AWAKENING FERTILE SOILS: TOWARDS LASTING FOOD SECURITY
01/06/2016By: Eruke Ojuederie Recent reports have revealed that of the total land area in Nigeria, 39 percent is utilized for cultivated crops, 3 percent supports permanent crops.
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Interviews
Exclusive Interview with Nigeria’s President Buhari: Our Most Difficult Times Are Now Behind Us…
31/05/2016Having inherited a nearly comatose economy, occasioned by dwindling oil resources and rampaging terrorists in the country’s Northeast, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, is faced with an arduous task of.
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Gender
Women in leadership
Nigeria: President Pegs N1.6 billion for Women Empowerment
31/05/2016President Muhammadu Buhari has recently announced during his broadcast to the nation to mark his one year in office, that he has set aside N1.6 billion for women empowerment across.
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Africa
Entrepreneurship
How Innovation Thrives in Africa
31/05/2016By Andrew Robinson CEO of The Kit Group YPO member since 2007 When most people look at satellite pictures of Africa at night they see vast swathes of darkness and.
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Development Stories
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Rwanda: Varsity Students Urged to Invest in Shares
31/05/2016The Students in higher institutions of learning and youth in Rwanda have recently been urged to save and invest on the local stock market to secure their financial future.
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Diaspora
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Insurgence: Diaspora Nigerians Seek Investigation of Borno Leaders’
31/05/2016Nigerians in Diaspora Monitoring Group (NDMG) have recently called on the federal government to begin investigations on the role played by some political leaders in Borno state since the Boko.
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Trade and Investment
Standard Chartered Launches Mobile Banking Push in Africa
31/05/2016In a bid to promote growth in Africa, Standard Chartered is set to launch its mobile and online banking platform in eight African countries.
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Tanzania: Gov’t to Take Tough Measures to Preserve Environment
31/05/2016By Syriacus Buguzi The government has recently said yesterdayit is going close down fuel stations, mines and high rise buildings whose owners don’t possess valid environmental impact assessment (EIA) certificates.
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Governance and Policy
Turkey Hopes to Reopen Tripoli Embassy, Build Economic Ties
31/05/2016Turkey’s foreign minister said during a recent visit to Tripoli that his country hoped to be the first to reopen its embassy in the Libyan capital, following the arrival of.
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Governance and Policy
Why Nigeria’s Buhari Is Visiting Restive Niger Delta Region
31/05/2016Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday visit the Niger Delta region, rocked by attacks on oil and gas facilities, for the first time since taking office a year ago,.
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