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By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone-  Despite the funds budgeted by the Federal Government, the Dangote Group is the second largest donor to education in Nigeria. And also the nation’s biggest private sector employer. Through a paper discerned by newsmen indicates that, about one thousand engineering graduates have been accepted into the Dangote Academy, and thereafter hired into the several associates of the Dangote Group. The unrestricted training programmes in the Dangote Academy found in Kogi State are Graduate Engineer Training Scheme, Junior Technician Training Scheme, and Vocational Training Scheme. The alliance has given an abundance of infrastructural backing to the nation’s tertiary institutions, one of which is the construction of...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- Since the African Union thrusts for its fresh flagship 2063 schedule — initiatives for prosperity and peace on the continent –Investment in Agriculture will take advantage of a key part for advancement announces the AUs Commissioner for Agriculture in remarks to Euronews. “We have an import bill per year of $45 billion when Africa has 60% arable land to produce for Africa and the world. With this comparative advantage that we have to try to exploit, I think Covid-19 was a good lesson. Our dependence on imports has to end,” Sacko said. Specifically, natural disasters, like Cyclone Idai, and the Covid-19 pandemic have ascertained the desire for food substitutes to withstand with the...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs has disclosed that, the nation has preserved a preliminary obligation of $200 million from the African Export-Import Bank to finance the country’s preparations to host the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA). Precisely, this progress arrives weeks after African nations kicked of trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) treaty. The Foreign Affairs Minister intimated MPs that, FEDA seeks at improving private capital investments in sectors critical to driving intra-African trade and export advancement. This, he recounted, is vital in addressing constraints to the advancement of export growth and diversification, as well as expanding Africa’s...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra, Ghana- Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) signed a $6.5 million contract with Office Djiboutien De Development De lenergie Geothermique (Djiboutian Office of Geothermal Energy Development) (ODDEG), to drill three geothermal wells in Djibouti. Charles Keter, Kenya’s Energy Cabinet Secretary (CS), pointed out that African nations shared the common aspiration of delivering electricity to their people, which, he said, provided an opportunity to work together to meet the continent’s energy needs. “The biggest challenge has remained access (to electricity) in remote areas, and in Sub-Saharan Africa with 573 million people not having access to this important commodity. Although energy access policies have continued to...