33 Dead After Freight Train Carrying Fuel Derails In Congo

33 Dead After Freight Train Carrying Fuel Derails In Congo

33 people have been killed after a freight train carrying inflammable materials crashed on Sunday in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Death toll rose from eight which was earlier announced by the Minister of Mines Jean-Marie Tshizainga,said local media Radio Okapi.

The dead including several others severely burned were reported …

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Angola – Africa’s Oil Giant

Angola –  Africa’s Oil Giant

As Angola celebrated it’s 42nd Independence on August  11th, we took a look at the Portuguese speaking nation.

Located in the Southern part of Africa on the Atlantic coast, Angola is Africa’s Largest Oil Producer. Endowed with large oil reserve, the country has showed an impressive economic growth rate with …

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PRESIDENT BUHARI PRESENT 2018 BUDGET TO PARLIAMENT

PRESIDENT BUHARI PRESENT 2018 BUDGET TO PARLIAMENT

Nigeria’s President present 2018 budget to joint session of parliament which has an increase from N7.44 trillion in 2017 to N8.6 trillion.

The president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has presented the 2018 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly so as to avoid the delays that have plagued …

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Togo Releases 42 Detained Protesters, Calls For Dialogue

Togo Releases 42 Detained Protesters, Calls For Dialogue

Togo releases detained protesters,drops 2013 case against opposition leader

Togo’s government has further appeased the opposition by releasing 42 protesters detained since September and dropped a 2013 arson case against opposition leader Jean Pierre Fabre.

The announcement comes as the first of three protests by the opposition slated for this …

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLAUDAH EQUIANO

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLAUDAH EQUIANO

The birthday of a  prominent African free slave that supported British movement to end slave trade.

Olaudah Equiano was born on the 16th of October 1745 and died 31st March 1797. During his lifetime  he was know as Guatavus Vassa. Vassa was a prominent African in London, a freed slave …

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START- UP’S IN NIGERIA CAN APPLY FOR GOOGLE’S UPCOMING DEVELOPERS LAUNCHPAD

START- UP’S IN NIGERIA CAN APPLY FOR GOOGLE’S UPCOMING DEVELOPERS LAUNCHPAD

Google is bringing the Developer Launchpad to Lagos, Nigeria  for the first time,with Co-Creation Hub (CCHub) being the host.

The Developers Launchpad is a program initiated by Google and broadly aims to bring together growing start-ups or start-ups in their early stages and providing support in the form of mentorship, …

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Webinar: Disrupting industry with technology and people

Webinar: Disrupting industry with technology and people

About this event

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A generational change is happening in the workplace. There are enormous pressures to transform everything from work environments to business models to complete cultures. Workers are more nomadic, organisations and their challenges are more complex and new technologies are helping push past the limits of what’s possible.…

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ZIMBABWE’S BIGGEST AIRPORT TO BE RENAMED AFTER PRESIDENT MUGABE

ZIMBABWE’S BIGGEST AIRPORT TO BE RENAMED AFTER PRESIDENT MUGABE

Zimbabwe’s Harare International Airport is set to be renamed after the southern African country’s long-time president Robert Mugabe, a report say.

Harare International Airport is located 15 kilometres south of Zimbabwe’s capital. It has Africa’s longest runway at 4 725 metres.

A memo issued in early September by the Civil …

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FIVE FEMALE ENGINEERING PROFESSORS WELCOMED IN SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING.

FIVE FEMALE ENGINEERING PROFESSORS WELCOMED IN SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING.

Men far outnumber women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). According to Sharon Jones, the dean of the School of Engineering, there are far fewer female students than male students in the engineering department, with women making up about 26 percent of the department last year.…

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Construction sector: too traditional, lacks innovation, doesn’t collaborate. Discuss

Construction sector: too traditional, lacks innovation, doesn’t collaborate. Discuss

Author: Teodoro Alvarez-Fadon, Global Head of Innovation, Ferrovial Agroman

Are perceptions of the construction sector fair and if they are, what do we need to do about it?

At forums, seminars and conferences I keep hearing that the construction industry is light years away from the aerospace and automotive …

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FIDIC JAKARTA 2017 – International Infrastructural Conference

FIDIC JAKARTA 2017 – International Infrastructural Conference

The FIDIC International Infrastructure Conference 

FIDIC, a french acronym for Fédération Internationale Des Ingénieurs-Conseils meaning International Federation of Consulting Engineers is an international standards organisation for the consulting engineering & construction profession. Founded in 1913 by France, Belgium and Switzerland in line with forming a global federation of consulting engineers. …

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