Category : Africa

Congolese President makes Koffi Olomide culture ambassador.

NigGalFebruary 25, 2022February 25, 2022

President Felix Tshisekedi of Congo DR has made the multiple-award-winning music veteran, Koffi Olomide, the country’s Culture Ambassador. Tshisekedi announced the honour when Olomide recently...

Africa

Intelsat Broadens STEM Education Program in Africa

NigGalFebruary 24, 2022February 24, 2022

Intelsat is looking to get more young people across Africa involved in the space sector. The operator announced Feb. 22 that is getting ready to welcome...

Africa

WHO Announces First Technology Recipients of mRNA Vaccine Hub With Strong Support From African and European Partners.

NigGalFebruary 18, 2022February 18, 2022

At the European Union – African Union summit in Brussels today WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced the first six countries that will receive...

Africa

MainOne expands Global Cloud Connect services to drive Business Digital Transition in West Africa

NigGalFebruary 11, 2022February 14, 2022

MainOne (www.MainOne.net), the leading provider of connectivity solutions for businesses in West Africa is empowering enterprises to adopt Cloud technology by connecting businesses across the...

Africa

Siemens South Africa and Aspen join forces to enhance vaccine production for Africa.

NigGalFebruary 11, 2022February 10, 2022

A strategic partnership that will enable Aspen Pharmacare to increase production capacity to meet the rising demands for COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. Co-financed by funds from...

Africa

Afya Rekod, Kenyan startup closes its seed round at $2 million to scale across Africa

NigGalFebruary 3, 2022February 3, 2022

Afya Rekod, Kenyan startup closes its seed round at $2 million to scale across Africa Afya Rekod is a health data platform that focuses on...

Africa

Nigeria produces five of seven unicorns in Africa

NigGalJanuary 26, 2022January 26, 2022

Flutterwave, Opay, Andela join Interswitch, Jumia The Nigerian FinTech ecosystem maintained its growth trajectory within the African continent with three more unicorns – Flutterwave, OPay...

Africa Appointments

Amina Mohammed reappointed as UN Deputy Secretary-General.

NigGalJanuary 12, 2022January 12, 2022

Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed will continue in her role as the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN). UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced this on Monday...

Africa Prizes & Awards

Miss Universe 2021: Nigeria’s Maristella Okpala Wins Best Costume.

NigGalDecember 15, 2021December 15, 2021

Maristella Okpala, Nigeria’s representative at the Miss Universe 2021, has won the award for Best National Costume in the pageant. The award was announced on...

Africa

Contipharma Launches Saliva-based Omicron Detecting PCR Test in Africa.

NigGalDecember 15, 2021December 15, 2021

Developed by University of Liège in Belgium, only test of its kind available on African continent; first contracts signed with Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi...

Africa

ITC Secure and Cassava Technologies partners industry leading security operations and Microsoft cloud security expertise in Africa.

NigGalDecember 15, 2021December 15, 2021

ITC Secure (ITC), a leading advisory-led cyber security services company and a Microsoft Gold cyber security partner, and Cassava Technologies (CassavaTechnologies.com), the pan-African technology leader,...

Africa

Meta Unveils its ‘Africa Year in Review’ for 2021.

NigGalDecember 9, 2021December 9, 2021

Meta (https://about.facebook.com/Meta/) today released its ‘2021 Africa Year in Review’, an infographic capturing some of the company’s significant investments and initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa this...

Africa

African Development Bank approves a $35 million facility for Ecobank International affiliates.

NigGalDecember 3, 2021December 3, 2021

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on 19 November 2021 approved a $35 million unfunded risk-sharing facility to support the trade finance...

Africa

Healthcare startup Africa Health Holdings lands $18 million Series A funding to roll-out tech-enabled services.

NigGalNovember 16, 2021November 16, 2021

Africa Health Holdings, a healthcare startup running several hospitals, has secured $18 million in a Series A round, funds that will go toward building its...

Africa

Attracting Energy Investment into Nigeria.

NigGalNovember 10, 2021November 10, 2021

With over 36 billion barrels of oil and 200 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, Nigeria has emerged as one of Africa’s biggest energy sectors,...

Africa

Oracle and Orange Announce Joint Intention to Strengthen Digital Infrastructure in West Africa.

