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According to a 2019 African Development Bank report, African women entrepreneurs still face a $42 billion finance gap. Traditional banks often view women-led businesses as high-risk, making loans complicated to obtain and expensive. Many women need more business and financial skills to qualify for these loans. Legal and regulatory hurdles further limit the potential of women-owned enterprises. The Women Creating Wealth (WCW) programme and the Trusts’ investment fund Afrishela, recently held a workshop in Tanzania, focusing on alternative financing models that could help women entrepreneurs access capital to address this issue. WCW’s role in supporting women WCW is more than a programme; it is a movement transforming economic opportunities for African women entrepreneurs. As Ms. Anabahati Mlay, WCW Country Lead- Tanzania, explained, the programme has already supported numerous entrepreneurs, helping them expand their businesses and contribute to economic growth. WCW continues to make significant strides by supporting 1,000 entrepreneurs, generating...

Amsterdam / Addis Ababa — Amid a swarm of earthquakes and aftershocks that have rocked the Afar, Oromia, and Amhara regions in Ethiopia since December 22 2023, raised fears of a volcanic eruption, and prompted the hasty evacuation of more than 80,000 people, Sudanese geoscientists downplay concerns that the quakes could impact the crucial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), indicating that the current activity is far from the dam, which was designed to take seismic events into account. The latest reported quake, which measured 8.1, struck at 08:25:54 (UTC) today, with its epicentre east of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Germany confirms. Today’s quake follows a magnitude 5.8 quake on Saturday, and a 5.5 quake on Friday – previously confirmed by the GFZ, the US Geological Survey, and announced by the Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) of European Civil Protection And Humanitarian Aid...

LAGOS, Nigeria –China on Thursday reaffirmed its commitment to help Africa build a rapid response force to tackle insecurity on the continent. The pledge was made by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a joint news conference with his Nigerian counterpart Yusuf Tuggar. He emphasized that China was ready to work with Africa to deliver on the global security initiative and build a China-Africa community with a shared future. “We will work to advance the partnership action for common security and provide 1 billion yuan ($135 million) of grants in military assistance to Africa and help train 6,000 military personnel and 1,000 police and law enforcement personnel for African countries,” Wang said, recalling the pledges made during the China-Africa summit held last September in Beijing. He said China would support the building of the African standby force, the rapid response forces and support African countries in carrying out counter-terrorism peacekeeping...

Friday January 10, 2025 Mohamed Abdi Afweyne (center), flanked by associates, disembarks from a plane in Mogadishu on Thursday following his release from a Belgian prison after serving a decade-long sentence for piracy-related charges. SUPPLIED Mogadishu (HOL) — Businessman Mohamed Abdi Afweyne, who had been detained in a Belgian prison for more than 10 years, returned to Mogadishu on Thursday after completing a sentence related to piracy charges filed by the Belgian government. Afweyne, once dubbed the “kingpin” of Somali piracy, was arrested in 2013 in a dramatic sting operation by Belgian authorities. He had been lured to Brussels under the pretense of advising on a documentary about his life. Upon landing, he and his accomplice, Mohamed Aden Tiiceey—a former governor of Himan and Heeb—were arrested and later convicted of piracy and kidnapping related to the 2009 hijacking of the Belgian dredging vessel Pompei. Speaking to the media, Afweyne revealed...

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 08 January 2025: The inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama in Ghana presented a profound moment for reflection. With dignitaries and leaders from across the region in attendance, the occasion symbolized the triumph of democracy, and the reaffirmation of good governance built on integrity, accountability, and respect for the citizenry. Among those in attendance was President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, whose presence raises important questions about his thoughts at such a ceremony. What might have been running through his mind as he witnessed the democratic practices celebrated in Ghana, a country that consistently strives to uphold its democratic ideals? For many, it is perplexing to juxtapose the democratic principles articulated by President Mahama during his inaugural speech with the realities in Sierra Leone under President Bio’s leadership. In his address, Mahama declared, “I intend to tell you the truth at all times.”...