Development

A group of Kenyan students has qualified for the Huawei ICT global competition finals, which will hold in November 2020. The students are from Laikipia University, JKUAT, Multimedia University, and the University of Nairobi are in the competition representing Kenya in the competition. They made the top eight out of over 40 contesting teams in Africa. This year’s Huawei ICT competition...

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....

With more than six million students out of school due to closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank Board approved a project to support continued learning at home, and safe transition back to school during recovery.  Funded by a $10.6 million grant from the Global Partnership for Education, the Sudan Education COVID-19 Response Project aims to support both teachers...

Telecom giant Huawei Technologies, together with the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy alongside Advocacy for Human Value Foundation, announced their donations of various ICT equipment to Al-Walidyn Charitable School in the Pantami community of Gombe State – Nigeria. The group also disclosed that they also wholly renovated a building at the same school. The news was made public during...

The African Union (AU), through the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), has secured 270-million vaccine doses to supply African countries, with at least 50-million doses available for April to June 2021. AVATT, a 10-member team drawn from across the continent, was established in August 2020 by AU chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa to ensure that the continent could secure sufficient vaccine...

Over five thousand families have benefitted from the food support programme organised by the USAID funded Urban Assistance Scheme, which was launched by the World Food Programme (WFP). The programme is being spearheaded by Lead, who is in partnership with the WFP in reaching out to the beneficiaries. The scheme is meant to benefit vulnerable families who have been drawn...

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...

Microsoft has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to co-create technology solutions in agriculture. The collaboration between Microsoft, through its 4Afrika initiative, will support AGRA’s digital transformation as it works to improve food security for 30 million farming households across 11 countries by 2021. The MOU aims to encourage the use...

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...

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...