Super Eagles goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi has joined South African giants Kaizer Chiefs from rivals Chippa United.
The 32-year-old goalkeeper…
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Cameroon joins Full Intra-African Air Transport Liberalization project
(Business in Cameroon) – Cameroon has just joined the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), the African Civil Aviation Commission (AfCAC) announced. With this decision, the country now takes part in the project seeking to liberalize and unify the African skies, and benefits from free market access and free exercise of first, second, third, fourth and fifth freedom traffic rights for scheduled and freight air services.
Eligibility criteria for African Community carriers include compliance with safety and security standards, fair competition mechanisms, dispute settlement and better consumer protection.
Cameroon becomes the 28th African State to sign its solemn commitment to join the SAATM bringing the number of participants to 44 signatories including: Benin, Burkina…
Def Jam co-founder Danny Simmons joins Art Museum’s African American arts committee
Gail Harrity, president and chief operating officer at the museum, said, “We were introduced to Danny through his work with Rush Arts Philly and his other philanthropy. His stature in the arts and in pop culture, his expertise, and his creative energy will add substantially to the committee, and we’re thrilled he has our accepted our invitation.”
Nigeria joins African pact on economic implementation
Convened by a network of African countries together with the United Nations Development Program collaborating with the African Development Bank, …
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Joseph Kabila, DRC’s only living ex-prez joins African peers: LIST
Whereas some countries boast up to five former presidents – be they democratically elected or military rulers – others can count none.
Most of those without ex-presidents are the countries where we have the sit-tight leaders, those that have held onto power for decades and yet show no signs of slowing down.
The most recent African country to have a former president is the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC. Where at 47-years-old Joseph Kabila has left office after 18 years in charge of sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest nation.
Kabila came to power in 2001 following the assassination of his father, he won two contested…
Barbados Joins String of Caribbean Islands Ditching Plastics
Barbados is the latest Caribbean nation to announce a ban on single-use plastics.
The island nation of 286,000 people will bar the import, use, and sale of single-use plastics and polystyrene foam, commonly referred to as Styrofoam, as of April 1.
Single-use plastic bags will be banned starting Jan. 1, 2020, but Barbados is allowing exceptions in certain cases, such as packaging for medical and food products.
Nine Caribbean countries now have banned or imposed taxes on plastics…
