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By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– This all-important training was carried out at Santor, in the Greater Accra region, to observe the 2023 International Day of Rural Women. Chief Adwoa Afriyie Wiafe – Ghana’s Chief Corporate Services and Sustainability Officer at MTN said the training is a laudable venture and a vital one in the aspect of the rural women who are playing very important aspects in the farming sector toward providing food security; therefore, there is a necessity to empower them in a bid to embrace Good Agronomic Practices (GAPs) in farming activities to help them benefit from their sweat. “We brought in some agricultural extension officers who will follow up with the women to ensure they are practicing what they...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– The initiative held a stakeholder engagement for the Greater Masaka region targeting commercial officers, business communities, and business and business support organizations to sensitize them with the information, training on requirements for formal registration, and reasons to register in line with the country’s national development. The URSB Manager Planning and Research – Ssebudde Baker disclosed that they are to hit this goal through the ‘KIRI EASY’ campaign which is aimed at to register these businesses online. He let out that the ambition is assembled on three pillars; collaboration as they work with the private sector, the business community, and other agencies so that they can promote these...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– The Council of Ministers, virtually the cabinet, “approved the Decree which revokes Decree 1/84 of 22 February, which grants the Beira – Zimbabwe fuel pipeline exploitation project,” according to Filimão Suazi, Spokesperson for the Cabinet meeting. “The Decree revokes the concession to the Companhia do Pipeline Moçambique – Zimbabwe [CPMZ] for the exploitation of the Beira – Zimbabwe fuel pipeline and respective benefits: allowing the stability of ongoing investments, it attributes powers to the ministers who oversee the areas of Finance, Mineral Resources and Energy and of Transports and Communications to approve the necessary mechanisms to ensure the continuity of the exploitation of the Beira –...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– A modicum of the legacy projects accentuated in the alliance comprises the Fourth Mainland Bridge, the second phase of the Blue Line Rail, the Omu Creek Project, Lekki-Epe International Airport, and the Lagos Food Systems and Logistics Hub in Epe. The signing ceremony, which was carried on the sidelines of the ongoing 2023 Afri-Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum in Georgetown, Guyana, had in attendance key diplomats comprising the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, and President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Afreximbank, Benedict Oramah, amongst others, a statement from the bank disclosed. Wigwe said: “This...