Jide Adesina, Author at 1st Afrika

The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum Elects Muhammad Yunus Al-Manfi As President Of The Presidential Council And Abdel-Hamid Dabaiba As Prime Minister In The Second Round Of Voting.

Jide AdesinaFebruary 5, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 5, 20210721

Geneva, February 5, 2021 (Lana) – The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Geneva today, Friday evening, elected Muhammad Yunus Al-Manfi as Chairman of the Presidential...

POLITICS

President Biden delivers remarks on the economy from the White House

Jide AdesinaFebruary 5, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 5, 20210718

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POLITICS

Senate Passes Budget Plan To Advance Biden’s $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Aid Package

Jide AdesinaFebruary 5, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 5, 20210688

President Joe Biden’s drive to enact a $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill gained momentum on Friday as the U.S. Senate narrowly approved a budget blueprint...

STOCK MARKET

Bitcoin May Hit $500,000 in a Few Years if Dollar Printing Continues -Asset Manager

Jide AdesinaFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 202101017

The CEO of One River Asset Management Eric Peters says Bitcoin is likely to hit $500,000 in the long run. Peters whose firm also holds...

Commerce

Only 3 African Countries Have Committed To Pay For The COVAX Vaccine Facility – Report

Jide AdesinaFebruary 4, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 4, 20210741

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), only 3 countries out of Africa’s 54 counties have made a commitment to pay for the COVAX Vaccination...

IMMIGRATION & YOU

The Central African Republic in Crisis: Critical Measures to Address Humanitarian and Security Needs

Jide AdesinaFebruary 4, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 4, 20210899

Alexandra Lamarche February 4, 2021 In December 2020, presidential elections in the Central African Republic (CAR) were marked by a major surge in violence. They...

TECHNOLOGY

IT firm CSM Technologies inks $5.5-million deal in Ethiopia

Jide AdesinaFebruary 4, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 4, 20210899

CSM Technologies, Bhubaneswar-headquartered IT services and consulting firm, has inked a deal worth $5.5 million with the Addis Ababa Public Procurement & Property Disposal Services...

SPORTS

QNB Group is Official Mideast-Africa Supporter and Qatari Bank of FIFA World Cup 2022

Jide AdesinaFebruary 4, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 4, 20210732

QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, was unveiled as an Official Middle East and Africa Supporter of the...

SPORTS

Man Utd have Found Spark After Big Win

Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 20210714

Manchester United’s Victor Lindelof and Mason Greenwood in action. Image: LAURENCE GRIFFITHS Manchester – Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said his team had rediscovered their...

HUMOR

We’re In This Together

Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 20210878

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ARTS & CULTURE

ALIEN EM- Black Lives Matter (BLM) HIP HOP GLOBAL Remix

Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 20210810

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Entertainment

Golden Globes 2021 nominations – full list

Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 20210743

By Kieran Doody @kierandoody UK Trending Editor Golden Globes 2021 nominations – full list. (PA/Canva) NOMINATIONS for the Golden Globe 2021 awards were announced today as Hollywood’s...

BUSINESS

Banks Accused of Being “Racially Selective” over Distribution of R200 billion Covid-19 Relief Funds

Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 20210865

JOHANNESBURG – Players in the Black-owned businesses space in South Africa, on top of the tremendous challenges they have faced since the start of the...

ECONOMY

Economists Believe U.S. can Afford $1.9 trillion Stimulus bill

Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 20210769

The Biden Administration has proposed a $1.9 trillion stimulus package, and for roughly two weeks, leaders on both sides of the aisle are debating whether...

Africa

Civilians killed in Al-Shabaab Attack on Hotel in Somalia

Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 20210747

At least three people including two civilians were killed in a jihadist attack Sunday on a Mogadishu hotel, a Somali security source said, adding that...

IMMIGRATION & YOU

For African Migrants in Yemen, no way Forward and no Way Back

Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 2021February 3, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 2021February 3, 20210823

The people smuggler spreads his arms wide over nine oblong piles of grey rocks, each representing one dead migrant. A tenth hole waits to be...

BUSINESS

Amazon Doubles Earnings, But Are Investors Impressed

Jide AdesinaFebruary 2, 2021February 2, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 2, 2021February 2, 20210791

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) released fourth-quarter financial results after markets closed Tuesday. The e-commerce empire said that it had $14.09 in earnings per share (EPS)...

RELATIONSHIP

Corporate citizenry: Overcoming our Built-in Apathy About Corruption

Jide AdesinaFebruary 2, 2021February 2, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 2, 2021February 2, 20210809

Level-headed citizens don’t need reminding of South Africa’s lost potential. As a nation, we punch way below our weight on the international stage, pandemic or...

POLITICS

ECOWAS Favours Buhari’s Candidate For AU Appointments

Jide AdesinaFebruary 2, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 2, 20210764

The ECOWAS Heads of State and Government have agreed to step down their candidates for Commissioner for Peace and Security in the African Union in...

Africa

Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia Fail to Reach Final Agreement for GERD

Jide AdesinaFebruary 2, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 2, 20210810

Sudan has recently started to state clearly that a legally binding solution is the only way out of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis...

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