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Ea st Africa remains the main hub of modern day civil activism as compared to other regions in Africa. When Tanzania's opposition figure, Tundu Lissu was presented to court after being detained over treasonous remarks, activists drawn from Kenya and Uganda stormed Tanzania as a show of solidarity to the CHADEMA leader. This triggered the Tanzania regime under the influence of President Samia Suluhu Hassan to issue constraint orders, in what she termed as interference of their internal affairs by external characters. Key figures from Kenya the likes of Martha Karua and Willy Mutunga were detained for several hours at Julius Nyerere International Airport before they were deported to Kenya. In what was about to brew to a diplomatic tiff between Kenya and Tanzania, activist Bonface Mwangi was held incommunicado by Tanzanian authorities for close to four days. Mwangi's whereabouts sparked protests outside Tanzania embassy in Kenya as Kenyans agitated for his unconditional releas...

  Climate change is a global phenomenon and Africa, just like the rest of the world, wish to have the atmospheric temperatures reset to the level of the pre-industrial times. The inaugural Africa Climate Summit (ACS) seeks to address alternative ways to reduce global warming in order to avert a climate catastrophe. Kenya became the potential convenor of the first Africa Climate Summit by virtue of its leadership's advocacy for green energy. Kenya President William Ruto has endeavored to mitigate effects of climate change by championing tree planting activities, the systematic elimination of cooking using fossil fuel in government sponsored learning institutions and the introduction of electric motorcycles to reduce the consumption of petrol. Trees enhances a balanced ecosystem and assists in the carbon capture thus reducing the resultant effects of greenhouse gas emissions. Understanding the Greenhouse gas emissions. The Earth has a natural greenhouse effect due to tra...

As Nigeria outgoing president Buhari would have it, "the best person for the job," a perfect description that befits newly elected Nigeria president Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu was announced as Nigeria president elect by INEC after winning in the just concluded Nigeria presidential elections. Opposition Parties have disputed the election results and termed the exercise as shambolic. Who won Nigeria Presidential Election Independent Nigeria Election Commission (INEC) chairman Mahmoud Yakubu declared Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Party (APP) as winner. The winner was announced on Wednesday at 04:00am. The timing of the announcement has raised international eyebrows on whether the elections were free and fair. As results started trickling in, Nigeria police cautioned citizens against incitement. Tinubu on his part has called for tolerance and appealed for unity. People's Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP) and ADC demanded the resignation of INEC Chai...

Algeria has set history as being the first African Country to pay the unemployed young citizens. The government made a promise to fund close to 580,000 job seekers, each of them, about $91 every month. Those who will benefit from Algeria’s government social welfare scheme are aged between 19 and 40 years. The permanent unemployment-benefits initiative comes at a time when oil income in Oil Producing and Exporting Countries (OPEC) surges. The scheme is a move to tone down social unrest among the young population who seem to be the majority. As Algeria hinges to cash crunch shoppers there were reported by BBC World News stating that, “buying oil is like buying drugs.” They are feeling the heat of dwindling food supply and prices upsurge. Algeria is reportedly one of the largest Africa’s exporters of natural gas. During the era of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya also offered similar services to its citizens. Social protection funds have steadily thrived over the last few years, especially in respo...

A few individuals, corporates and conglomerates have thrived on other people’s ideas, as inventors suffer the wrath of underpayment, non-payment and rejection.  A recent rebuttal from a South African concerning the compensation he was granted for his innovation is a wakeup call for increased awareness on how to protect individual innovations.  Nkosana Makate - the person who invented ‘Please Call Me’ services demanded a whooping amount as compensation for his idea, thrashing the funds he had been granted by Vodacom. There have been worrying concerns over proper legal channels towards protecting innovations.  Makate alleged that Vodacom had stolen his idea after he shared the concept with his employer. The 1977 born South African native filed a case against Vodacom and won it after a record 8-year court battle. ‘Please Call Me’ service is used by Safaricom subscribers in Kenya as a message to request the other party to call you, when your airtime is below call...

African leaders joined Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan in bidding farewell to the late Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli . African Heads of States who graced the occassion include: Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya), Cyril Ramaphosa (South Africa), Edgar Lungu (Zambia), Felix Tshisekedi (Congo), Eric Keabetswe Masisi (Botswana), Emmerson Mnangagwa (Zimbabwe), Lazarus Chakwera (Malawi) among other African leaders. Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta , who doubles as EAC chairman, used the occasion to praise Magufuli for transforming Tanzania by demonstrating that Africans can be independent through sheer determination and hard work. He described Magufuli as a respectable leader, a friend and a pan Africanist of their time.  "I mourn a close friend. His death is a blow to me personally. We spoke almost daily & I consulted him frequently on EAC matters. He showed the world that Africa can be independent," stated Uhuru. President Uhuru was forced to halt his spee...