Curbing Fuel Fraud Across Africa: Payment24 Introduces ‘Vehicle Biometrics’
Fuel management and payment solutions specialists Payment24 have launched a new module in their comprehensive solutions suite, bringing contactless, cardless and secure fuel payments to market with a view to curbing fuel fraud across Africa. Payment24’s latest innovation, FastLane, is…
Truecaller Unveils Smart SMS Feature in Africa
Truecaller (www.Truecaller.com), the world’s most trusted and accurate Caller ID and telephone search engine, is rolling out a new feature to further augment the user experience. The new feature Smart SMS has been introduced based on user feedback and is…
The Hypothetical United States of Africa
By Dr Timothy Oladele Gold Marcus Garvey in 1924 enthusiastically, in his poem titled, “Hail, United States of Africa” sued for peace and unification of the continent of 54 sovereign States. His monumental artistic muse coupled with a touch of…
Liberian President’s Son Sentenced In France
The son of the President of Liberia, George Weah living in France, has been given a suspended sentenced for disturbing the peace of neighbours and causing noise pollution outside Paris. Gearge Weah Junior and his friends held a lot of…
Birimian Launches to Support African Luxury, Premium Brands
First operational investment company dedicated exclusively to African luxury and premium heritage brands, Birimian, today launched to support designers on the continent and in the diaspora to facilitate and accelerate the growth of their businesses regionally and internationally. Founded with…
Inequitable Distribution, Vaccine Hesitancy, Key Challenges for Africa in 2021 – Global COVID-19 Experts
BroadReach Group, a global social enterprise focused on harnessing health technology and innovation that empowers human action brought key global and African health experts together yesterday to share challenges and solutions around mass COVID-19 immunisation across Africa. Dr Tim Mastro…
DHL Industrial Projects Supports Historic Inter-continent Move of 676 Passenger Coaches
DHL Industrial Projects, a unit of DHL Global Forwarding that manages complex project logistics, deep sea chartering activity and heavy-lift cargo, is supporting Dunakeszi Járműjavító Kft with the transportation of the largest order of rolling stock in the history of…
Dominic Ongwen: Former Lord’s Resistance Army Senior Commander Convicted of War Crimes
International Crimes Court (ICC) sitting at The Hague, Netherlands, has convicted Ugandan child soldier-turned-warlord Dominic Ongwen of war crimes. He was convicted for crimes against humanity including maiming, torturing, forced marriage, forced pregnancy, and leading an army of fighters in…
Hon. Elemia Attacked as Elections in Uganda Turns A Game of Life or Death Ahead of 2021
As the clock ticks closer to the general polls, Ugandans are willing to elect leader of their choices in 2021 from the president to local council leaders, some of the Contestants have cried out, demanding for a level playing ground…
Why Nigeria has Suffered Severe Reverse in Governance – Oseloka H. Obaze
By James Ezema Mr. Oseloka H. Obaze is a diplomat, writer, public policy and governance expert and politician. He is the MD/CEO of Selonnes Consult, a policy, governance and management consulting firm. He was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in…
Africa records over 25,000 COVID-19 deaths – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo says there are over 25,000 COVID-19 deaths on the African continent. The UN health agency gave the update on its regional official Twitter account @WHOAFRO. WHO stated on…
