The 2023 edition of the prestigious African Banker Awards ceremony is set to spotlight SMEs, women and gender. A new category has been introduced to recognise efforts towards bolstering financial inclusion of women across the continent. African Banker magazine has announced today the shortlist of nominees for this year’s edition of its African Banker Awards. Since their inception in…
Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinubu has made the right noises about reform but investors should remain cautious. Opinion by Selebia Etomi Foreign investors may feel guardedly optimistic as Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinubu prepares for office, since he has professed a willingness to introduce much-needed reforms to improve the business environment. Caution, though, must be the watchword, given uncertainty over how…
More than 530 people had been flown to safety on six flights as of Wednesday night The UK Foreign Secretary is urging British citizens in war-torn Sudan to make their way to the airfield “as soon as possible” as evacuation flights can no longer be guaranteed once the ceasefire expires. James Cleverly said more than 530 people had been…
With around 2,800 nationals in Sudan, Indians are one of the largest Asian communities in the civil war torn country With around 2,800 nationals in Sudan, Indians are one of the largest Asian communities in the civil war torn country. Sudan has been engulfed in a conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and rival paramilitary force – Rapid…
With around 2,800 nationals in Sudan, Indians are one of the largest Asian communities in the civil war torn country With around 2,800 nationals in Sudan, Indians are one of the largest Asian communities in the civil war torn country. Sudan has been engulfed in a conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and rival paramilitary force – Rapid…
Author | Melanie Boehi A prophet has no honour in their homeland, goes the biblical adage. But of the many places that journalist, author and activist ruth weiss has lived – Germany (where she was born), South Africa, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Britain, Zambia and Denmark – which is her home? On 28 April, South Africa’s president will bestow…
A series of blunders by controversial televangelist Paul Mackenzie and his aides made his freedom short-lived after he was released by a court last month, leading to the discovery of mass graves in Kilifi’s Shakahola village. On March 23, Mackenzie had left a Malindi court a happy man after securing freedom on a Sh10,000 police bond in a case…
President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday called on Ugandan MPs to “reconsider” draconian anti-gay legislation passed by parliament last month and widely condemned in the West. The Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023 promises harsh penalties against anyone who engages in same-sex activity. “I return the bill to Parliament for reconsideration,” Museveni wrote in a letter to the house. The president has faced widespread…
Maida Waziri, the President of the Voice of Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania (VoWET), recently gave a keynote address at a seminar for various entrepreneurs organized by the Tanzania Women’s Empowerment Network (TAWEN) in Dar es Salaam. The seminar, which Exim Bank sponsored, aimed to provide women entrepreneurs with essential skills and knowledge to improve their businesses and empower them…
Summary Police have spent days scouring the Shakahola forest near the coastal town of Malindi after receiving a tip-off about a cult led by Paul Mackenzie Nthenge, who urged his followers to starve to death in order to find God Malindi. Kenyan investigators on Tuesday exhumed 10 more bodies from mass graves linked to a starvation cult, bringing the…