LOUKIL Bassem, Sfax-born Tunisian businessman, is CEO of UADH/LOUKIL Group (35 companies, 4,300 employees across automotive, tech, industry, services). Georgia State BBA & MBA holder, he presides over the Tunisian African Business Council.
Alex Badeh, the Nigerian Chief of Defense Staff under the past administration of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was assassinated a few hours ago by unknown gunmen who attacked his vehicle and shot him at point blank range while he was returning from his farm. Head of the Air Force Public Relations
If you had thought that reports from Nigeria saying the real president of the country, Muhammadu Buhari is dead and the current ruler is a clone from Sudan named Jubril is mere talk meant for the pubs and newspaper stands, then think again because 1986 Nobel Laureate Prize for Literature
On the 3rd of June 2008, former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe took to the podium at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation Summit in Rome. He spoke of how the land reform programme had been warmly welcomed by the vast majority of his people but it had "elicited
FOUR African music acts have been nominated for the Grammy Awards 2019 in the Best World Music Album category. The nominees include the Soweto Gospel Choir (South Africa), Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (Nigeria), Fatoumata Diawara (Mali) and Bombino (Niger). The nomination was announced on Friday in Los Angeles with
Last week, reports from Somalia claimed that members of the parliament debated on a case of missing USD 40 Million which could not be accounted for by the finance ministry. According to the reports, USD 20 Million out of the missing USD 40 Million was donated by the Saudi Arabian
We reported the news of Gabon's President Ali Bongo's admission into a Saudi hospital, which the presidency claimed was as a result of doctor's advice that the president who was on an official duty to Saudi Arabia needed rest. Well, it appears the claims
"There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge" - Napoleon Hill Kafia Mahdi, who was only 14 at the time had to flee her homeland, Somalia with her mother and siblings rather than agree to her father's terms of giving out her hand
Introduction One of the shocking, disappointing and puzzling paradoxes on the discourse of development in Africa is that many if not all African states benefited from economic growth in past three decades yet the majority of the population who resides in rural areas are trapped in a vicious unbreakable cycle
There is often a confusion whenever people relate with the two Congos in Africa, and till date many people cannot phantom why they both go by the same name. The Democratic Republic of Congo (also referred to as DR Congo, DRC or Congo-Kinshasa) was colonized by the Belgians, and despite
The government of Uganda has released a statement banning Kenyan Legislator representing Embakassi East, Babu Owino from stepping foot in Uganda. According to the statement, Babu Owino is regarded as a threat to the government of Uganda. One major reason behind the ban is Babu Owino's recent associations
In an event hosted by the Royal African Society (RAS) in London to mark Ghana’s 60th anniversary of independence, President Nana Akufo-Addo began what was to be his ideology for Africa. Coming on the podium, he began by speaking on foreign perception of the African continent which according to
When it comes to accepting funds, African leaders can stoop to any level and accept any terms - no matter the implications on the long or short run. When the news first broke that France will be giving Gambia a 30 million euros ($34 million) loan to “consolidate democracy and
If you are a citizen of an ECOWAS member state, then you stand a chance of winning up to $10, 000 cash! In a competition open to all citizens of ECOWAS member state, whether living in the continent or in diaspora, leaders of the Economic Community of West African States
When the Organization of African Unity otherwise known as Organisation de l'Unité Africaine (OAU) established on May 25, 1963 was dissolved by South African President Thabo Mbeki on 9th July 2002 in Durban, South Africa to birth the African Union (AU), it was not just the name that
Viddawood ran into one of the under celebrated African fighters of Social freedom… Perhaps he’s under celebrated because he‘s an icon of rural development. Christian Okororie, the founder of Center for Rural Economic & Social Development (CRESOD) had a brief chat with our correspondents, and the experience unveiled
When you put your trust in condoms as contraceptives and as safeguards against contracting Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), and it does not turn out this way because of some defects, frustrations are bound to rise. These are the frustrations that have been expressed by some Zimbabwean men, who say that
