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Breaking into tech for financial freedom
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 6, 2025
The world is changing, and technology is at the centre of it all. For many Nigerians, the question isn’t whether they should get into tech, but how. Let me assure you that breaking into tech isn’t as complicated as it might seem. You don’t need to...
Heirs Energies CEO outlines Africa’s energy future
Peoples Gazette
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August 5, 2025
The chief executive officer of Heirs Energies, Osa Igiehon, says Africa’s energy future lies in unlocking frontier basins and sustainably managing mature brownfield assets. In a statement on Tuesday, Mr Igiehon said he would share insights on...
Tinubu signs Insurance Industry Reforms Bill into law
News Diary Online
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August 5, 2025
President Bola Tinubu has signed the Nigerian Insurance Industry Reforms (NIIR) Bill 2025 into Law, marking a major step toward strengthening the financial sector and driving a one trillion dollar economy. By Muhyideen Jimoh ...
HEIRS Energies to deepen talks on Africa’s evolving energy landscape
The Sun Nigeria
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August 6, 2025
By Adewale Sanyaolu Heirs Energies, an indigenous-owned integrated energy company, is set to deepen talks around Africa’s evolving energy landscape The firm’s Chief Executive Officer, Osa Igiehon, will represent the company at the 2025 U.S.-Africa...
Brands on a Mission and Ogilvy Africa Network Announce Collaboration
Media Update
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August 5, 2025
Leading social impact consultancy, Brands on a Mission and the Ogilvy Africa Network, have signed a collaboration agreement aimed at transforming how brands approach social impact initiatives across Sub-Saharan Africa. This strategic alliance...
NAICOM hails Tinubu for assenting Nigeria Insurance Industry Reform Act 2025 into law
Prompt News Online
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August 6, 2025
By Tony Obiechina Abuja The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), has expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for assenting to the Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Act 2025 (NIIRA 2025). NAICOM said in a statement on Tuesday that...
Pope to Pan-African Catholic group: Hope is vital on our earthly journey
Vatican News
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August 6, 2025
Addressing the Third Congress of the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network, Pope Leo urges members to look to the future of the continent with hope. By Kielce Gussie On the occasion of the Third Congress of the Pan-African Catholic...
Press freedom group calls on DRC to reopen shuttered radio station, release detained journalists
JURIST
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August 5, 2025
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) officials on Tuesday to reopen the station Radio Nsenda Muana and release arrested station journalists. Angela Quintal, CPJ’s regional director, said that...
The Missing Link in Africa’s Climate Plans: Animal Health
Inter Press Service
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August 5, 2025
Africa, Climate Change, Conservation, Energy, Environment, Featured, Headlines, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Credit: World Organisation for Animal Health NAIROBI, Kenya / PARIS,...
Criminalizing humanity — turning Good Samaritans into lawbreakers
Baptist News Global
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August 5, 2025
In a nation that often prides itself on Christian values, humanitarian outreach and freedom, an alarming trend is unfolding: Compassion is being criminalized. Law enforcement officers would detail, arrest and/or take Jesus Christ and all his...
Marketing in the Ecosystem Era: How Strategic, Collaborative Storytelling is Shaping Africa's Digital Future,
Media Update
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August 5, 2025
The role of marketing in technology companies is evolving from a siloed function focused on promoting products or solutions and generating leads to a strategic orchestrator of value across complex networks, says Ifeoma Jibunoh, Chief Marketing...
Bruit Costaud, Policy Vault Africa partner to transform policy access, advocacy
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 5, 2025
In a significant move aimed at enhancing access to public policy information and strengthening governance frameworks across Africa, Bruit Costaud Government Affairs Et Al has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Policy Vault...
رايد كلاس ClassRide: A Success Story Born in Africa, From Mauritania to the Continent
ABC Money
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August 5, 2025
The path taken by رايد كلاس ClassRide is a great test of this assertion. It’s a story of triumph that began in Mauritania, a West African nation, and has grown in stages to influence daily life across the African continent. Mauritania, with its...
Research Article – Africa’s expanding role in language-based multilateral organisations: strategy and benefits
The Round Table
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August 5, 2025
[This is an excerpt from an article in The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs and Policy Studies.] Challenges, contradictions, and future trajectories As African states increasingly assert themselves on the global...
Will Logistics Marketplace fix Africa’s health supply gaps?
CNBC Africa
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August 6, 2025
In many low- and middle-income countries, the movement of health and humanitarian products faces significant hurdles, not due to a lack of infrastructure but rather the challenge of finding the right logistics partners. This is the perspective of...
Episode CCCX V-315: Maishi Rabo: a story of crops, culture, and resilience
Aruba Today
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Reclaiming space, honouring history: Removing colonial iconography
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 5, 2025
Commentary Newsday Yesterday Vel A Lewis. - VEL A LEWIS IN THE vibrant cultural landscape of Trinidad and Tobago, where calypso meets chutney, and mas celebrates liberation, the presence of colonial iconography in our public spaces presents a...
Unlocking Africa’s maritime potential: A vision for effective seafarer recruitment
Business and Financial Times
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August 5, 2025
By Sandra LARBI Africa, with its vast coastlines and rich maritime resources, stands at the brink of a significant transformation in the maritime industry. The potential for growth is immense, yet the continent faces challenges in seafarer...
Strong Treaty Now! Civil Society Rallies Ahead of Final Plastics Treaty Talks in Geneva
Greenpeace International
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August 5, 2025
August 5th, 2025 Geneva, Switzerland – On the day the final round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty starts, hundreds of citizens and civil society organisations from across the world gathered at Place des Nations in Geneva to demand an...
Tinubu signs Nigerian Insurance Reform Bill 2025 into law
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 5, 2025
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assented to the Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Bill, 2025 — a landmark legislation to strengthen Nigeria’s financial sector and accelerate the nation’s march toward a $1 trillion economy. The Nigerian Insurance...