The white lattice tower of Casablanca Finance City — the zone intended to become Morocco’s economic capital — was the only one on the skyline in 2019. And it remains the only completed building there. But it has since been joined by a host of cranes and half-built residential and commercial blocks.Located on the site of the old city airport, the CFC was launched in 2010 to establish the country as a “gateway to Africa”, and to take advantage of its political and geographical proximity to Europe.But, while 200 companies in sectors such as telecoms, infrastructure and transportation have now signed…
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More than 60 per cent of the population in the region, including young people, have either lost all their income or have experienced reduced incomes since the onset of the pandemic, according to a 2021 study by UNFPA and UN Women ‘Impact of COVID-19 on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in East and Southern Africa’. If countries in the region are to achieve the goals of Agenda 2063, progress must be fast-tracked. But this acceleration will not happen without filling the resource gaps and stepping up political commitment at all levels to prioritize the needs of women and girls, even in the…
Abrima Erwiah, the co-founder of fashion social enterprise Studio 189, has been named the new director of The New School’s Parsons School of Design’s newly formed Joseph and Gail Gromek Institute of Fashion Business. Erwiah begins her new role this month. Apart from launching the institute, she will be creating original programming, conducting research, providing leadership and strategic direction, and developing related initiatives connected to the institution, WWD reported. “My goal is to create a center of learning excellence that goes beyond any border or traditional way of thinking and disrupts the fashion industry in every possible way,” Erwiah said…
Brahim Ghali, head of the Polisario Front in the Western Sahara territory, said renewed fighting with Morocco in the decades-long dispute with the Sahrawi people is likely to affect the entire region should it continue. “There is already war on the ground and to avoid its dire consequences for the region, the UN must resolve this crisis instead of trying to manage it,” Ghali said. His remarks came during National Unity day in Western Sahara. They also come as a group supporting independence for Western Sahara traveled to New York to participate in UN discussions on decolonization. The UN committee…
Lake Nakuru Flamingo Resort & SpaLake Nakuru Flamingo Resort & Spa is one of the best hotels in Nakuru. This serene 3-star hotel is tucked within earshot of Lake Nakuru National Park will give you an unparalleled and unprecedented experience.This was the first time I was going to visit this gem of a hotel and I couldn’t wait to descry this facility built on a whopping 3-acre land.The last time I had a road trip to Nakuru, things didn’t go so well but this time.We departed Nairobi at 10:00 Am, the plan was to check in the evening. One of…
FILE PHOTO: A World Health Organization worker prepares to administer a vaccination during the launch of a campaign aimed at beating an Ebola outbreak in the port city of Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 21, 2018. /VCG Photo Medics in eastern Congo began an Ebola vaccination campaign on Wednesday, the World Health Organisation said, days after the death of a two-year old boy raised fears of another major outbreak. The toddler died last Wednesday in a clinic in the eastern city of Beni, one of the epicentres of a 2018-2020 outbreak which killed more than 2,200 people and infected…
A new initiative by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is supporting African cities to measure their gross domestic product (GDP) – a vital economic well-being indicator. Findings from the pilot initiative for the first time show that between 2015 and 2020 Harare accounted for an average of 38 per cent of Zimbabwe’s GDP, while Accra and Yaoundé’s contributions in Ghana and Cameroon were 36 per cent and 15.7 per cent respectively. The GDP estimates will enable a more accurate understanding of the economic weight and performance of cities as well as the design of tailored measures to…
Issued on: 12/10/2021 – 16:33 Football’s governing body FIFA has lifted its suspension of Chad from international competition. The team was banned in April because of government interference. Chad was readmitted to global football because the government restored power to the Chadian Football Federation (FTFA), and revoked its decision to create a national football management committee, FIFA said in a statement.Disagreement between Chad’s sports ministry and the FTFA led the government to set up a new committee to manage football by presidential decree.As a result, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) disqualified the national team from participating in the qualifiers for…
7th October 2021 The new president is sending all the right signals but needs to move fast to avoid disappointing voters and investors President Hakainde Hichilema’s record of early appointments and dismissals shows he is making good on his promise of a new start for governance and the economy, Lusaka pundits say, after his landslide victory over the Patriotic Front (PF) party in the 12 August general election. Some of the more controversial public officials of the previous regime, such as Treasury Secretary Fredson Yamba and a host of other unpopular permanent secretaries, are gone, while respected professionals…
A Tampa business accepted into the 5508 Small Business Incubator Program is using the opportunity to make an impact beyond the Bay area.Anji Degante, the owner of Accent Styles Boutique, has been inspired ever since her 2014 trip to Kenya. She launched her African clothing business three years ago and now a portion of those proceeds benefit orphan children in that community.“The Maasai tribe that I lived with were extremely traditional,” she said. “If they did not make it they did not wear it,” Degante says she learned a lot about Kenyan culture while living there.“I’ve seen a lot of things that I…