China’s President Xi Jinping pledged during a visit to Senegal on Saturday to strengthen economic ties with Africa, a continent already awash with cheap Chinese loans in exchange for minerals and huge construction projects. Xi arrived in Senegal on Saturday for…
Q2: Dangote Cement invests $3bn across Africa, employs 27,952 Nigerians in 2017
Group Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Cement, Joe Makoju, said the company has invested a whopping $3 billion to build manufacturing plants and import/grinding terminals across Africa. The company’s operations, according to Makoju are in Cameroon (1.5Mta clinker grinding), Congo…
Senegal claims first win by an African team at the 2018 World Cup (BBC)
Senegal deservedly defeated Poland in a game of few chances to claim the first win by an African team at the World Cup – although there was a hint of controversy about their second goal. M’Baye Niang sprinted back on…
World Cup 2018: Senegal’s Ciss ruled out through injury (BBC)
Senegal defender Saliou Ciss has been ruled out of the 2018 World Cup in Russia with an ankle injury. The 28-year-old left-back suffered the injury in last month’s friendly against Luxembourg and has not recovered sufficiently. France-based defender Adama Mbengue…
Stretched Terrains art project leaves for DaK’Art in Senegal tomorrow
The Goethe-Institut Nigeria mobile residency set to take artists to Dak’Art in Dakar, Senegal will hit the road from Lagos, Nigeria tomorrow, April 10. Goethe-Institut Nigeria Director, Friederike Moschel, said at a press conference in Lagos Monday that the project…
Goethe-Institut Nigeria residency takes artists to Dak’Art
Goethe-Institut Nigeria has initiated a mobile residency programme titled “Stretched Terrains – The Mobile Museum on its Way to Dak’Art” with a group of young artists from Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Germany. This is the second time since…