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US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo arrives Morocco for first official visit
London, Dec. 5, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Top US diplomat and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Mike has arrived Morocco as the highest-ranking American official to ... -
Nigeria: Lagos opens special training for women, youth agro-entrepreneurs
London, Dec. 5, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Lagos State Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) project has started a two-week residency training for 350 ... -
Nigeria: Lagos pipeline fire will have no impact on fuel supply-NNPC
London, Dec. 5, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says the ruptured pipeline that caused explosion in Lagos on Thursday will be put ... -
Nigeria: Court sentences Nigerian senator Orji Kalu to 12 years in prison for fraud
London, Dec. 5, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A Lagos Division of the Federal High Court, on Thursday, sentenced a serving senator and ex-governor of Abia State, Orji ... -
The good, the bad, the intersection of gender-based violence and technology
By ALICIA HAMMONDMIRAI MARUODIANA J. ARANGO London, Dec. 5, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Technology provides new ways to prevent and respond to gender-based violence – but also ... -
Securing Women’s Land Rights Advances Equity in Our Communities-Josefa Sacko
By Josefa Sacko London, Dec 5, 2019 (AltAfrica)– Across the globe, women make up a large part of agricultural labour: In Sub-Saharan Africa in 2015, they ... -
Nigerian credit startup, Migo raises $20M for brazil expansion
London, Dec. 5, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Credit startup Migo has raised $20 million in its series B funding round. Brazil-based Valor capital led the investment into ... -
Nigeria begins two-day national forum on effective implementation of AfCFTA
London, Dec. 5, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria is today, Thursday Dec. 5, 2019 hosting its national sensitization forum on the “Effective Implementation of the African free ... -
Nigeria has 524 active road, bridge construction projects across the country-Minister
London, Dec. 5, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria currently has a total of 524 road and bridge projects in different stages of completion across the three geo-political ...
