Oseyiza Oogbodo Blog

African Television , organizer of the highly anticipated Beautiful Africa Day coming up in Belgium on June 1, has disclosed some of those who will receive awards at the glorious occasion.

The inaugural IDFA Talent Award was recently presented to emerging filmmaker Vanessa Del Campo Gatell at Visions du Réel (VdR) in Nyon, Switzerland.

Cote d’Ivoire Minister of Tourism, Siandou Fofana, on 25 April 2019 presented a strategy document aimed at making Côte d’Ivoire Africa’s fifth biggest tourism destination from 2025 to the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), and sought its support to implement the plan.

The World Bank has approved a $250m International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) loan to enhance access to affordable housing finance for Kenyans who are unable to access long-term housing finance.

European Union Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, has announced a €7.9m contribution to support Mauritius' priority to address unemployment and build an innovative Mauritius.

The Good Life is one of the books written by Oseyiza Oogbodo, curator of this blog. Below is an excerpt of it. It’s available as an eBook, along with other Oogbodo books, at: https://www.amazon.com/author/oseyizaoogbodo

Canon (www.Canon-CNA.com), world leader in imaging solutions, has announced that it has started accepting entries for its New Cosmos of Photography 2019 photo competition.

Dangote Former Ethiopia Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, has described as exceptional and enormous the investment of the Dangote Group (https://Dangote.com) in Africa's oil refining sector and urged other private sector investors to take a cue from DG’s investment drive.

Alioune Ndiaye, Chief Executive Officer, Orange Middle East and Africa, has claimed that they are ready to transform Africa with digital centres.