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The East African Community (EAC) on Monday launched a peace caravan aimed at promoting peaceful coexistence, good neighborliness and peaceful resolution of disputes among border communities through experiential learning from practices of other border communities in the region. A statement by the EAC headquarters in Tanzania’s northern city of Arusha said the initiative, called peace caravan and benchmarking tour for border communities in Kenya, Uganda and South Sudan, was launched in Namanga on the Kenya-Tanzania border. According to the statement, the initiative was launched by the EAC secretariat in collaboration with Kenya, Uganda and South Sudan, and in partnership with…

Nigerian billionaires choose to stay in the country due to significant disparities in tax rates compared to developed economies like the UK and the US, where higher-income earners face higher tax burdens. Some billionaires benefit from monopolistic business ventures supported by the Nigerian government, while developed economies have antitrust laws that promote fair competition and limit market power. While the allure of developed economies may be enticing, these billionaires weigh the benefits against the unique opportunities and circumstances presented in Nigeria. In 2022, the National Immigration Service reported that a staggering 1,899,683 passports were issued, indicating a significant outflow of…

The common pedagogical approach with which many of us were introduced to the English alphabet is a metaphor for all the anomalies and confusions that characterise Nigerian education at all levels. First off, going from the minor to the major issue, one wonders what exactly is being taught when teachers say A for Apple. Are we being taught letter A or sound /ˈæ/? When they say C for Cat, are we thinking of letter c or sound /k/? While this, for starters, is a pedagogical deficiency which I am not out to address in this essay, the bigger concern is…

Photos uploaded onto Apple’s My Photo Stream feature, the free cloud storage system, will be permanently deleted when the service officially shuts down on July 26. Apple already stopped uploading new photos from customers’ devices to My Photo Stream on June 26. Photos uploaded before that date will remain in the cloud feature for up to 30 days from the date of upload. When the service is shut down in July, however, no photos will remain in My Photo Stream, and they will be lost if they are not saved elsewhere. To make sure your photos are safe, Apple encourages…

Billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote has revealed that while some of his staff have houses abroad which they use as holiday homes, he has none. Dangote, in an interview, outlined the need for young people to take their eyes off luxurious things and focus on making their businesses grow. He said; “A lot of people even the younger ones, we need to be very careful because one of the biggest issues with us Africans is that we spend our projected incomes. “Once you start doing business and the business starts doing well, rather than for you to keep investing into the…

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast. The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has endorsed the Bank’s 2023-2028 Country Strategy Paper for Mozambique on 13 June 2023. The new strategy aims to promote the country’s structural transformation by improving fiscal stability, creating decent jobs and generating inclusive growth. The strategy has two priority areas: fostering improved economic governance and the business environment to facilitate private sector investment and mobilize resources and transforming agricultural value chains by strengthening infrastructure sustainably. This strategy is the culmination of efforts by the government, development partners, civil society, the private sector and technical experts on…

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (http://www.EnergyChamber.org) – the voice of the African energy sector – is proud to announce that an Invest in the Republic of Congo Energies forum will take place during this year’s edition of the African Energy Week (AEW) conference and exhibition – Africa’s premier event for the energy sector, scheduled for 16 – 20 October in Cape Town. Taking place under the AEW 2023 umbrella theme, ‘The African Energy Renaissance: Prioritizing Energy Poverty, People, the Planet, Industrialization and Free Markets’, the Invest in the Republic of Congo Energies country spotlight will unite the central African country’s…

The British School of Fashion has appointed an illustrious advisory board of global fashion experts to help guide new talent entering the industry. Chaired by Dr Tessa Hartmann CBE, The British School of Fashion Advisory Board will play a vital role in informing Glasgow Caledonian University’s distinctive portfolio of fashion business and luxury programmes, which focus on the ‘Buy Less, Buy Better’ philosophy. The board will also work to identify life-changing opportunities for students helping to develop a workforce for a more sustainable and ethical fashion industry. Dr Hartmann, Honorary President of the British School of Fashion, will be joined by…

Election Observation Mission (EOM) Heads to Sierra Leone’s June 24, 2023 General Elections have called on political stakeholders to work collectively for national cohesion, peace, and reconciliation to prevent the country from relapsing into conflict. President Julius Maada Bio was sworn in on Tuesday shortly after the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) announced his victory. However, the opposition candidate, Dr Dr Samura Kamara, of the APC has rejected the results, saying, “they are not credible.” Concluding their post-election consultations in Freetown on Wednesday, the Heads of ECOWAS, African Union and Commonwealth Missions as well as the West Africa Elders’…

The East African Community (EAC) has maintained silence on a recent trade deal by Kenya and the European Union. Officials of the Secretariat could not comment on the agreement inked this week in Nairobi and witnessed by President William Ruto. The deal means Kenya has bypassed the fellow EAC member states in implementing the stalled Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the two sides. An agreement on the same reached by the EAC and the EU in 2014 after years of negotiations was subject to approval by all countries. It later stalled as other EAC member states declined to endorse…