American business magnate,  Bill Gates  has revealed his foundation and that of his friend and Nigerian Billionaire  Aliko Dangote  are working together to improve malnutrition in Nigeria, which could also have an impact on all of Africa. The Microsoft founder made this known via his Instagram page, and also disclose that both of them have a lot in common as successful business men. Sharing this photo of them posing together, Bill Gates wrote, ‘Aliko Dangote and I have a lot in common. We both started successful businesses in the late 1970s, and for our second act in life, we both chose to start foundations. Melinda and I are lucky to have him as a partner (and friend!) in our work. Our foundations are working together to improve malnutrition in Nigeria, which could have an impact on all of Africa.’ View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bill Gates (@thisisbillgates)  on  Oct 2, 201...

By Aare Afe Babalola “Solution not in appointment of special envoys or state visit but in current economic challenges in Nigeria”. NIGERIANS living in South Africa have yet again come under attack by local vigilantes. Many suffered only the destruction of their homes and business, while some who lost their lives were not so lucky. As usual reports of these events which the press described as “Xenophobic attacks” have attracted the usual condemnation from Nigerian authorities. The House of Representatives through a press conference called by the Speaker, was particularly at the forefront of the demands for answers from the South African authorities. While the ruling party called for a nationalisation of South African-owned business interests, the Presidency announced that a special envoy had been appointed to meet with the South African authorities on the issue. It has now been reported that as part of a fence-mending efforts, President Muhammadu Buhari will pay a state visit ...

Marek Zmys?owski, a polish-born entrepreneur, known for creating new businesses in Nigeria and sub-saharan African including Jovago, Jumia Travel, Hotel Oga and others, has just shared an interesting story of how he got on Interpol's most wanted list. According to him, 'this is a story about how corrupt policemen disobey the judicial system of Nigeria and even manage to manipulate Interpol, at the request of one businessman that openly brags about his “influence”. See the rest of his story below... Warsaw Okecie Airport, January 14th, 2018. My holiday was coming to an end. I finally recovered from the five most stressful years of my life. In 2013, as a young and success-hungry Polish tech entrepreneur I moved to Nigeria to join the African Digital Revolution. I co-founded  Jovago . com , that later merged with  Jumia . com  who shortly after became Africa’s first Unicorn, employing 3000 people in 23 African countries. My second startup, HotelOga (rebr...

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An African black leopard also known as ‘Black Panther’ has been spotted in Kenya for the first time in 100 years. Biologists captured the rare footage of a big cat strolling in Kenya, making it the first time the animal has been photographed in Africa since 1909, more than a century ago, in Ethiopia. Nick Pilfold, a San Diego Zoo global scientist, said they captured the footage after months of watching and waiting. His team of biologists had placed remote wildlife cameras to track the leopard when they heard unconfirmed reports of a possible black leopard sighting. “We intensified our camera placement in the area the reports were being made. Within a few months, we were rewarded with multiple observations on our cameras” he said The female leopard’s coat color is pitch black as a result of melanism, a gene mutation that results in an over-production of pigment, Pilfold said. It’s the opposite of albinism — and although the leopard’s coat appears black during the day, its...

THE United Nations Secretary in Nigeria, Mohammed Chambers yesterday challenged the Nigerian government and all stakeholders in the upcoming general elections to work harder at ensuring that the outcome of the exercise before, during and after the polls will be clothed in the globally acceptable tenets of a free, fare, credible and peaceful process. INEC The Envoy gave the charge on Saturday at the National Workshop on Broadcast Media Coverage of the 2019 General Elections with the theme: Fake News, Hate Speech, Vote and PVC Buying’’ in Abuja. Chambers, who was represented at the occasion by Takwa Zebulun said Nigeria as the big brother that had played a stabilizing role in many parts of Africa and consolidating their democracies should be able to conduct a credible and fair election that would be globally accepted. According to him, Nigeria occupies a strategic position in West Africa, the African continent, and indeed globally and therefore expected to deliver, credible...