Young Africans Fired Up by African Development Bank Agribusiness Mentoring Partnership with Purdue University

President Akinwumi Adesina with some young farmers sponsored to an agribusiness mentoring programme at Purdue University, U.S.

Young Africans Fired Up by African Development Bank Agribusiness Mentoring Partnership with Purdue University

ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire, 18 October 2018 / PRN Africa / -- For Miriam Ahuna Ofoeze, nothing now stands between her and her cherished goal of becoming a successful agribusiness entrepreneur. Thanks to an innovative training programme sponsored by the African Development Bank at Purdue University, Indianapolis, the young Nigerian is even convinced she now has what it takes to become a future World Food Prize winner.

Today is #ANTISLAVERYDAY

Today is #ANTISLAVERYDAY
18, October, 2018.

IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT TRAFFICKING…

The reality is that over 40 million people are victims of trafficking – girls are forced to marry instead of getting an education, communities are blind to the signs of trafficking happening next door and businesses and banks enable traffickers to succeed. To reap the rewards of a traffic-free world, we need to invest.

TOGETHER, WE CAN STOP THE TRAFFIK

Today, we're joining with multiple partners, hundreds of volunteers and thousands of organisations to mark #AntiSlaveryDay2018, the national awareness day of modern slavery in the UK. This year we're working with Barclays, Border Force, local councils and community groups to raise awareness of this global crime.
Join STOP THE TRAFFIK | People shouldn't be bought and sold.

Governor General of Canada To Visit Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria

Governor General of Canada To Visit  Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria

OTTAWA, Oct. 16, 2018 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced that Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will visit Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Nigeria, from October 23 to 30, 2018.

Human Rights Council Election: 5 Things You Need To Know About It

Human Rights Council Election: 5 Things You Need To Know About It

NEW YORK, 15 October 2018 / PRN Africa / -- While the institution has been the subject of controversy since its creation in 2006 – culminating in the withdrawal of the USA this past June – UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated that it plays “a very important role” in the UN's human rights architecture.

1. First of all… how does it all work?

Africa: Think Exponentially, Not Incrementally: How the Rules of the Game Are Changing in Africa’s Banking Sector

OPINION EDITORIAL

Think exponentially, not incrementally: How the rules of the game are changing in Africa’s banking sector

by Sunil Kaushal, CEO, Africa & Middle East at Standard Chartered Bank.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, October 17, 2018/ -- Think exponentially, not incrementally: How the rules of the game are changing in Africa’s banking sector

Sunil Kaushal, CEO, Africa & Middle East at Standard Chartered Bank.

An abundance of opportunities

We are fortunate to witness a period of monumental progress in Africa. The changes are visible across all sectors. African start-ups have raised a record breaking $560 million in 2017, an increase of 53% from the previous year. African governments have welcomed technology into the continent, hoping to inspire a revolution across all industries and sectors. Some of the brightest minds are determined to rewrite the rules of the game by harnessing technology to tackle some of the continents greatest challenges – with one of them being the distinct lack of access to banking services for large parts of the population. Only 4 years ago, an astounding 66% of Sub-Saharan Africans (http://bit.ly/2PDboRb) did not have a bank account. Now, Africa has been described as a “leapfrogger” with the application of a technology driven economic model to reach the unbanked.

Nigeria - Canada Investment Summit 2018

Nigeria - Canada Investment Summit
NOVEMBER 5TH – 6TH, 2018 IN ABUJA, NIGERIA

TORONTO, Oct. 16, 2018 /CNW/ - Canadian businesses, organizations and government agencies are invited to attend the Nigeria Canada Investment Summit on November 5th and 6th, 2018, in Abuja, Nigeria's national capital. The theme is, "Fostering Strong Business Partnerships Into The Future." Coupled with news that the Governor General of Canada Julie Payette is visiting Nigeria at the end of October and will be in Abuja and Lagos, the Summit affirms the warm and fruitful relations between Canada and Nigeria.

UN Welcomes ‘Milestone' Release of 833 Nigerian Children from Anti-Boko Haram Force

OCHA/Yasmina Guerda
A camp for conflict-affected people in Rann, north-east Nigeria.

UN Welcomes ‘Milestone' Release of 833 Nigerian Children from Anti-Boko Haram Force

NEW YORK, 12 October 2018 / PRN Africa / -- “This is an important development for boys and girls of north-east Nigeria whose lives have been deeply affected by violence and insecurity,” said the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba. “I also want to highlight that today's release of children is the result of months of productive work and collaboration between the CJTF and the United Nations… We expect more children to be separated from the CJTF soon.”

Buhari Won the Presidential Elections in 2003, 2007 and 2011- Fomer US Ambassador Campbell

Channels TV:
In your book, you refer to Muhammadu Buhari as the candidate who won the most votes in each of the last three elections in Nigeria, and was defeated by his opponents rigging efforts, how did you arrive at that?

John Campbell:
You arrived at that conclusion by talking with people who were intimately connected with the entire process. Dt included individuals but also NGOs, NGOs that were foreign based and that were Nigeria based. And the rigging took place not so much at the actual polling places, but rather at the places where all the polling results were brought together.

Channels TV:
Was this information from the INEC perhaps?

John Campbell:
Well INEC, I was the US ambassador at the time, and working officially with INEC. All INEC gave me was their talking points.

Nigeria: Forward Ever, Backward Never!

FORWARD EVER, BACKWARD NEVER!

Those whining about hardship in Nigeria and expecting to magically land in the Promised Land flowing with milk and honey remind me of the ignorant and ungrateful pessimistic Jews lamenting after crossing the Red Sea and started cursing Prophet Moses and Aaron that they preferred to return to their days in Egypt.

Those who want to return to the days of looting by wheeler dealers in the corridors of power in Abuja are the enemies of our progress. And I say this without apologies and without regrets.
They are those who don't want to make sacrifices for the nation building of a New Nigeria. I know Who is Who in Nigerian political leadership since working for the Alhaji Bamanga Tukur's presidential campaign in 1990.

The Secret Chinese Arms Trade in the Horn of Africa and Spread of Terrorist Groups

PRESS RELEASE

The Secret Chinese Arms Trade in the Horn of Africa

China is actively positioning itself as a major supplier of arms to the African continent and is stepping up its shipments of weapons to conflict zones through Djibouti in the Horn of Africa.