Jide Adesina, Author at 1st Afrika

African Development Bank and MasterCard Broaden Financial Inclusion in Africa // Banque Africaine De Développement Et MasterCard Elargissent L’Inclusion Financière En Afrique

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150598

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and MasterCard announced a broad collaboration that aims to expand financial inclusion across the African continent. The collaboration seeks to...

BUSINESS

Why Africa Must Focus On Creating Local Value // Pourquoi L’Afrique Doit Mettre L’accent Sur La Création De Valeur Locale

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 20150678

African policymakers need to understand the value that their economies are creating and retaining if they are to move away from their current reliance on...

Aviation

Spitfire Lost To The Nation By Bungling Museum: Aircraft Was Used To ‘Pay’ Firm To Recover Another Plane From Egyptian Desert – But It Is Still There Three years on

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150692

Museum used the grounded Spitfire to pay a firm to recover an RAF Kittyhawk P40 discovered preserved in the Sahara desert But even though it...

Education

School Denies Class Segregation // École Refuse La Ségrégation De Classe

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 20150685

A Pretoria school on Thursday denied claims of racial segregation and said their pupils attended integrated classrooms. “Regarding the allegations of racial segregation at Curro...

AFRIKA HERALD

African Union Calls For 7,500-Strong Force To Fight Boko Haram // L’Union Africaine Appelle A 7 500-Strong Force Lutter Contre Boko Haram

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150731

BY KARIM LEBHOUR The African Union called Friday for a regional five-nation force of 7,500 troops to defeat the “horrendous” rise of Nigeria’s Boko Haram...

Entertainment

Rocky Peter American Idol VIDEO: Singer Overcomes Poverty in Africa, Channels Emotions In Original Song ‘Wrong Places’ //

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150627

By Shari Weiss Rocky Peter blew away the judges on “American Idol” on Thursday with his moving backstory and a poignant performance of an original...

LIFE & STYLE

WFP Cuts Food Rations To 150,000 Refugees In Uganda // PAM Coupe Des Rations Alimentaires à 150 000 Réfugiés En Ouganda

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150607

Children from Bunia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have a meal at the Kyangwali refugee settlement in Hoima district in Western Uganda, March 25,...

POLITICS

Hillary Clinton’s ‘WMD’ Moment: U.S. Intelligence Saw False Narrative In Libya // ‘ADM’ instant Hillary : Services De Renseignement Américains Ont Vu Faux Récit En Libye

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 20150640

The gap between Hillary Rodham Clinton’s rhetoric warning of a Rwanda-like slaughter of civilians in Libya and the facts gathered by career intelligence staff is...

Women's World

Decorating The Woman’s Cave // Grotte De La Femme De Décoration

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150651

Today we will talk about a woman’s cave. Even though every space in the house belongs to the women in that house; we have come...

Health

Liberian Children Return To School As Number of Ebola Cases Decrease // Les Enfants Libériens Retournent A L’école Que La Diminution De Nombre De Cas De Virus Ebola

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150601

By Michelle Kapusta, Children in one of the countries hardest hit by the Ebola epidemic are finally able to return to school for the first...

STOCK MARKET

Ivory Coast Growths of $1 BLN: PM on Eurobond Comes February // Crus De La Côte D’Ivoire De $1 Milliards: PM Sur Euro-Obligations vient Février

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150571

Ivory Coast is aiming to issue a new Eurobond of at least one billion dollars at the end of next month. Ivory Coast is aiming...

AFRIKA HERALD

UN Forecasts ‘Worrisome’ 2015 Outlook On Humanitarian Front For Somalia // Prévisions A Long Terme Des Nations Unies « Inquiétant » Perspectives 2015 Sur Le Front Humanitaire Pour La Somalie

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150593

A food distribution centre near the Somali city of Beletweyne. UN Photo/Abdulkadir Ahmed Malnutrition rates are “stubbornly high” in Somalia with more than 200,000 children requiring emergency...

International News

Parties Agree ‘in Principle’ To Move UN-Mediated Political Talks to Libya // Parties Conviennent « En principe » Pour Déplacer Les Pourparlers Politiques Non Médiatisées En Libye

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 20150560

Participants at the Libya dialogue, Palais des Nations, Geneva, on 27 January 2015. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré Participants in the United Nations-facilitated Libyan political dialogue in...

IMMIGRATION & YOU

UN Sec. Condemns Destruction of Villages,Displacement of Thousands in Darfur // Interdiction Condamne La Destruction De Villages, Le Déplacement De Milliers Au Darfour

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150551

A market for livestock in the Golo area of Darfur. Photo: UNAMID/Albert González Farran United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned the reported aerial bombardment...

IMMIGRATION & YOU

Australia’s Detention of Asylum-Seekers At Sea Ruled Legal // La Détention Des Demandeurs D’asile En Mer De L’Australie A Jugé Légal

Jide AdesinaJanuary 29, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 29, 20150647

AFP Court rules that government was entitled to hold the group of Tamils from Sri Lanka on a customs ship with a view to return...

STOCK MARKET

ABC Holdings Limited Delisting From Botswana Stock Exchange // ABC Holdings Limited Retrait De La Cote De La Bourse De Botswana

Jide AdesinaJanuary 29, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 29, 20150649

Shares in ABC Holdings Limited Shares will be delisted and removed from trading on the Botswana Stock Exchange, with effect from the 30 January 2015. With effect...

Education

2015 Top 100 Universities and Colleges in Africa // 2015 Top 100 Universités Et Collèges En Afrique

Jide AdesinaJanuary 29, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 29, 20150818

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN Established in 1829 as a school for boys, the University of Cape Town (UCT) is South Africa’s oldest university and one...

Tourism

Safeguarding Mali’s Ancient Manuscript Collections // Sauvegarde Des Manuscrits Anciens Du Mali.

Jide AdesinaJanuary 29, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 29, 20150656

Nearly two years after armed groups occupied northern Mali and destroyed cultural heritage there, an international conference will take place in the capital, Bamako, from...

TECHNOLOGY

Ericsson And MTN Launch E-waste Disposal And Recycling in Benin // Ericsson Et MTN Lancent E-déchets Et Recyclage Au Bénin

Jide AdesinaJanuary 29, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 29, 20150666

Ericsson and MTN Benin have partnered under their Ecology Management Program, to launch the first electrical and electronic equipment waste (e-waste) collection and awareness drive...

SPORTS

Guinea 1-1 Mali : Duo To Draw Lots For Place in Quarter-finals // Guinée 1-1 Mali : Duo Au Tirage Au Sort Pour Une Place En Quart De Finale

Jide AdesinaJanuary 29, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 29, 20150646

Kevin Constant opened the scoring with a penalty and although Seydou Keita missed from the spot moments later, Modibo Maiga netted a second-half equaliser for...

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