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
…Strategizes on how to interrupt Ebola Transmission – By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) cluster partners have conducted a two-day workshop in Monrovia aimed at designing county-level strategies to interrupt the spread of the Ebola virus. The two-day workshop, held under theme “Keep safe-Keep serving”, brought together both local and international WASH partners to discuss waste management, hygiene promotion and water provision, amongst other topics. Sheldon Yetts, UNICEF Country Representative, opening the workshop said: “Our gathering is all about partnership – the NGO community and the Liberian Government,” giving special mention to the County Health... 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
By Elias Mhegera – A PROMINENT development strategist and German politician, Charles Huber, has called for proper political management in order to enhance economic development in African countries. Huber was responding to shout-africa.com during an exclusive interview which followed his presentation of a paper at a function held at the Serena Hotel in Dar es Salaam on September 09. He was in a formal discussion with representatives of orgnisations which work with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in Tanzania. He was on a formal assignment for the International Democratic Union (IDU) at the invitation by the Tanzania’s vice-president, Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal,... Continue Reading
….As Residents Express Fears of Ebola – By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – The constant delay by some local city authorities and waste management companies in the country to dispose waste in and around Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, is one of the mean factors that have caused huge stockpile of garbage to be seemed in several quarters of the city. The delay of waste disposal which may result to the over-still that would cause the dirt to get rotten and to leak stink water that could lead to an outbreak of a pandemic in some of those communities, especially... Continue Reading
