‘Africa’ Archives
Kenya Airways in ‘Year of Peace’ Campaign with AU
Addis Ababa, 28 June 2010 | The Commission of the African Union (AU) and Kenya Airways today announced a partnership under the umbrella of the 2010 Year of Peace and Security in Africa. Under this agreement, Kenya Airways will provide communication and financial support to the ‘make peace happen’ campaign, thereby contributing towards the [...]
OPI, a new tool to Improve Business practice in Africa
Each year, Africans organisations are celebrated for their innovation and enduring spirit in the face of adversity. What they are not yet celebrated for is the consistency in quality and adherence to professional standards, which to date has restricted many organizations from competing on a global scale. It is for this reason that The Kenya [...]
Togo Elections: Tip-toeing towards reconciliation
Lomé (Togo) — As up to 3.2 million Togolese cast their ballots in the presidential election on 4 March, IRIN asked voters and experts what it would take to reach true reconciliation after decades of political violence. "Impunity will no longer be tolerated, the blood of Togo's sons and daughters will no longer flow freely on our land, the [...]
Post-Election Violence Threatens Togo’s Stability
Police in Togo have fired tear gas to disperse protesters, who took to the streets to dispute President Faure Gnassingbe's election victory. Hundreds of opposition supporters demonstrated against the result on Sunday in the capital, Lome. As the opposition swore to contest President Faure Gnassingbe’s re-election in Togo, there are reports [...]
200 die in Nigeria’s Christian-Muslim clashes | FT.com / Africa
Clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Nigerian city of Jos have claimed scores of lives in the latest flare-up of religious violence to affect Africa’s most populous nation. Rights activists said the death toll topped 200 after unrest broke out in one suburb on Sunday, prompting authorities to impose a 24-hour curfew. Hundreds more [...]
Space rocks land tourists in Sudanese jail | ABC News
Three European tourists have been detained in Sudan for acquiring the remnants of a rare meteorite that hit a remote region in 2008, their lawyer said. Lawyer Adil Yacoub Ahmed says the tourists, two from France and the other from Belgium, were arrested 500 kilometres north of the capital Khartoum. "They were arrested two weeks ago in Abu [...]
Kenya tea loses its flavour in Pakistan
From The Business DailyMay 12, 2008: A tactical manoeuvre by Pakistan into bilateral free trade arrangements with several Asian neighbours is threatening to throw its multi-billion shilling-a-year-tea trade with Kenya into a spin.For many years, Pakistan has been the single largest buyer of Kenyan tea, taking up more than 28 per cent of its total [...]
Another brand change for Celtel
May 12, 2008: Just when Kenyans are getting comfortable with the Celtel brand, consumers and marketers will have to once again change their perceptions as it switches its name to Zain later this year.The remaining months of 2008 promise to be significant for the Kenyan operation. The company is preparing its Nairobi office to become Celtel [...]
Norwegian firm quits Tanzania over corruption
May 7, 2008: A leading engineering consulting firm has pulled out of Tanzania over corruption.The Norwegian firm, Norconsult AS, has also sacked its Tanzania managing director after audit reports by PricewaterhouseCoopers linked its business to corruption.“We do not accept any kind of misconduct or corruption. As a consequence, we cease our [...]
