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By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- In hospitals, medics are inconvenienced they are fast trotting out of medical supplies, as swarms of worried family members Freetown at the gates, scanning lists and questioning passers-by to find out if their loved ones are inside the makeshift burns wards. On November 07th, 2021 last night; the death toll ensuing the explosion of a fuel tanker stretched outto101, while at least 88people are...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone – Ivory Coast’s cocoa board has allocated 161,000 tonnes of international contracts to local exporters this season, half as much as envisaged under a government decree to support local players, the regulator’s chief said on Friday. In May of 2021, the administration decreed that 20% of cocoa investments by international corporations should be fulfilled by local companies in a...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra GHANA – Scientists, entrepreneurs, institutional leaders and students from Africa and beyond met in Kigali, Rwanda and online for the second continental African Plant Breeders Association Conference (#APBAConf2021). Guided by the theme, “Accelerating Genetic Gains in Plant Breeding for Resilience and Transformative Food Systems and Economic Growth in Africa”, participants at the hybrid event explored the current...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- The president of African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, has said the bank, alongside its partners are set to invest $500m into the Nigeria’s Digital and Creative Enterprises (i-DICE), which he believes would help to create sustainable jobs and make Nigeria a global powerhouse in these industries. Dr. Akinwunmi – the keynote speaker at the 2021 edition of NECCIPR meeting...