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NLNG Considers Domestication Of Technology As Key To Broaden Local Content In Energy Sector
Yemisi Izuora The Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited, says technology domestication is critical to provide buffer for strengthening local content in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. The NLNG reinforced the call at the panel session titled...

Diddy's Case Re-Exposes the Sexual Devolution of The West Fo...
The Western world comes with a lot of mysteries, mixed blessings, and very complex tests. When I claim something about the western world or any group, please note that I am referring to the average. The west and any major group like race, gender,...

NLNG Advocates Domestication of Technology to Deepen Local Content in Energy Sector
NLNG has reinforced its call for the urgent need to domesticate technology as a key pillar for deepening local content in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. Speaking at the panel session titled “Technology as a Local Content Imperative: From Adoption...

Press Update: Formal Letters Dispatched to Senegalese Authorities Regarding Gambia-Senegal Hydrocarbon Concerns
- Advertisement - By: Seringe S.T. Touray Mr. Ousman F. M’Bai has today dispatched formal letters to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Senegal, raising urgent and unresolved matters...

Breaking Barriers: Why Regional Integration Is West Africa’s Economic Lifeline
At the 2025 West Africa Economic Summit (WAES), experts and policymakers made one message clear: the future of intra-regional trade depends on collective action. From accelerating digital identity systems to harnessing the energy of West Africa’s...

Can ECOWAS Protocol Be Reimagined? Tour Operators Chart New Path For Seamless Regional Travel
July 05, (THEWILL) — In a daring action to reshape West Africa’s travel and tourism terrain, top-tier holiday facilitators convened at Accraweizo to spotlight the loopholes in the ECOWAS border pact. From frontier slowdowns to lack of regional...

50 Years Of Gowon’s Overthrow
Tuesday, July 29, 2025, will be the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of General Yakubu Gowon GCFR. He was overthrown in a bloodless military coup on the same Tuesday, July 29, 1975. Most of us remember where we were at 6.00 a.m. on Tuesday, July...

Rwanda Featured in Qualcomm’s Efforts to Support African Tech Startups
1 Qualcomm, a global technology company, has announced 10 African startups selected for its 2025 Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Program. The program helps early-stage tech companies grow through training, business support, and access to new...

Which African Countries Are Flourishing? Scientists Have A New Way Of Measu
What does it mean to live a good life? Psychologists and social scientists have been focusing on a new idea called flourishing – a sense of well-being that goes beyond just happiness or success. It’s about your whole life being good, including how...

Nigerian Banking Tech Firm Debuts in Untapped Ethiopian Market
A Nigerian financial technology provider hopes to expand its business in Ethiopia following the successful execution of a digitalization contract with one of the scores of microfinance institutions operating in the country. Qore Technologies was...

Senegal and Alibaba, the benefits of a partnership with the Chinese e-commerce giant
Senegal is preparing to establish a strategic partnership with the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. This cooperation aims not only to ensure the success of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Dakar 2026, but also to strengthen the country’s...

Xi meets Ecuadorian president, Senegalese PM in Beijing
Top news Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko in Beijing on Friday. The two foreign leaders had just concluded their participation in the 2025 Summer Davos forum in...

NPFL top scorer Anas Yusuf headlines Nigeria’s 35-man provisional squad for 2024 CHAN tournament
Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) goal machine Anas Yusuf has been named in Nigeria’s 35-man provisional squad for the upcoming African Nations Championship (CHAN), set to be hosted jointly by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda next month. Yusuf,...

Senegal improves its agri-food value chains through farming cooperatives
International Trade Centre (ITC): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2025: Agricultural cooperatives let farmers pool their resources so they can get better prices for their produce and access more markets, including overseas. In Senegal, nearly...

A sustainable agricultural intensification approach enhances food security & land conservation in Senegal, finds study
An innovative sustainable agricultural intensification approach in Senegal can enhance food security and land conservation through strategic crop choices in the West African country, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the...

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Brazil’s Supreme Court clears way to hold social media companies liable for user content SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court agreed on Thursday on details of a decision to hold social media companies liable for what their users post, clearing...

Ghana uses drone tech, AI to catch wildcat miners
As the afternoon sun beats down on Gold Fields' sprawling Tarkwa gold mine in southwestern Ghana, three men launch a drone into the clear sky, its cameras scanning the lush 210km² tract for intruders. The drone spotted something unusual, and...

Tracking Temporary Migration in Senegal
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have created a dataset of mobile phone records from Senegal, covering 2013 to 2015, to track short-term internal migration across the country. The dataset captures how people moved across 150 towns and rural...

SCCG Research: Understanding payments and infrastructure in African iGaming
SCCG Research provides Gambling Insider with its latest exclusive excerpt on iGaming in Africa, exploring the importance of cashless channels and the diversity in payment methods. By Gambling Insider Payment systems are the backbone of online...
New Study Proposes Smarter Cropland Allocation To Support Sustainable Agricultural Intensification In Senegal
A new study published in the Journal of Cleaner Production presents a novel approach to sustainable agricultural intensification, with promising implications for food security and land conservation in Senegal. Conducted by researchers at the...