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03/04/2024

Ukraine is pushing to strengthen alliances with African countries

Ukraine is pushing to strengthen its alliances with African countries through an expansion of its grain shipments program, roughly doubling its embassies in Africa, and President Volodymr Zelenskyy making his first state visit to the continent in the coming months.

Now in the third year of a brutal war following a full-scale invasion by Russia in February 2022, Ukraine faces an existential battle to build geopolitical ties globally as its key ally in the United States wavers in its support.

The move to ramp up the grain program coincides with broader moves to foster closer ties with African nations.

A Ukrainian government spokesperson had revealed that plans are on the way for the country to expand its diplomatic reach, with Kyiv intending to double its 12 embassies in Africa by adding between 10 and 12 more this year.

It comes amid news of the Ukrainian president’s plans to visit the continent.

“In the next few months, I believe President Zelenskyy will be coming to South Africa because he’d like to strengthen and expand the engagement,” South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said during an event last week in Washington D.C. at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace think tank.
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[Semanfor Africa]

03/04/2024

to the Bariba people of Benin 🇧🇯

The Bariba ethnic group, also known as the Baatombu is one of the major ethnic groups in Benin Republic, comprising about 9% of the total population.

They are found to be inhabiting the northeastern region of Benin, where they are concentrated especially around the city of Nikki, which is considered the traditional capital of the Bariba people.

The Bariba people, just like other major tribes, engage in agricultural activities as their primary occupation, growing crops like rice, cotton, cassava (tapioca), yams, beans, palm oil, peanuts with some poultry and livestock.

One of their noted festivals is the annual Gani festival of which horse riding is a prominent element. Religion plays an important role in Bariba tribes and they are primarily Islamic. However, a number of Bariba communities have their own indigenous beliefs.

03/04/2024

With over 100 million heads of cattle, and the construction of several modern slaughterhouses, Chad is set to transform the African meat market.

Through economic partnerships and an investments of over $300 million from ARISE IIP, Chad is on a journey to industrialize its meat production and improve its overall product quality, positioning it as a leader in the meat sector.

03/04/2024

Tedros Adhanom Asmara, Ethiopia [now in Eritrea]) Ethiopian biologist and public health official was the first African to serve as director general of the World Health Organization (WHO).

02/04/2024

Judith Suminwa Tuluka named first female prime minister of DR Congo 🇨🇩

Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed the country’s first-ever female prime minister, naming planning minister Judith Suminwa to the role.

An economist, she takes over as prime minister from Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, following Tshisekedi’s sweeping re-election as president on December 20.

I am aware of the great responsibility … We will work for peace and the development of the country,” Suminwa said on national television on Monday.

The new prime minister will be tasked with pushing the president’s declared priorities of employment, youth, women and national cohesion for the nation of about 100 million people.
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[Al Jazeera]

02/04/2024

From 1921 until 1969, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania all used the same currency called ‘The East African shilling’.The three East African countries also operated a joint airline called the ‘East African Airlines’.

02/04/2024

Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world, after Greenland, New Guinea, and Borneo. Although located some 250 miles (400 km) from the African continent, Madagascar’s population is primarily related not to African peoples but rather to those of Indonesia, more than 3,000 miles (4,800 km) to the east.

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02/04/2024

Mombasa, Kenya is the world’s third most affordable holiday destination in 2024, according to the 18th annual Post Office Travel Money’s ‘Holiday Money Report’.It ranks behind Hoi An, Vietnam and Cape Town, South Africa respectively.

02/04/2024

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has launched Salaam Bank, Uganda’s first ever licensed Islamic Banking institution. Islamic banking is a form of banking based on Islamic principles. Basically, in Islamic banking it is not allowed to pay and receive interest but rather it is based on profit sharing.

01/04/2024

We're quite curious 😃.. in what African city can we find this beautiful outdoor view ?
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01/04/2024

April 1

On this day in 1966, the first World Festival of Negro Arts (later renamed the World Festival of Black Arts) opens in Dakar, Senegal 🇸🇳.

Organised against the backdrop of African decolonisation and the push for civil rights in the US, the festival was hailed as the inaugural cultural gathering of the black world.

Initiated by President Leopold Senghor and also being an official event of UNESCO, more than 2,500 artists, musicians, performers and writers gathered in Dakar that month. The event spanned literature, theatre, music, dance, film, as well as the visual arts.

01/04/2024

Togo revises constitution, extends presidential term and imposes single term limit. The new constitution, approved by 89 out of 91 lawmakers, says the president is elected by parliament for a single six-year term. In contrast, the previous constitution, enacted in 2019 amid public demonstrations, permitted a president to be elected through universal suffrage for up to two five-year terms.

01/04/2024

Access Holdings, led by Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, is pushing for the biggest share of the remittance market in East and West Africa. The Holdco is partnering with Coronation Group to forge a relationship with Safaricom and M-Pesa Africa to provide a remittance corridor between East and West Africa.

01/04/2024

South Sudan’s government on Tuesday (Mar. 26) said schools will reopen from April 2nd following a two-week closure due to extreme heat across the country. The health and education ministries said temperatures were expected to steadily drop with the rainy season set to begin in the coming days.

01/04/2024

According to WDL projections, Africa will experience its highest-ever youth population growth inthis decade (2021–2030), with the population projected to increase by almost 100 million between 2023 and 2030. Against this backdrop, enabling young people in Africa to access dignified and fulfilling work is more important than ever before.

01/04/2024

Malawi has legalized the cultivation of a highly potent local variety of cannabis for industrial and medicinal use. The government will give people licenses to grow and transport the variety known as chamba or g***a, but smoking remains illegal, House Leader Richard Chimwendo Banda told reporters Thursday in Lilongwe, the capital, after the bill had been passed.

