Lagos port operator increases export charges, threatens Nigeria’s export promotion

APM Terminals, Apapa notified exporters that with effect from January 1st, 2023, Renomination Fee for export cargoes at APM Terminals, Apapa will now be N30,000 per container from the initial N10,000 per container Nigeria – Exporters at the Lagos Ports Complex (LPC) have expressed lamentations over the increment of Renomination Fee for export cargoes by Nigeria’s largest container terminal…

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Tanzania five years away from joining open skies

Summary The five-year timeframe will be crucial for indigenous operators to more suitably and strategically get ready to compete equally with other African major airlines. Dar es Salaam. Foreign airlines will have to wait for at least five years to start carrying passengers from Tanzania to another country while en-route to/from a home country, as the government demands more…

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Africa Movie Academy Awards founder, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, dies at 53

The founder of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, pronounced dead. A statement from her family confirmed the tragic incident on Tuesday morning. They, however, didn’t reveal the cause of her death. Describing the late filmmaker as an epitome of creative transcendence, the Emmanuel Onyechere Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe clan said Peace was an outstanding personality, trailblazer, titan, pathfinder, go-getter,…

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Africa Movie Academy Awards founder, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, dies at 53

The founder of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, pronounced dead. A statement from her family confirmed the tragic incident on Tuesday morning. They, however, didn’t reveal the cause of her death. Describing the late filmmaker as an epitome of creative transcendence, the Emmanuel Onyechere Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe clan said Peace was an outstanding personality, trailblazer, titan, pathfinder, go-getter,…

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US rapper apologises for Ghana state house video

American rapper Meek Mill has apologised after sparking an uproar in Ghana over a music video filmed in the country’s presidential palace – also called Jubilee House. Local media had reported that people were enraged over what they viewed as the “desecration” of the presidency by Meek Mill and the security issues regarding the filming of a music video…

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US rapper apologises for Ghana state house video

American rapper Meek Mill has apologised after sparking an uproar in Ghana over a music video filmed in the country’s presidential palace – also called Jubilee House. Local media had reported that people were enraged over what they viewed as the “desecration” of the presidency by Meek Mill and the security issues regarding the filming of a music video…

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“Chief Theresia Ntare of Buha: Tanzania’s First Deputy Minister of Culture”

Theresia Ntare

                                                    Mwami Theresia Ntare was born in 1926. She was the first of three daughters of Mwami Joseph Gwasa. At the time of her father’s death in 1946. Theresia terminated her studies at Karema and inherited her father as Chief. She ruled from 1946-1962. Traditionalists believed in the male child. Mwami Theresia’s ascent to the Chiefdom created conflict between…

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Tanzania to Host the AGRF, Africa’s Food System Forum 2023

Source | Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa, AGRA (Nairobi) Tanzania will host the AGRF 2023 Summit, the announcement was made by Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, the president of the United Republic of Tanzania and H.E Hailemariam Dessalegn, the Chair of the AGRF Partners Group on the sidelines of the U.S. Africa Leaders’ Summit currently taking place in…

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