By Dennis Kabatto – The African community in New York and across the United States of America are infuriated over the brutal beating of two Senegalese brothers and called “Ebola” by a group of about 15 schoolchildren at I.S. 318 Elementary School in Tremont, Bronx. Ousmane Drame, the father of eighth-grader Pape Drame, 13, and sixth-grader Amadou Drame, 11 said his sons who were born in the United States returned from Senegal to New York to be with him. According to their father, students at I.S. 318 where they are attending school quickly began insulting the boys with the name “Ebola.” After weeks... Continue Reading
The 2014 Annual Nigeria Dialogue at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa provided an opportunity to interrogate the diversity of Nigeria. According to a press statement signed by Dr, Nelson Odume, Coordinator of the Annual Dialogue and Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Water Resources at Rhodes University, in Grahamstown, the theme for this year’s dialogue was ‘Building bridges of peaceful co-existence across the Niger – the role of education and youth development’. The Dialogue was chaired by Africa, Professor Akpan Wilson, deputy Dean Research and Internationalisation at the University of Fort hare in Eastern Cape, South Africa. In his... Continue Reading
By Brandon Engel – One of the most interesting trends in the global energy industry is the recent increase in the use of natural gas on the continent of Africa. Both compressed natural gas and liquified natural gas are growing in importance in such countries as South Africa and Angola. Although these areas still have small domestic markets for natural gas, Africa as a whole is believed to possess approximately 10% of the total worldwide recoverable reserves of natural gas, so production is likely to grow to meet both domestic and international demand. Due to the fact that natural gas... Continue Reading
By Thomas Mountain – 07. October 2014 – The small East-African country of Eritrea has started a mining industry and is doing it right. To start with Eritrea is receiving 40% of the profits generated by its first gold/copper mine. Compare this to Tanzania where Anglo-American mining company operates one of the world’s largest gold mines and pays a whopping 4% royalty to the government. Thanks to Wikileaks we know that the USA forced sanctions against Eritrea through the UN Security Council in 2009, not to punish Eritrea for allegedly supporting “terrorism” (i.e. Al Shabab in Somalia) but in an attempt... Continue Reading
….in Kano state Powered by eTranzact – Kano state Governor, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, the Emir of Kano State, Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II and other Northern leaders, gathered at the Government house in Kano state to mark what will be seen as a turning point in the history of commerce in Kano state and the Northern region of Nigeria. Launched in collaboration with eTranzact International PLC, Africa’s leading provider of mobile banking and payments services, and Bizi Mobile, the Kano State eCommerce business improvement and empowerment project is a dream of the present administration finally coming to live, and is the first... Continue Reading
