The Buhari administration’s anti-poverty schemes aren’t working
By Olakunle Ologunro
Two years ago, Foluke Akinosho*, a 63-year-old petty trader who sells food provisions in the Mushin area of Lagos, Nigeria, received a...
In Mali, a fair to showcase women entrepreneurs
In Mali, the latest report of the National Institute of Statistics places the unemployment rate at around 10.6% (2015), and reveals that women are...
Covid-19 puts 1.4 million children out of school in Liberia
By Varney Kamara
BONG MINES, Liberia - Fatu Flomo, 53, is a farmer and a mother of four children and three grandchildren. Victoria, Flomo’s youngest...
Centre of Mali : terrorists attack the people’s livelihoods
In Mali, the security situation is still worrying in the center of the country where the inhabitants promise to « no longer stand idle...
Invest in Mali Forum: the countdown is launched
Three months before the big international meeting of promoting Mali as a privileged destination of investments and business in sub-Saharan Africa, a mobilization meeting...
Mali: farmers postpone the cultivation cotton
The fall in the price of cotton and the rise in the price of fertilizer have angered farmers. From Koutiala to Yorosso, the producers...
Mrs Sogoba Jacqueline Konaté: in Mali, “we cannot talk about a...
Ms Sogoba Jacqueline Konaté is a Doctor of Computer Science, currently Assistant Professor at the University of Science, Techniques and Technology of Bamako (USTTB),...
Mali – Mopti : bad time for taxis
For a few years in Mopti, the moto taxis have dethroned yellow taxis, which are becoming increasingly rare and have increased their rates. Faced...
Nigerians face extortion and Covid-19 when registering national identity numbers
By Ope Adetayo
On December 15th, 2020, the Nigerian National Commission issued a directive that all SIM cards must be linked with the owner’s National...
African countries want to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines. G7 nations’ patent protections...
By Nosmot Gbadamosi
At the G7 summit last week in Cornwall, southwest England, Western countries announced a plan to vaccinate the rest of the world...