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Published:May23,2022 By Abdulkareem Mojeed Facebook / Dr. Akinwumi Adesina Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank The initiative will provide 20 million African smallholder farmers with certified seeds and will increase access to fertilizers and enable them to rapidly produce 38 million tons of food. The African Development Bank …

Published:May 22,2022 Universal access to digital technology could be the answer to Africa’s endemic under-development, inequality, poverty and conflicts, experts said at a briefing in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, on Friday.Nnena Paul-Ugochukwu, the chief operating officer at Paradigm Initiative, a Pan-African non-profit organization that promotes digital inclusion, said that expanding …

Published:May22,2022 By Azhar Azam CFP For some time, U.S. intelligence has been branding China as an “unparalleled priority” and a “formidable challenge.” No threat, it believed, loomed larger than the one posed by Beijing. China’s economic, diplomatic, military and technological advancement to build a stable and modern world is one core motivation driving the …

Published:May 21,2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on the BRICS countries to firm up their belief and take real action to promote peace and development. Xi made the remarks while delivering a video address at the opening session of the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.

Published: May 20,2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on the BRICS countries to engage in dialogue and exchanges with more emerging markets and developing countries to make the pie of cooperation bigger and the force for progress stronger. He made the remarks during a video address at the …

Published:May20,2022 By GT staff reporters Photo: VCG Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for joint efforts to defeat COVID-19, reinvigorate trade and investment, unleash the power of innovation in driving development, and improve global governance, as the world is facing a pandemic and drastic changes both unseen in a …

Published:May20,2022 As Tanzania launched its second round of vaccination against polio Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) pledged to provide technical support and coordination for the vaccination campaigns. The WHO said in a statement that it would provide technical support in collaboration with UNICEF and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. …

Published: May 19, 2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the conference of the 70th anniversary of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and the Global Trade and Investment Promotion Summit via video link on Wednesday. Following is the full text of the address: Address by H.E. Xi Jinping President of the …

Published:May 19,2022 By Gerald Mbanda Prof. Zha Daojiong-Peking University How can the seeming differences between Chinese positions on governing the digital economy and those as revealed in multilateral digital economy agreements be harmonized? This is a question that was paused by Professor Zha Daojiong,  at the  School of International Studies and Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development, Peking …

Published: May 19,2022 By Ndubi Moturi Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga (left) and Deputy President William Ruto. Jeff Angote & File | Nation Media Group Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition presidential flag bearer Raila Odinga has shot seven points in under a month to poll 39 per cent, after naming Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua, a new poll has shown. On the flipside, his main challenger, …