NigGalOctober 29, 2021October 29, 2021

Oracle and Orange (www.Orange.com) today announced that they have signed a collaboration agreement as part of a joint plan to accelerate cloud-led digital transformation in...

Africa

Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Orange partner to expand network reach across Africa and build a safer digital society.

NigGalOctober 28, 2021October 28, 2021

Liquid Intelligent Technologies (www.Liquid.Tech) and Orange, today announced a new partnership to leverage each other’s existing networks in Africa, allowing them even greater access and...

Africa

Hatch to showcase Canada-Africa solutions at Africa Accelerating 2021.

NigGalOctober 18, 2021October 18, 2021

The key event in the Canada-Africa Chamber of Business’s (www.CanadaAfrica.ca) calendar in the coming months will be an online-and-live international information exchange forum from October...

Africa

African Development Bank approves $86.72 million loan to boost water security and socio-economic development in South Africa and Lesotho.

NigGalOctober 13, 2021October 13, 2021

The multi-phase project will provide water to the Gauteng region of South Africa and generate hydroelectricity for Lesotho. The African Development Bank Group’s (AfDB.org) Board...

Africa

Hannibal Brumskine III wins Young Diaspora Entrepreneur of the Year.

NigGalOctober 12, 2021October 12, 2021

Education tech founder, Hannibal Brumskine III has received the Young Diaspora Entrepreneur of the Year for his dexterity and efforts in the education and consulting...

Africa

Google to invest US$1 billion in Africa over five years.

NigGalOctober 6, 2021October 6, 2021

Google plans to invest US$1 billion in Africa over the next five years to ensure access to fast and cheaper internet and will back startups...

Africa

Announcing the 16 finalists for the 2021 VC4A Venture Showcase – Seed & Series A Tracks.

NigGalSeptember 30, 2021September 30, 2021

We’re proud to announce the 16 companies selected for the VC4A (https://VC4A.com) Venture Showcase – Seed & Series A tracks. The 2021 portfolio companies have...

Africa

African Tech | The 5th edition of EMERGING Valley will be held on December 13 and 14, 2021, with the most influential African Tech stakeholders.

NigGalSeptember 30, 2021September 30, 2021

The EMERGING Valley international summit, an unmissable annual meeting for African and European Tech stakeholders, is aimed at entrepreneurial ecosystems and organic innovation in Africa,...

Africa

P&O Maritime Logistics and IO Materials Services (IOMS) bring revolutionary cargo system to Africa with launch of ‘FlexDELIVERY™’ in Nigeria

NigGalSeptember 7, 2021September 7, 2021

FlexDELIVERY™ launches for first time in Africa, bringing a disruptive technology-led innovation that focuses on its customer’s needs, being cargo delivery, by Reducing Delivery times...

Africa

Development Bank of Southern Africa to partner with Invest Africa to generate sustainable finance for Africa.

NigGalSeptember 6, 2021September 6, 2021

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) will partner with Invest Africa (www.InvestAfrica.com) to generate sustainable finance solutions for the Continent during The Africa Debate...

Africa

Japan Credit Rating Agency reaffirms African Development Bank’s AAA rating with a stable outlook.

NigGalSeptember 3, 2021September 3, 2021

Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) has affirmed the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) long-term rating at AAA with a stable outlook. The agency commended the African...

Africa

ASLM Conference Spotlights Importance of Laboratory Systems in COVID-19 Response and Quality Healthcare in Africa.

NigGalSeptember 3, 2021September 3, 2021

The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) (www.ASLM.org) announces its biennial conference, ASLM2021 (www.ASLM2021.org), which will take place virtually 15-18 November 2021 with the theme,...

Africa

Africa’s small businesses look to positively contribute to Plastic Management Value Chain.

NigGalAugust 16, 2021August 16, 2021

Globally, women and children continue to be the most marginalised, not only in their societies, but also across businesses curated mostly by men. Exacerbated by...

Africa

Regional Collaboration: Senegal turns to Nigeria for oil, gas development.

NigGalAugust 4, 2021August 4, 2021

The Senegalese government has reached out to Nigeria to support its development of oil and gas industry. The country looks foward to assistance in the...

Africa

Africa: Siemens drives digital transformation at its Virtual Smart Mining Forum.

NigGalAugust 3, 2021August 3, 2021

Siemens (www.Siemens.com) hosts Virtual Smart Mining Forum to explore new trends and the impact of technology on the mining sector; Launch of a Hackathon to universities...

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