Rwandan referee Salima Mukansanga among the six women selected for the 2022 World Cup
Six women will be among the 105 referees at the upcoming Men’s World Cup in Qatar for the first time, Fifa announced Thursday. Three of […]
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Olympics-2020: Ugandan athlete reported missing in Japan
Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko disappeared after failing to show up shortly after noon local time for a Covid-19 test, local Japanese authorities announced Friday. The […]
UNIDO and Japan to power African innovation |
On the sidelines of the seventh Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development (TICAD7) held in Yokohama Aug.28-30, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and […]
TICAD7: Angola negotiates $400 million funding from Japan
Angola is negotiating $400 million in funding from Japan and a related MoU was signed Wednesday in Yokohama between the two countries on the sidelines […]
TICAD VII: Egypt strikes deal with Japan’s leading bank to boost mutual investments
Egypt’s General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) has penned a Memorandum of Understanding with Japan’s top banking group in a move that will […]
Japan, UNIDO to build equipment operator training center in Uganda
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Japan will establish a training center for operators of construction equipment in Luwero, Uganda. Exchange of […]
Sahara: Tokyo has Never Recognized & Will Never Recognize Self-Proclaimed “SADR”
Japanese ambassador to Morocco Takuji Hanatani has affirmed that his country “has never recognized and will never recognize” the self-proclaimed so-called SADR, noting that Tokyo […]
Partnering for Africa’s future: exhibition on UNIDO-Japan cooperation
An exhibition highlighting cooperation between Japan and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) for African industrial development has opened at the Vienna International Centre […]
Tanzania: 300MW wind farm taking shape
Urus Energy Holdings Corporation, one of Japan’s largest wind energy developers has acquired a share in Winlab Africa, a subsidiary of the Australian group Winlab […]
Kenya hosts first ever Sustainable Blue Economy conference
Kenya is co-hosting the first ever-global Sustainable Blue Economy Conference with Canada and Japan from Nov. 26 to 28. The three-day conference has high global […]