Smile Telecom to expand African wireless with $365 mln
Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd, which owns and operates mobile wireless 4G LTE broadband networks in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, has raised $365 million in debt […]
Articles by Steven Addamah
South Sudan: Rebel group to ratify peace deal
South Sudan’s rebel leader, Riek Machar, said his group will ratify the recently signed peace agreement on Tuesday as part of efforts to restore peace […]
CAR: French soldier accused of sexual abuse, U.N Human Rights chief
A French soldier deployed to the Central African Republic has been accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl, the latest in a series of allegations […]
Cote d’Ivoire: New AfDB boss to focus on economic empowerment of women, youth
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the new boss of the African Development Bank (AfDB) said he will focus his first term on expanding opportunities and unleashing economic […]
Young Ghanaians join terrorist group ISIS – Official
Ghana National Security Coordinator, Mr Yaw Donkor, has confirmed that two Ghanaian Muslim youths have joined the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). […]
South Africa: Volkswagen plans $340mln investment
Volkswagen, Germany based automaker, is planning to invest $340 million in its South African car business in an attempt to become the world’s largest automaker […]
Nigeria Plans Oil Reforms before Petroleum Bill Vote
Nigeria will start reforming its oil industry using existing laws before it passes a long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which will take a while to […]
Guinea-Bissau: New PM fires radio, TV chiefs over ‘bias’
Guinea-Bissau’s new Prime Minister, Baciro Dja, has sacked the directors of the state-owned radio and television stations for what he called “bias” in their reporting […]
Ban Ki-Moon pledges support to Nigeria’s efforts to counter Boko Haram
U.N. Secretary-General met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja Monday and promised support to the new Nigerian leader’s fight against insecurity, unemployment and corruption. “I’m […]
Failed rains put 4.5mln Ethiopians at risk of a food crisis
The number of Ethiopians who will need food aid by the end of this year has surged by more than 1.5 million from earlier estimates […]