR Token, secure Blockchain Platform, and app Marketplace in the Russian Commonwealth Through Gold Partnership at Europe’s largest Blockchain Show Organized by IDACB.

IDACB FUND To Invest US$100K at World ICO Show

IDACB FUND To Invest US$100K
at World ICO Show

IDACB FUND will invest $100K in the most worthy Blockchain project at the World ICO Show which is the final step of establishing the straight relations between blockchain projects and investors in Russia. The first step was at Russia ICO show where the jury choose three best applicants (the 3rd place — eCoinomic; the 2nd place — Trecento, the 1st place — Romad). At the World ICO Show will be chosen only the one winner, who gets the $100K.

African Development Bank Approves US $1.5 Million for Jigiwa On-Grid IPP Solar Power Procurement Program

African Development Bank Approves US $1.5 Million for Jigiwa On-Grid IPP Solar Power Procurement Program

ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire, 09 May 2018 / PRN Africa / -- The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a US $1.5-million grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to support the Nigerian Government's implementation of Phase 1 of the Jigawa 1-GW Independent Power Producer (IPP) Solar Procurement Program. This approval reaffirms the underpinning principles of the Bank's New Deal on Energy for Africa and its commitment to developing renewable energy and increasing energy access on the continent.

At full 1 GW capacity, the program will assist the government to achieve its national goals of reaching 75% electricity access by 2020 and electrifying unserved and underserved areas, particularly in northern Nigeria where access rates are lowest and increasing the share of renewable energy in the energy mix to 30% by 2030.

Portenier Bursary Competition for Independent Journalists in Danger While Exposing Human Rights Abuses

Jason O’Hara, Portenir Bursary winner, 2015 (CNW Group/Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma)

Portenier Bursary Competition Offers Safety Training for Independent Journalists in Danger while Exposing Human Rights Abuses

Eman Helal, Portenier Bursary winner, 2016 (CNW Group/Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma)

Brennan Leffler, Portenier Bursary winner, 2017 (CNW Group/Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma)

LONDON, ON, May 15, 2018 /CNW/ - Independent documentary-makers and freelance journalists working on significant projects exposing human rights abuses can apply for a bursary to help them obtain hostile environment training, more usually made available to journalists working in war zones.

The 2018 Portenier Human Rights Bursary competition, offered by the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma, opens today and closes on June 15.

The annual bursary, introduced in 2015, is sponsored by the documentary filmmaker Giselle Portenier, whose work on human rights abuses has been internationally acclaimed.

Click here to read more.

IDACB To Launch Large Scale Asian Blockchain Roadshow

IDACB To Launch Large Scale Asian Blockchain Roadshow

$5 billion were invested in ICO during 2017, while according to CoinDesk $4,8 billion during three months of the current year. It is 85% investments of the whole last year (ICO Telegram excluded from the calculation). The number of ICOs have already reached 60% of 2017 rates. Despite the bans on ICO which are being introduced in some Asian countries, this region is still one of the most promising one.

Book on President Buhari and the Nigerian Dream Selling in America

Two copies of "The Victory of Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Dream: My Testimony on the 2015 Presidential Election" sold yesterday for N33, 840, including shipping.

It is only N12, 240 per copy ( excluding shipping) for the paperback version.
The hardcover will be released before Democracy Day on May 29.

This is the most colourful book on the historical 2015 presidential election in Nigeria and the principal actors in the emergence of the first Nigerian presidential candidate to defeat an incumbent President in the political history of Nigeria.

Book designed by Juvelin Aripal in the Philippines and printed in full colour in the United States of America.
Price: US$34.38.

Buhari Administration Will Continue to Ensure Transparency, Accountability in Governance - VP Osinbajo

Buhari Administration Will Continue to Ensure Transparency, Accountability in Governance - VP Osinbajo

Speech Delivered by His Excellency, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, at the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Week, Held at the NAF Conference Centre, Abuja, on Monday, May 7, 2018

ABUJA, Nigeria, May 8, 2018/ -- *Says FG determined to stop grand corruption

*Implementation of OGP has improved Nigeria’s image in international community

Speech Delivered by His Excellency, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, at the  Open Government Partnership (OGP) Week, Held at the NAF Conference Centre, Abuja, on Monday, May 7, 2018:

“We have, since we assumed office three years ago, made remarkable progress in pushing the frontiers of transparency and accountability in the Federal Government. One of the first things that the President did when we took office was to establish the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), to coordinate our reform efforts in this regard.

University of Port Harcourt's Nollywood Film Workshop Begins on May 21

The University of Port Harcourt in Rivers State of Nigeria is hosting the Nollywood Film Workshop from May 21-28, 2018.
The opening ceremony for the film workshop is on Monday, 21st of May, 2018.

The university has produced many of the top actors and actresses in Nollywood, including Ibinabo Fiberesima, Hilda Dokubo, Clem Ohameze, Sam Dede, Bob Manuel Udokwu, Monalisa Chinda, Julius Agwu, Thelma Okoduwa, Charles Inojie, Rita Dominic, Charles Okafor, Basorge Tariah Jnr, Ejike Asiegbu, Francis Duru and Yul Edochie.

Contact:
Dr. Chika Christian Onu, PhD (Directing). Department of Theatre & Film Studies University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

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