Kenya Set to Overtake Ethiopia as East Africa’s Top Economy
Kenya’s economy is set to surpass Ethiopia’s to become East Africa’s largest this year, the International Monetary Fund said, after the birr was devalued.
Ethiopia’s inflation rate to decline to 10% in 2025/2026 fiscal year
Ethiopia’s inflation is expected to decline to 10% in the coming financial year, the country’s central bank chief Mamo Mihretu said on Thursday, the lowest level in a decade thanks to the government’s reform programme. The East African nation struck…
Bangladesh, World Bank sign $850 million deal to boost jobs, trade
Bangladesh and the World Bank on Wednesday signed two financing agreements worth $850 million to strengthen the South Asian country’s trade capacity, create jobs, and modernise its social protection system, the Washington-based global lender said. The bulk of the funding,…
Kevin Hart Set To Host 2025 BET Awards – WDEF
Kevin Hart will host the 2025 BET Awards, commemorating the organization’s 25th anniversary. The live broadcast will air on BET from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Hart previously hosted the BET…
Wizkid, Rema, Asake, Tems nominated for 2025 American Music Awards
Afrobeats stars Wizkid, Rema, Tems and Asake have been nominated for the 51st American Music Awards. They are among the nominees for the Favourite Afrobeats Artist award, going head-to-head with South African Grammy-winner Tyla. This category, introduced in 2022, has…
Amazon announces beneficiaries of Future Engineer Scholarship Program
Amazon has announced its 2025 cohort of 400 Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship recipients, offering up to $16 million in college tuition support. The awards will provide each recipient with up to $40,000 over four years to pursue computer science and…
Shettima Congratulates UBA on 75th Anniversary, Hails Innovation Drive
Shettima Congratulates UBA on 75th Anniversary, Hails Innovation Drive The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has extolled what he termed the staying power of the United Bank of Africa (UBA) in the past 75 years, describing the financial institution as…
BREAKING: World leaders arrive in Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral
Many world leaders and thousands of mourners are gathering for the funeral of Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday aged 88,CityNews Nigeria reports. The service will begin at 10:00 local time (09:00 BST) in front of St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican…
Africa Must Act Fast to Secure Investment, Says Okonjo-Iweala Amid Aid Cuts
Director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has warned that African countries must change from reliance on foreign aid and take bolder steps to attract investment, as global donor support continues to wane. Speaking on the sidelines…
Nigeria’s Flamingos clinch 2025 FIFA Women’s World Cup ticket
Despite wintry conditions in Blida, on the outskirts of the Algerian capital, Algiers on Friday night, Nigeria’s U17 girls dug their feet into the ground and achieved a scoreless draw that qualified them for this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World…