The United Nations is pushing for renewed talks between Somalia and Somaliland to improve security and promote economic growth. The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Ambassador James Swan visited Somaliland’s capital Hargeisa with a special message to the country’s President Muse Bihi on its (UN) support towards initiatives aimed at building mutual […]
African Guarantee Fund (AGF) has received an additional USD 33M financing from German lender KfW Development Bank , in a move that will catapult AGF’s efforts to enable African SMEs continue to play their critical role in driving Africa’s economy. This new financing comes at a time when the continent’s SME sector has been singled […]
Somaliland is demanding to be included among the key stakeholders of the Red Sea. The internationally unrecognized nation stated it has long been committed to safeguarding and ensuring that the territorial waters straddling its 850 kilometer coastline remain safe and secure from piracy and other forms of terrorism and thus must be respected and recognized […]
Remittances are a major source of foreign cash inflows for most developing countries. The year 2019 has seen tremendous growth with some countries reporting an increase of up to 4.24% in remittances. The World Investment Report for 2018 showed that global remittances stood at $466 billion in 2017, which is beyond the other sources of […]
Somaliland has signed for the implementation of the Basic Education and Health Services Management Initiative. The initiative under the United Nations Joint Programme on Local Governance and Decentralized Service Delivery (JPLG) for this year aims to strengthen local governance and enhance decentralized services in Somaliland and other regions of Somalia. The JPLG coordinates its work […]
From human rights violations to the impacts of climate change, Rotary and Makerere University are offering a postgraduate certificate program to peace and development leaders who are from or who have worked in Africa to address the underlying challenges to peace in the region. The year-long program in Peace building, Conflict Transformation and Development will […]
Somaliland has started an ambitious campaign to build its road infrastructure with the ground breaking for the construction of a new road linking the towns of Wadaama-goo and Buhodle. The road, that has been named the “Peace Highway” will connect three major regions of the eastern part of the country and will be used by […]
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, became $4.3 billion richer in 2019 as his fortune continued to grow on the back of investments in cement, flour and sugar. The 62-year-old Nigerian businessman and Africa’s most prominent industrialist ended the decade with a net worth of almost $15 billion, making him the 96th wealthiest man in the […]
Sixty years ago, famous German wildlife conservationist and zoologist Professor Bernhard Grzimek and his son Michael proposed the formation of the Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area, now the leading tourist magnets in East Africa. Through Grzimek’s film and a book, all titled “Serengeti Shall Not Die,” these two premier tourist parks in Northern […]
The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a grant to the government of Sudan to accelerate the adoption of solar-powered irrigation pumps in the country’s West Kordofan and North Kordofan states. The project will enable farmers’ adoption of renewable energy technology through the installation of 1,170 photovoltaic (PV) irrigation pumps, the establishment of […]
The number of seed varieties listed on the COMESA Variety Catalogue has increased to sixty-nine after seeds from two more companies namely Western Seed and SEEDCO were listed through the Uganda National Variety List. This has been made possible by the COMESA Seed Harmonization Implementation Plan (COMSHIP). COMSHIP, a COMESA Seed Programme working in close […]
A team of architects and engineers are working on a life-changing £9.5million project to deliver Malawi’s first specialist postgraduate medical training centre. Leading structural engineering specialist TRP Consulting and architecture practice Cassidy + Ashton, based in the North West of England, is working on the initial design stages for the centre, which will also provide […]
The African Youth Parliament is pushing for the recognition of Somaliland as an independent state. The AYP with representation from 54 countries in Africa has already admitted Somaliland membership in its gathering. In a statement from the AYP after a visit in Somaliland late November, the parliament stated: “The African Youth Parliament is a continental […]