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By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- The Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development (KFED) has disclosed an operational set of standards to be followed under the recently signed Entrepreneurship Support Agreement with the Togolese Government. The strategic agreement, which was signed in March last year will provide funding assistance of over $15 million to local Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Togo; that will eventually resulting in the financing of over 3,700 projects and the opening of around 13,000 job opportunities. The agreement was signed by Hussain Jassim Al Nowais – Chairman of KFED and Noel Bataka, Togo’s Minister of Agriculture in Lome. Under the terms of the agreement, funds appropriated for the projects will be expended equally over...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu –   NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- President of South Africa started testifying  at a Judicial inquiry. Erstwhile South African President – Jacob Zuma on Monday testify at a Judicial Inquiry where he faces resilient questioning over allegations that, he oversaw systematic looting of State funds while in power. Zuma struck a characteristically relaxed tone ahead of his televised appearance, which could last for five days, tweeting a video on Sunday of himself dancing and singing “Zuma must fall” before laughing heartily. “The commission asked me to come to testify and put forward any information that I might have”, he told members of the forth estate last week. “We will see how things pan out, but I am going there”. The former President is...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- In 2018, sh70 million was saved, through the energy management measures. At a meeting with officials from the Energy and Water Ministries and the Kenya Association of Manufactures (KAM) KBL Managing Director – Jane Karuku said in 2018, the company reduced energy use by 8% in spite of volume growth, empowering the company to save 15 million Kilowatts in concentrating on reduction of water use, the bear-maker’s water use; reduced by 4%, saving over 67million liters of water in 2018. “KBL commands a huge energy footprint which informs the onsite strategic choices, how we use energy and measures to take towards achieving energy use reduction aimed at improving sustainability and the energy cost base”, KBL corporate...

BY YESMAN ANTOH- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Accra, Ghana- GHANA HAS joined other commonwealth nations to pledge their commitment to the protection of Journalists at the just ended Global Conference for Media Freedom in London. The two-day conference was also used to discuss ways to ensure responsible media and support for safety and protection of Journalists. Ghana’s delegation to the Conference was led by Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. Nkrumah in an address to participants said Ghana had and continues to build a robust mechanism for free and responsible media practice through constitutional and legal frameworks. “Ghana has repealed the Criminal Libel Law, enacted a whistle blowers law and recently passed right to information. These developments have introduced a...