Author: Adejuyigbe Adegoke

The United States welcomes the arrival of Mark Rutte as NATO’s next Secretary General. I worked with Mark during his tenure as Prime Minister of the Netherlands and have tremendous confidence in his abilities to build consensus with Allies and demonstrate that unity stands as our most valuable currency. We are also grateful for the service of Jens Stoltenberg, who steps down today after a decade of truly remarkable service to the Trans-Atlantic Alliance. When he was selected in 2014, we knew he would ensure NATO’s continued strength and unity. Over the past 10 years, he exceeded those expectations under…

Are you an AFRICAN startup, and gamed to shine the African light on a global stage? Then here is an opportunity for you as Bloomberg is out to shine a spotlight on what you do. Bloomberg has announced in October, the launch of its inaugural “AFRICA Startups to Watch List.” Two decades ago, an African company transformed hashtagmobilemoney, enabling millions to access hashtagbanking without a solid financial hashtaginfrastructure.Today, AFRICA still faces significant challenges, raging from providing hashtagelectricity to 600 million people, tackling hashtagclimate change, and increasing agricultural productivity.However, the continent’s startups are now leveraging cutting-edge technologies, including generative artificial intelligence…

The commander of U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, has furthered the command’s desire to deepen its partnerships and defense relations by empowering today’s leaders during a discussion with students attending Marine Corps University and the U.S. International Military Education and Training program recently in Quantico, Virginia. Students, representing numerous allied and interagency partners, and sister services from the U.S. Department of Defense met with Langley to garner his insight on how they can leverage their current training to assist in strengthening relationships with our African partners while supporting efforts to build partner nation capabilities. “Advancing relationships…

Ten years ago, when residents of Flint, Mich., were exposed to toxic levels of lead in their drinking water, 1 in 20 children in the city had elevated blood lead levels that placed them at risk for heart disease, strokes, cognitive deficits and developmental delays — health effects that residents still grapple with to this day. It was only after activists rallied, organized and advocated relentlessly that national attention focused on Flint, and officials committed nearly half a billion dollars to clean up Flint’s water. Today, there is a lead poisoning crisis raging on a far greater scale, and hardly…

“More Nigerians – 13.9% of the country’s internet users – are turning to platforms like Pinterest for content. While messaging remains the main social media use case, there is a growing diversity with new users leveraging these platforms for entrepreneurial ventures and opportunities. Our partnership aims to harness the potential of this expanding market and link local businesses with consumers in search of inspiration and products. Aleph is announcing a sales partnership that will expand Pinterest’s digital advertising solutions to 11 new markets across LATAM, Asia, the Middle East and Africa: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, India, Israel, Morocco,…

Group of eleven likeminded partners, lead by the United States have formed a pact with an additional countries in update, to endorse a first-of-its kind multilateral commitment to work collectively and counter the proliferation and misuse of commercial spyware. Consolidating on the agreement, on March 18, 2024, at the third Summit for Democracy; Finland, Germany, Japan, Poland, the Republic of Ireland, and the Republic of Korea joined the pact, and on September 22, 2024, on the margins of the UN General Assembly, Austria, Estonia, Lithuania, and the Netherlands also endorsed the statement. In a uniformed statement, the governments of Australia,…

According to data shared on the subject matter by International Monetary Fund (IMF), the map attached highlights the five African giant economies whose combinedGDP equals that of the rest of the continent. Data is sourced from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which was last updated April 2024. Know The Giants The Big 5 African economies are: South Africa – 🇿🇦 $373.23 Egypt – 🇪🇬 $347.59 Algeria – 🇩🇿 $266.78 Nigeria – 🇳🇬 $252.74 Ethiopia – 🇪🇹 $205.13 The above listed five countries have a combined GDP of $1.4 trillion. The rest of Africa, 48 countries in total, also have a combined GDP of…

Unfolding event of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in the Southeast Zone has seen the National Vice Chairman, Mr. Ali Odefa, suspended from the party. Following some suspicious moves of Mr. Ali Odesa, The Ward Executive Committee, led by acting ward chairman, Herbert Ovuta, conveyed a press gathering to announce the suspension of its national vice chairman, Southeast Zone, in Onicha Local Government Area on Friday. As attached, the VC, Odefa was accused of engagement in “anti-party activities.” Flanked by other committee members, acting ward chairman Ovuta stated: “We are here to inform you of the resolution of the Oguduokwor…

Bill Gates has dropped to number 9 on the latest America’s wealthiest people’s ranking. This fall was deduced to have been caused by the divorce from Melinda French Gates, who now ranks among the wealthiest women on earth at $29 billion. Gates remains focused on philanthropy through his foundation, despite the decrease in his net worth. Held the radar up until last year 2023, Bill Gates no longer rank as the wealthiest man, as net worth slips significantly. The billionaire philanthropist’s ranked on the 2023 list of America richest as the wealthiest individual as now dropped. Bill Gates has maintained…

Bank of Industry – (BoI), at their annual public lecture, on Wednesday has reported some significant steps made across boards, to put Nigeria on the right path for growth, Olasupo Olusi – Managing Director (MD), said at the event. The Bank also at the event launched a mobile app, Pricesenseng, to check food prices in eight states in the federation of Nigeria. Olusi presented “Pricesenseng” as a price intelligence dashboard and mobile app for real-time monitoring of price variations of food commodities such as rice, beans, tomato, maize and other daily consumables in different states across the country. The event…

The United States has welcome the signing of a landmark $480 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), grant to the Government of Sierra Leone to boost access to electricity, and foster sustainable economic growth, and to improve the quality of life of its citizens. This grant, coupled with a voluntary contribution of $14.2 million from the Government of Sierra Leone, will fund transformational energy sector investments to deliver affordable and reliable electricity for 4.6 million people. The grant will substantially improve the operation of the electrical grid and increase the availability of affordable and reliable electricity for households, businesses, and social…

In case you’re still doubting the information of JPMorgan Chase’s plan to expand further into Africa, here is to confirm to you that, CEO Jamie Dimon, is expected to visit Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Ivory Coast in mid-October 2024 as part of the bank’s strategy to strengthen its foothold in Africa. The focus will be on exploring opportunities in financial markets such as sovereign debt, corporate transactions and wealth management. JPMorgan already operates in Nigeria and South Africa, providing asset management, wealth management, and investment banking services. This upcoming visit marks Dimon’s first trip to the continent in seven…