Stephane Richard, Chairman and CEO Orange French Telecommunications Company, Orange, is to invest 75 million euro ($85 million) in Nigerian e-commerce group, Africa Internet Group (AIG) and become a shareholder.
China’s Commerce Ministry has recently banned imports of North Korean gold and rare earths and exports to the country of jet fuel and other oil products used to make rocket.
An estimated $9 billion would be required for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of damaged infrastructure in the six North-East states of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe, the office.
South African President Jacob Zuma has recently committed all spheres of government to provide extra support to areas hard-hit by drought. The President was responding to a series of concerns.
Senegal’s President Macky Sall has recently said he would boost manpower and equipment for military and civil defence forces in the face of increasingly bold attacks by jihadists on neighbouring.
African Union Commission chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will not run for a second term in office of the 54-member bloc, her spokesman has recently said. She will leave the post in.
As mixed reactions continue to trail the adoption of Computer Based Test (CBT) by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the Nigerians in Diaspora Monitoring Group (NDMG) has recently.
Scientists from APOPO, an international firm known for using rats to locate landmines, is now training the giant pouched rodents to sniff out tuberculosis among inmates in Tanzania and Mozambique.
Sudanese entrepreneur Awadeya Mahmoud has recently been awarded the 2016 Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award, the US Embassy in Khartoum has announced.
American investors have recently advised Zimbabwe to take advantage of its mineral resources and introduce a gold-backed currency, which could help attract international capital.
