Development

Banque Populaire de Mauritanie (BPM), one of the leading banks in Mauritania, launched a state-of-the-art mobile banking service - Bankily, which has received a positive response from consumers. With banking penetration around 30%, Bankily is helping to modernize banking and payments in Mauritania and encouraging financial inclusion in the country. Bankily is powered by Comviva's mobiquity® Banking Suite. Bankily brings a digital revolution in the...

In Partnership with the TAF Africa Foundation, the Jobs, Skills and Finance Program in the Gambia has launched the first formal apprenticeship program in masonry for young citizens, cutting across both male and female recipients. The launching event took place on Tuesday, 6th April 2021, at the TAF Africa Foundation Hall at the Madiba Mall, Brufut Garden. The "Jobs, Skills...

The Egyptian Minister of Health, Hala Zayed, has extended a message of goodwill and praise for the Chinese coronavirus vaccine Sinopharm after the country recently received a 300,000-dose shipment of the substance as a donation from China. Speaking to reporters in Egypt, Zayed disclosed that Egypt is working with the Chinese government to become a producer of the vaccine in...

Weeks before WHO declared globally a health pandemic which has all but shut down most schools across the US and the world at large, teen girl education advocate Zuriel Oduwole shared her remarkable journey with over 600 US Educators. At an annual conference where educators gathered to explore creative and ways of keeping students engaged and excited about their...

The president stated this at a Presidential Conference with the Participants of Senior Executive Course 42 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies at the State House, Abuja, recently. He noted that the focal point of the group's research for the year, "Population Growth and Human Capital Development: Challenges and Opportunities," was most appropriate in timing, and the...

A new study by Google and International Finance Corporation has revealed that the Internet economy and business has the outstanding potential of contributing $180bn to the economy of Nigeria and other African countries by 2025. The findings of the study which was made public on Wednesday, November 13 2020, featured within its pages the numerous growth opportunities within the African...

The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) has given the first tranche of the N1 billion to the LivingTrust Mortgage Bank to disburse to Micro Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (MSMEs). This was disclosed by the mortgage bank in a statement it issued on 12th March 2021. According to the statement, the first tranche of N1 billion from the Development Bank of...

Paxful is shining the spotlight on the opportunities the fast-growing bitcoin economy has to offer the youth In a recent report titled, Workforce of the future 2030, PWC contends that by 2030: "Africa will be home to more than a quarter of the world's population of under 25's. Under 25's in total will make up 60% of the continent's total population....

In the fight against COVID-19, China has pledged to supply free vaccine against Coronavirus to Africa first, once a vaccine is developed. This was affirmed by the Chinese President Xi Jinping while speaking to an online coronavirus forum with the leaders of several African nations. In a speech aired on state media, President XI said: “We gathered here with our new...

By Miracle Nwankwo In recent times, Africans are beginning to turn their hearts from seeking employment to making employment. This can be seen in the numbers of business ventures that are emerging in the continent, projecting a future of millions of African-owned brands. In the spirit of the growing an entrepreneurial community in Africa, the continent is turning into a hub...