Oseyiza Oogbodo Blog

The U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa in partnership with Humanity Plus and iCog Labs will launch the second Solve IT, a nationwide innovation competition for Ethiopian youths, on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at the American Center.

The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) (www.TBDGroup.org) and USAID’s Power Africa initiative (https://www.USAID.gov/PowerAfrica) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will finance power projects in 22 African countries.

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, and Africell Holdings Limited have signed a commitment letter for $100 million to expand access to telecommunications in Africa.

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) (www.Temenos.com), the banking software company has announced the launch of its South African “Bank of the Future” Think-Tank. The venture, which involves a quarterly gathering of some of the brightest minds in South African banking aims to address domestic and global challenges and opportunities facing financial institutions in the country.

A new study of mid-size businesses and consumers revealed that many are confused and lack trust when it comes to the privacy and security of their online data and behaviour. The research, which covered six countries in Europe and North America, found that people worry that hackers, their own and foreign governments, employers and even friends and family might want to access their online data, and how to stop them.

Africa Oil Week ( www.Africa-OilWeek.com ), the leading event dedicated to the Africa oil and gas industry, hosted a live broadcast by CNBC Africa which focused on global funding strategies and M&A for the Africa upstream sector and explored how the key stakeholders tap into large pools of global capital to finance the sector.

Peters The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has conformed to the order of Nigeria’s High Court directing the removal of the name of the Executive Vice Chairman, Aiteo Group (http://www.AiteoGroup.com), Benedict Peters, from its list of wanted persons.

Ecobank Academy, a corporate university of the leading independent pan-African banking group in collaboration with Ecobank Foundation (EcobankFoundation.org), has launched an innovative development programme aimed at improving Africa’s health systems through rigorous financial management, effective leadership development and sound implementation capabilities.

Habitat for Humanity’s (www.Habitat.org/emea) Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter has launched its first ShelterTech Accelerator Kenya program.

As Zambia Rugby commences preparations for the 2022 Youth Olympic Games in Senegal, the girls have stepped up initiatives not to be left behind.

GE Healthcare (www.GEHealthcare.com) has just finished conducting a series of educational sessions in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania targeting radiologists and radiographers.

By Paul Nyakazeya UNITED Arab Emirates’ (UAE) DP World Limited has taken legal action against China for building an international free zone on a terminal being disputed with Djibouti.

Aliko Dangote As the budding automobile company, Dangote Sinotruk West Africa Limited (https://Dangote.com), entered another phase in its expansion drive, it has said that it was increasing its local input into the assembling plant to up to 60 percent, even as it plans to roll out commercial vehicles soon.

Centurion Law Group (Centurion) (www.Centurionlg.com), a pan-African law conglomerate, now offers the cost savings and efficiency of flexible legal services through its acquisition of IMANI-African Lawyers On Demand http://IMANIlod.com/

MSD (www.MSD.co.za), known as Merck & Co., Inc., (NYSE: MRK) in the United States and Canada, has congratulated Senegal on the successful launch of the National Immunisation Programme (NIP) for the Human-Papillomavirus, HPV, the main cause of cervical cancer.

Also, it would be on his subconscious. That he couldn’t stand up to a woman. He wasn’t proud but his ego wouldn’t take it and he was sure even his mum would be let down if he didn’t live up to this moment.

The Regional Commissioner of Dar es Salaam has announced that a committee will be put in place to track and arrest gay people, and to encourage people to report those they suspect of being gay.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MOETE) awarded Alexandria Advanced Technical School students Mohamed Mahmoud Attia and Moemen Magdy Mohamed the grand prize of the Fanni Mobtaker Competition for Entrepreneurship and Innovation for their digital modeling and fabrication machine for prototype development.

Dr Heather Watts, Office of Global AIDS Coordinator (S/GAC) Chair for Ethiopia, recently led a delegation to review PEPFAR (U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) programs in Ethiopia which has neared a historic moment of the HIV/AIDS response as it’s positioned to reach sustained epidemic control by 2020.

If your problem is getting a good wife in Lagos, as we keep hearing that Lagos girls are not good girls, I’m happy to remind you again that lots of choice maidens abound here in the village and many of them are very much available and any of those we’ve earmarked for you will make a good wife and we hope you’ll pay the bride price of any of them after we’re done with our ceremonies.

Kagame Rwanda President, Paul Kagame, and Alibaba Group (www.AlibabaGroup.com) Executive Chairman, Jack Ma, witnessed the signing of three Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) between the Rwandan Government and Alibaba establishing an eWTP (electronic world trade platform) hub in Rwanda.

Africa holds a very high rate of youth unemployment. In Ghana for instance, about 120,000 young people graduate from various institutions with about 10% getting employed after the first year of completion. Over 16% will never work in their lifetime, yet every year, thousands of job vacancies go unfilled. According to employers, they cannot find people who are ready for work.

Africa’s early stage investor community will convene on November 11th and 12th, 2018 for the 5th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (#AESIS2018) hosted by Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A) (https://VC4A.com) and African Business Angel Network (ABAN).

The United States Government has given three new health centers to the Amhara Regional Health Bureau.