Africa

The Nigerian embassy in Mexico has been shut owing to an outbreak of COVID-19 at the embassy. In a statement on Monday, Abimbola Tooki, special adviser on media to Adejare …

Islamiyat Ojelade, a graduate of Science Laboratory Technology from the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun state has bagged 7 fully funded scholarships in the United States of America. The scholarships will …

Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, has been honoured with a fellowship status by the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec). According to the CIISec, the fellow status …

NOVA Merchant Bank Limited has announced the appointment of two independent non-executive directors and one non-executive director. In a statement, the bank said it has promoted about 20 per cent …

SERAP, The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari for imposing fines on some media houses over …

Investec, a bank that focuses on high-net-worth individuals in South Africa, will spend as much as £100,000 ($121,520) a year on each of its executive directors’ personal security as crime …

The newly established University of Transportation in Daura, Katsina State, Nigeria will commence academic activities in September 2022. The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, disclosed this during an inspection visit …

Trading activities at the Nigeria equity market closed on positive posture, as investors raked in N81.01 billion gain on Friday. Similarly, the gain made the market capitalisation to close at …

Morocco’s national unemployment rate edged slightly down by 1.6% at the end of the first half of 2022, according to data from Morocco’s Higher Commission of Planning (HCP).  Unemployment currently …

Beacon Power Services (BPS), a Nigerian energy-tech company, has announced closing a $2.7 million seed round funding led by Seedstars Africa Ventures. The founder and CEO, Bimbola Adisa, in a …