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Nigeria Creates $2.6 Billion Infrastructure Company
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
The Nigerian government has approved the creation of a company to fast-track development of critical infrastructure, with $2.6 billion in initial financing.
In 2020, Africa’s most-populous country slipped into…
Twitter Chooses Ghana for Expansion
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Twitter announced plans to hire 11 people and open an office in Ghana, the company’s first in Africa.
The social media giant joins Facebook and other tech companies moving into Africa, where founder Jack Dorsey…
Cycling Takes Off in Nairobi
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Agrowing trend in Nairobi, Kenya, sees more people switching to cycling since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite a critical lack of bike paths.
It’s a promising sign in the capital city where air…
Kenyan’s Plastic Bricks Stronger Than Concrete
REUTERS
Nzambi Matee hurls a brick against a footpath constructed from bricks made of recycled plastic that her factory produces in the Kenyan capital.
It makes a loud bang, but it does not crack.
“Our product is almost five to…
Africa Forges Ahead With Continental Trade Bloc
VOICE OF AMERICA
Africa has launched the world’s largest trade bloc after the World Trade Organization. Every African nation except Eritrea has signed on to the African Continental Free Trade Area, and countries are developing safety…
Ethiopia Works to Save Endangered Coffee
WORLD BANK
Nestled in the dense rainforest of the Kafa Biosphere Reserve in southwest Ethiopia are thousands of genetic variants of coffee, an important seed bank of wild arabica that faces extinction.
Preserving Ethiopia’s prized…