here is your latest african news nigeria nigerians have been banned from going to fight in ukraine
nigerians say it will not allow its nationals to join the fight in ukraine this follows reports
of alleged recruitment of volunteers in the country to fight for ukraine nigeria's foreign
ministers say the ukrainian embassy had denied any role in their alleged exercise however the
embassy confirmed that a number of nigerians had approached it indicating willingness to join the
war according to a statement on march 7 signed by francesca omayuli spokesperson for the ministry
the embassy also distanced itself from claims that it was requesting a thousand dollars or 800 pounds
from each nigerian volunteer for an air ticket and visa this comes days after senegal warned against
volunteers enlisting to fight against russia in ukraine it also ordered the ukrainian ambassador
to take down a facebook post that had called on senegalese volunteers to enlist in the war
zimbabwe you can now go to ukraine we don't need you here government tells ngo president amazon's
nangawa's administration says international non-governmental organizations to stop
interfering with the country's internal affairs and to relocate to war-torn ukraine if they are
not happy with the country's law the government also threatened to shut down most ngo operations
midlands provincial affairs minister larry mavima said ngos would be the register that
the government no longer saw their relevance due to the involvement in politics he told local
authorities to deregister non-compliant ngos the pvo amendment bill which will amend the pvo act
is currently being debated in parliament and is viewed as oppressive as it will criminalize
the work of ngos and give the public service ministers powers to regulate their operation it
will also require them to disclose their sources of funding africa wide africa is now taking ai
possibilities seriously african countries like mauritius south africa seashells rwanda and
senegal are trying to establish their stakes in this emerging technology south africa recently
issued a world first patent to an ai system called adebus devised for the autonomous bootstrapping
of unified sentience while mauritius established an ai strategy document for the country also the
mauritius financial service commission issued rules for robotic and artificial intelligence
enabled advisory services just last year ronda is already leveraging the new technology for disaster
management as senegal's diamniadio smart city will depend on the ai to manage public infrastructure
and services multinational companies such as ibm and google are also rapidly increasing ai
investments on the continent south africa south africa's energy minister backs oil gas hunt
despite opposition south africa's energy minister is adamant that the nation must forge ahead with
offshore oil and gas exploration despite recent legal setbacks to the development of the resources
environmental and community organizations have sued companies including shell plc over recent
months winning temporary interdicts that caused the search to be called off they've argued that
seismic surveys are harmful to marine life and criticized the process used to consult
those who potentially could be affected by the work the minister's pro-fossil fuel stance runs
counter to that of top government officials who are pressing for a quicker move towards cleaner
sources of energy the planned transition includes the use of gas which along with oil is primarily
imported by the nation oil discoveries have been made in recent weeks just over the maritime border
shared with namibia with some exploration work still planned in nearby south african waters
africa wide by 2050 a course of earth's population will be african
in 2022 the world's population will pass 8 billion it has increased by a third in just two decades by
2050 there will be about 9.5 billion people on the planet according to respected demographers
fertility rates in europe north america and east asia are generally below 2.1 birds per woman
the level at which population remains stable at constant mortality rates the population
of more than half of africa's 54 nations will double or more by 2050 the product of sustained
high fertility and improving mortality rates the continent will be home to at least 25 percent of
the world's population compared with less than 10 in 1950 africa's unprecedented population
growth will impact geopolitics global trade immigration and almost every aspect of life
tanzania tanzania free's detained opposition leader bowie tanzanian opposition leader
freeman bowen has been released after prosecutors dropped terrorism charges
against him ending a case that his supporters had branded a government bid to crush dissent
boeing who's the chairman of the chadema party was detained last july in the lakeside town of
monza where he was due to attend a conference on proposals for a new constitution he was charged in
court on july 26th in spite of protests from his party members who say the charges were politically
motivated boys supporters were gathered into court to follow the trial cheered after the decision to
drop the charges was announced his detention and trial had raised questions about president samir
sulu hassan's commitment to greater tolerance for political descent south africa south african
hip-hop artist dj dimples dies the south african entertainment industry has had yet another loss
with the death of award-winning hip-hop artist and disc jockey boy tumelo attel moyi popularly known
as dj dimples his family released a statement that read it is with deep sadness that the moyu family
announces the untimely passing of boytomelo at del moyi popularly known as dj dimples he passed away
on march 6 2022 from a sudden brain hemorrhage the family asked for space and respect to process
their tragic loss his death comes a few days after popular musician ricky rick was laid to rest
dj dimples was known for his contribution to local hip-hop he mentored and helped elevate many
artists he had a youtube channel podcast as well as being the founder of a popular hip-hop
event pop bottles in johannesburg hit songs from him include way up with casper neovest
vacation with annati and dallas and the amman tombenzein remix with ricky rick he released
his album kobu in 2019. fans have flooded social media to share their heartfelt condolences africa
wide flutter wave is now africa's most valuable startup flutter wave inc an african and emerging
markets focused payment firm more than tripled its valuation in less than a year to over three
billion dollars following its latest fundraising b capital group led the 250 million dollar round
with participation from ulta park capital lp world rock capital and lux capital flutter wave
has said in an email statement the investment has enabled the company to become the highest valued
african startup the company will use the funds to expand through mergers and acquisitions in africa
and the middle east in the coming months according to co-founder and chief executive officer
look bengal agbola flutter waves round comes amid increasing interest in africa as investors
target a young and tech-savvy population that's quickly adopting online financial transactions
last year africa focused startups raised a record 5 billion dollars thanks for watching
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