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Kenyan Schools to Remain Closed until January

8 Jul 2020 1 minute read 1 comment AverageVancouverite $0.04

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 $0.09

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 $0.07

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 $0.24

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 $0.02

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 $0.01

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 $0.01

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...

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza Dies at Age 55

9 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite $0.02

Burundi's government states that President Pierre Nkurunziza has died after suffering a cardiac arrest. Initially admitted to the hospital on Saturday, June 6th, 2020, after feeling unwell, his condition initially improved but he suffered a cardiac a...

Kenya Bans Single-Use Plastics from National Parks, Beaches, and Forests

6 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite $0.03

Coinciding with World Environment Day, Kenyan authorities have banned all single-use plastics such as water bottles, disposable cutlery, plastic bags, and straws from national parks, beaches, forests, and protected regions. The new ban comes three ye...

Africa to adopt and embrace Crypto: here's why that can be a positive move to all Crypto space.

6 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments alberdioni8406 $0.23

Differently from other parts of the globe Africa will be in few years an heaven for cryto and it will be a positive move to all Crypto market. Africa reasons to adopt and embrace Cryptocurrency are driven by the fact that mostly people on the contine...