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By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra- An initiative to equip over 50,000 owners of Micro Small Enterprises (MSEs) with the relevant digital skills by the end of this year has kicked off in Nairobi, targeting to be expanded to multiple counties across the country. The digital skilling initiative dubbed Future Ni Digital is part of the digital program that was launched earlier...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- The ECOWAS Parliament on June 10th, 2021 propelled a notch closer toward fulfilling a single currency for the sub-region as it adopted the draft resolution on the Macroeconomic Convergence and Stability Pact. The agreement, which was approved at the culmination of its First Ordinary Session in Abuja, was a...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- The Ecobank Transnational Incorporated – a notable Pan-African banking group and parent company of the Ecobank Group, has published its project to increase $300 million from the international debt capital markets through the allotment of Grade 2 entitling sustainability memoranda. According to a disclosure...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra- Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has started drilling the first geothermal well for Ethiopia Electric Power (EEP) company, setting in motion Phase II of Ksh.7.6 billion contract. The company has so far drilled 29 metres against a possible maximum of 3,000 metres, further entrenching KenGen’s foothold in the Horn of Africa...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- The grant sought at establishing the 50-megawatt Malagarasi hydropower plant and an evacuation transmission line and expanding 4,250 rural electrification connections. The grant comprises a $120 million sovereign loan from AfDB and $20 million from the Africa Growing Together Fund (AGTF). AGTF is a facility financed...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- Ratified by the administration of Burkina Faso, the single-cross hybrid also suited the first of its kind to be approved in West and Central Africa (WCA). Nafagnon harvests as much as 45% loftier than popular variety Misari-1. It is more protected to downy mildew and has higher silage profit potential. The...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- More than 100 years and more after the vices perpetrated by the German colonial power in what is now Namibia, Germany has formally acknowledged the monstrosities inflicted against the Herero and Nama ethnic groups as genocide. The Cable News Network (CNN) published. Germany will subsidize Namibia and the offspring...