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Fish breeding: 50 researchers, technicians, others set to breed tilapia in Cuba

1 031 VuesAbout 50 researchers, technicians and farmers working in Cuba will be involved in the breeding and fattening of tilapia in Cuba, NaijaAgroNet reports. The director, Base Business Unit (UEB ), Zenaida Arboleya, said this is a programme that seeks to achieve more efficient fish by breeding, which has a component of training and consulting services. The United Nations Food and Agriculture ... Lire la suite »

Earth observation applications critical for African regional integration

958 VuesThe Commissioner, Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Commission, (AUC), Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, has said earth observation applications at continental, regional and national levels are critical for African integration, reportsNaijaAgroNet.   Speaking recently at the 1st Monitoring for Environment and Security Forum which examined how earth observation data through Monitoring for Environment for Security in Africa (MESA) Project supports ... Lire la suite »

Kofi Annan supports Chancellor Merkel and G7 leaders’ statement on cutting fossil fuels and promoting renewable investments in Africa

1 011 Vues  The Africa Progress Panel welcomes the commitment made by the G7 to make deep cuts in emissions and to phase out of fossil fuels by the end of the century.    In this year’s Africa Progress Report, “Power, People, Planet: Seizing Africa’s Energy and Climate Opportunities”, the Panel calls on the countries that emit the most to raise ... Lire la suite »

ASKY, the pan African airline, reaches the 2 million passenger milestone

1 100 VuesASKY currently operates over 150 flights and covers 22 cities in 19 countries across West and Central Africa ASKY, the pan African airline, has today announced that it has reached the milestone of 2 million passengers transported on its flights since commencing operations in 2010. ASKY currently operates over 150 flights and covers 22 cities in 19 countries across ... Lire la suite »

NIGERIA CELEBRATES ECOWAS AT FORTY

1 465 VuesThe abolition of Visas among ECOWAS member-states, right of residence and establishment, construction of regional roads, as well as the maintenance of Peace and Regional Security have been highlighted as some of the significant achievement of the regional body. The president of the ECOWAS Commission Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo who made the disclosure at the 40th anniversary commemoration event of ... Lire la suite »

Mr. Roberts U. Orya, the MD/CEO of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) elected as the Honorary President of the Global Network of Export-Import Banks and Development Finance Institutions (G-NEXID)

21 726 Vues The Global Network of Export-Import Banks and Development Finance Institutions (G-NEXID) concluded its 10th Annual General Meeting today at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland with the election of Mr. Roberts U Orya, the MD/CEO of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) (http://neximbank.com.ng) as its new ‘Honorary President.’   The G-NEXID, with a membership of 24 institutions  was established in ... Lire la suite »

Mechanised farming solution to food insecurity says Ellen Sirleaf

1 352 VuesMechanised farming has been identified as the solution to food insecurity in Liberia, according to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, reports NaijaAgroNet. In a nation-wide address recently in Liberia and monitored by NaijaAgroNet, President Sirleaf noted that it is only through large scale mechanized farming operations andagro- industrial operations which focuses on emerging small and medium size entities is the only way Liberia can attain ... Lire la suite »

ECOWAS POLL OBSERVATION MISSION SAYS NIGERIA’S MARCH 28 ELECTIONS FREE, TRANSPARENT DESPITE SOME HITCHES

1 231 Vues  The ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) says Nigeria’s March 28, 2015 presidential and federal legislative elections met the “criteria of being free and transparent,” despite “pockets of incidents and logistical challenges.”   The 250-member Mission of Long-term and short-term observers headed by former Ghanaian President John Kufuor said in its five-page Preliminary Declaration on Sunday 29 March 2015, ... Lire la suite »

ECOWAS DEPLOYS MORE LONG-TERM ELECTION OBSERVERS IN NIGERIA

1 125 Vues ECOWAS has the full complement of its 17-member Long-Term Election Observation Mission (LTEOM) now deployed to monitor Nigeria’s 28th March 2015 elections with 11 of the observers joining their colleagues already in the field after briefing in Abuja on Monday 16th March 2015. The first batch of the regional observers returned to Nigeria on 2nd March following the postponement ... Lire la suite »

Africa Union/Nepad : Strategy and Roadmap on Agriculture launched for mutual accountability and results

1 022 VuesThe African Union Commission and NEPAD Agency have launched the AU Implementation Strategy and Roadmap to achieve the 2014 Malabo Declaration, for agricultural growth and shared prosperity. The Strategy was launched last night at a high-level dinner. In his statement to 300 senior officials, NEPAD Agency CEO Dr Ibrahim Mayaki (above) said that the Strategy is a celebration of leadership, partnership ... Lire la suite »

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