Pemba Town Council in Zambia’s Southern Province has embarked on an ambitious project to digitize its information management systems to improve governance and service delivery. Established in 2013, the council has up until this point relied on paper-based records and manual processes for its operations. This has made access to information cumbersome for citizens, who […]
According to President Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi, integrating technology into farming is one way for farmers to get the most out of their agricultural endeavors. President Masisi stated yesterday at a kgotla conference in Draihoek that agriculture has the potential to produce enormous riches for Batswana and drive the nation toward achieving food security, thus it […]
Randy Berry, the US ambassador to Namibia, announced yesterday during a media roundtable discussion in Windhoek that the two countries had inked a five-year agreement to support the growth of farmer cooperatives. In accordance with the agreement, a co-funding project worth US$10 million (or approximately N$177 million at the current currency rate) will be used […]
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Thursday inaugurated a Chinese-invested cement company in the Muhanga industrial park, Muhanga district of the Southern Province, commending China for being a long-term partner of Rwanda. AnJia Prefabricated Construction Rwanda Company Ltd, a subsidiary of West International Holding, the Africa arm of West China Cement (WCC), which is a Chinese […]
Education Cannot Wait (ECW), a United Nations’ global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises has announced $5 million in new funding for education in emergency response in war-torn Sudan. In a press release, ECW encouraged donors, the private sector, and philanthropic foundations to mobilize more funding for Sudan quickly. According to ECW, Save […]