31/03/2024

What have you heard about Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala 🇳🇬
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31/03/2024

Kuda expands internationally with new payment licenses in Tanzania 🇹🇿 and Canada

Kuda Technologies, the Nigerian-based parent company of Kuda Microfinance Bank, has recently obtained payment licenses in Tanzania and Canada. This significant achievement paves the way for the company to expand its presence across the African and global markets.

One of the licenses will enable the African neobank to offer remittance and multi-currency wallet services to Africans residing in Canada.

The Tanzanian Payment Service Provider (PSSP) will also witness the challenger bank extending comparable services to its customers in the East African country, as part of its additional license.

After successfully establishing a presence in the Tanzanian and Canadian markets, Kuda is poised to take on other African-focused fintech startups, including LemFi, Eversend, and Nala, as it operates as a global neobank serving the African diaspora.
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[Tech In Africa]

31/03/2024

@ the Khomani Cultural Landscape in South Africa 🇿🇦

The ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape coincides with the boundaries of South Africa’s Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, located in the extreme northwest of the country, bordering Namibia 🇳🇦 and Botswana 🇧🇼.

Designated as a cultural landscape, the site includes landmarks of ǂKhomani-San history, migration, livelihoods, memory and resources.

The Khomani San descend directly from an ancient population that lived in southern Africa 150 000 years ago. This same group of people are believed to be among the ancestors of human beings.

They have played a huge role in getting their area inscribed as a world heritage site.

The Khomani Cultural Landscape reflects the Khomani and related San people's ethos of living lightly on the land and seeing themselves as part of nature, in a landscape where a respectful relationship between humans, plants, and animals connects them to this land in a unique way that epitomises sustainability.

The Khomani Cultural Landscape was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017.

31/03/2024

Happy Easter holidays 💖🌻

30/03/2024

Good looking twin septuagenarians 🇳🇬☺️

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What do you love about twins, especially identical ones? 😅
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30/03/2024

Senegal 🇸🇳 is looking to tow the route of Niger 🇳🇪, Burkina Faso 🇧🇫, Mali 🇬🇳 and Guinea 🇬🇳 by severing diplomatic and economic ties with her ex colonial master France, in the words of President-elect Bassirou Faye.

Should breaking away from France be a priority for Faye's new government, amongst other issues?

Let's discuss in the comments 👇

29/03/2024

March 29

On this day in 1979, Idi Amin Dada fled towards his tribal homeland of Kakwa as his jackboot absolutist rule over Uganda began to wane.

In 1971, General Idi Amin overthrew the elected government of Milton Obote and declared himself president of Uganda, where he led a tough eight-year regime.

At a time, his expulsion of all Indian and Pakistani citizens, along with increasing military expenditure was said to have brought about the country’s economic decline, the impact of which lasted decades.

The powers of the "great" Idi Amin was demystified in 1979 when Ugandans exiled and neighbouring Tanzanians took over control of the capital of Kampala, forcing him to flee.

Never brought to justice for his vices as alleged, Idi Amin lived out the remainder of his life in Saudi Arabia.

29/03/2024

Nigeria’s Biggest Bank Plans to Raise $1.8 Billion for Expansion. Access Holdings Plc, the parent company of Nigeria’s biggest bank by assets, plans to raise about $1.8 billion to expand its operations over the next four years as it targets becoming one of the continent’s largest lenders.

Source: Bloomberg

29/03/2024

Tanzania will host the 2024 International Tourism Summit from 20 to 23 May. The summit will bring together the world’s top 100 travel agents and it will be the first of its kind to be held in Africa. The Summit will be held in Arusha, Tanzania’s Safari capital.

29/03/2024

The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has warned currency dealers suspected of hoarding US dollars to manipulate the black market to stop it amidst the ongoing currency crisis

29/03/2024

Rwanda introduces its first ever green-certified, affordable housing estate in Kigali. Houses start at only $17,000 with others at $27,000, $29,000 and $33,000.

29/03/2024

Libya has been ranked as Africa’s happiest country despite the country facing a crisis since 2011. The country experienced a civil war in 2011 and another civil war from 2014 to 2020. Nigeria and Ghana ranked as the 102nd and 120th happiest countries in the world out of 143 nations. World’s Happiest Countries.

29/03/2024

West Africa is poised to claim a prominent place on the global stage in the textile industry, spurred by the ambitious initiatives of ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (ARISE IIP).

Countries across the region, including Benin, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mali, known for their significant cotton production, are undergoing a transformational shift from traditional raw cotton exports to full-fledged industrialization.

28/03/2024

Africa has become the solution to the UK's elderly care crisis, the trends have shown.

The number of Africans entering Britain as care workers nearly trebled over the last year after visa rules were changed to tackle staff shortages exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit. It highlights the West’s growing reliance on migrants from the world’s youngest continent to care for its aging populations.

Africans now make up the majority of foreigners given the right to work in Britain’s care system. Some 57,000 Africans entered the country on a Health and Care visa in 2023 — up from just over 20,000 in 2022 and more than half of the approximately 106,000 granted the right to travel to Britain for that work, an analysis of newly released Home Office data shows.

Britain’s government in December 2021 added care staff to a list of occupations for which visas would be granted to address a shortage of workers which rose sharply during the pandemic.

[ 🖋️: Alexis Akwagyiram, for Semanfor Africa]

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Should Africa be concerned largely for brain drain, or be content with the fact that a decent amount of FX would eventually find its way back to the continent as a result of this work migration?!

Share your thoughts with us in the comments ⬇️
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