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By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- ZIMBABWE, State mobile network operator – NetOne’s Franchise programme has brooks fruit and by extension moved up towards closest to US$200 million dollars since launch of the programme a little over a year ago. The franchise programme is bent at enabling the telecoms operator’s distribution channels as it creates convenience and efficiency, bringing products closer to the market. Lazarus Muchenje – Chief Executive Officer highlighted, this is also one way of empowering the communities under the firm’s initiatives to heighten entrepreneurship within communities which has seen thousands of jobs being created across the value chains throughout the country. The Franchise programme...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- RWANDA, Convention Bureau, summit will bring together about 500 delegates globally to bespeak diverse issues facing the continent in order to proffer solutions. Concordia is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization founded in 2011 to behallow and speedily heighten, uplifting and sustaining cross-sector partnerships for social impact. However, in 2016 the organization started regional summits starting with America and Europe continents. It is in 2018 that Concordia Africa was formally launched at the annual summit in New York. The occasion was attended by key African leaders, including President Paul Kagame and President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana. The summit would bring together Concordia’s global community...

BY ANIN AGYEI- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Accra- GHANA EASTERN Regional Secretariat of the Fisheries Commission has stated that it is putting in place measures to boost fish production in the region this year. According to the Commission, they will establish hatcheries and train interested fish farmers to set up nurseries for fingerlings in the districts of the region and also ensure that fish farmers get their fingerlings and other fish inputs at their door steps. The Eastern Regional Director of the Fisheries Commission, Mr. Francis Barnes, disclosed this in an interview with the media in Koforidua, the regional capital. Mr. Barnes said last year, the Commission was able to provide 6,000 fingerlings of catfish hatched at the Commission’s hatchery in Koforidua for fish farmers in the New...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- That $197-billion opportunity for private-sector investors in five high-growth markets in Africa to assist Africa to reach the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with improving digital access making up $74.5 billion of that total. Sources from “Opportunity2030: The Standard Chartered SDG Investment Map”, which highlights opportunities for investors to contribute to three infrastructure-focused goals between now and 2030: SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy and SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure across emerging markets. Across all the world’s emerging markets, Oportunity2030 identifies a $10-trillion opportunity for private sector investors. This represents...