Flying in and out of Beijing may soon be a Minority Report-like experience. From the ticket turnstiles at the train station to getting through customs and even buying a duty-free bottle of wine, facial recognition scanners are everywhere at the city’s newest airfield: the sprawling, starfish-shaped Beijing Daxing International Airport. The technology, which links...
Read MoreEsteban Giudici, Senior Analyst, Transnational Alliance has said that economic leakages from illicit trade create an annual drain on the global economy of $2.2 trillion, equivalent to three percent of the world’s economy. Giudici said this during the 2019 Africa Security Forum (ASF) at Rabat, Morocco on Thursday. He said data on this activity...
Read MoreGhanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said he’ll seek re-election, as campaigning for next December’s vote gets underway in the West African nation. Akufo-Addo, 75, told broadcaster Citi FM he wants a second four-year term to continue “all the strong work that is going into reconstructing our economy and laying the foundation for agriculture and for...
Read MoreTony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), established by the chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) to empowering young African entrepreneurs said it will begin accepting applications for the 2020 cohort of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme from January 1, 2020. According to a statement by Heirs Holdings Ltd, another subsidiary company of Elumelu, applicants should apply...
Read MoreGhana, Nigeria neighbour intends to conclude plans on its broad borrowing outlook for next year in a bid to secure finance for flagship programs ahead of next year’s general elections. The West African country wants to issue a Eurobond and conclude a $750 million share sale in a mining royalties fund by February, Finance...
Read MoreThe government must move quickly to nationalise Kenya Airways as regional competitors seeking to carve out market share pour cash into their national carriers, the airline’s chief executive said. Lawmakers voted in July to re-nationalise the loss-making airline, which is 48.9 percent state-owned, 7.8 percent held by Air France-KLM , and 38 percent owned...
Read MoreThe African Development Bank has approved a $210 million loan for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to fund the country’s power transmission projects. According to TCN, loans for the expansion of Nigeria electricity transmission projects were approved in a board resolution on Wednesday in AfDB Headquarters, Abidjan. The Nigeria Transmission Expansion Programme is...
Read MorePrince Charles 71, may take on the role of ‘Prince Regent’ as the longest-serving British Monarch plans a retirement within the next 18 months. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth will turn 95 in 18 months – the same age at which her husband Philip withdrew from his public duties – and there is talk among...
Read MoreA British Airways flight from London to Abuja was aborted mid-way to the journey on Tuesday night due to technical problems. Authority of British Airways confirmed the incident in a statement, noting that BA 083 flight returned to Heathrow and was met by the emergency services as a precaution measure after experiencing a minor...
Read MoreThieves grabbed jewels and other treasures worth up to a billion euros from an eastern German museum in the early hours of Monday, Bild newspaper reported. The intruders cut the electricity supply in Dresden’s Gruenes Gewoelbe, or Green Vault museum, which houses one of Europe’s largest collections of jewelry and court riches, the newspaper...
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