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Nigeria's Zamfara State Offer 2 Cows for Each AK-47 Surrendered by Bandits

19 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

Bello Matawalle, the Governor of the Zamfara state of Nigeria, announced that in an attempt to encourage bandits to give up a life of crime and adopt a "normal life", bandits will be offered 2 cows for each AK-47 assault rifle they surrender. Mr. Mat...

Why CryptoCurrency Adoption is Slow in South Africa

14 Jul 2020 3 minute read 1 comment Jaemoney

Introduction I believe in the transformative power of cryptocurrency. I think that it can fundamentally change our society for the better. Not only do I think it represents a leap forward in how we use money, but I also think it lays the foundations...

South Africa Imposes Curfew and Introduces New Restrictions to Combat Covid-19 Spread

13 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

In an attempt to combat the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, South Africa has introduced new restriction including making the wearing of masks outdoors mandatory and a temporarily ban on alcohol sales. A night time curfew between 21:00 and 04:00 l...

Kenyan Schools to Remain Closed until January

8 Jul 2020 1 minute read 1 comment AverageVancouverite

Kenyan Education Minister George Magoha announced that all school, public and private, will remain closed until at least January 2021 due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Final year examinations usually taken in October and November have also be...

The state of Cryptocurrency in Africa.

5 Jul 2020 2 minute read 0 comments alberdioni8406

Africa is embracing cryptocurrency slowly and steady, with countries such Nigeria and South Africa leading the Africans to a whole new world of Cryptos. South Africa, in a survey conducted by Hootsuite and Wearesocial, have the most owners of Crypto...

Lazarus Chakwera Wins Malawi Presidential Poll Rerun

28 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

Winning 58.57% of the vote, Malawi's electoral commission announced that opposition leader Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera defeated incumbent President Arthur Peter Mutharika and won the nation's rerun presidential vote. Mr. Chakwera said that his victory...

Tanzanian Miner Earns 3.4 Million USD for Record-Breaking Tanzanite Find

25 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

52 year-old Saniniu Laizer, a small-scale miner in northern Tanzania, mined two record-breaking rough Tanzanite stones weighing 9.2 and 5.8 kilograms, earning him 7.74 billion Tanzanian shillings (the equivalent of 3.4 million United States dollars)...

Millions in Africa face possible imminent starvation amidst COVID-19

24 Jun 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Hippos4ever

This article will be original content paraphrased from a article which can be found here. If you are interested in THIS article I invite you to read the original for probably some more detailed information. Anyway, on to it... what doesn’t Africa nee...

Over 60 Dead in Twin Militant Attack in Nigeria

14 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite

At least 20 soldiers and 40 civilians are confirmed dead while hundreds more were injured after two attacks by militants on the Borno state of Nigeria. According to local media, the attacks happened in the Monguno and Nganzai regions. The Islamic Sta...

Africa: scarcity of USD is favoring Bitcoin?

9 Jun 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Pot Project

In Africa, the scarcity of the USD favors Bitcoin. Is this happening in Nigeria in particular and in other countries of the continent: is a new economic system being sought?What happens to the USD dollar in Africa, the currency most used to trade eve...