sub-Saharan Africa – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Tue, 26 Nov 2024 22:01:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png sub-Saharan Africa – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Nigeria Leads with the Most Universities in 2024 Times Higher Education Sub-Saharan Africa Rankings https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-leads-with-the-most-universities-in-2024-times-higher-education-sub-saharan-africa-rankings/ https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-leads-with-the-most-universities-in-2024-times-higher-education-sub-saharan-africa-rankings/#respond Wed, 27 Nov 2024 07:30:07 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=395794 Nigeria leads the 2024 Times Higher Education Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings with 41 institutions featured, including 13 in the top 50. The American University of Nigeria is the country’s highest-ranked institution at 12th place, while Landmark University tops the ethical leadership pillar. The University of Johannesburg in South Africa claims the overall top spot in [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-leads-with-the-most-universities-in-2024-times-higher-education-sub-saharan-africa-rankings/feed/ 0 The IMF forecasts a decrease in economic growth for the Sub-Saharan African region https://www.theinfostride.com/the-imf-forecasts-a-decrease-in-economic-growth-for-the-sub-saharan-african-region/ https://www.theinfostride.com/the-imf-forecasts-a-decrease-in-economic-growth-for-the-sub-saharan-african-region/#respond Tue, 10 Oct 2023 20:28:38 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=356604 In its latest World Economic Outlook report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reduced its economic growth projections for Sub-Saharan Africa. According to the report, the region’s economic growth is expected to slow for the second consecutive year in 2023 before rebounding in 2024. The IMF’s World Economic Outlook report indicates that the growth in [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/the-imf-forecasts-a-decrease-in-economic-growth-for-the-sub-saharan-african-region/feed/ 0 Mobile money transactions in sub-Saharan Africa hits $490bn — Report https://www.theinfostride.com/mobile-money-transactions-in-sub-saharan-africa-hits-490bn-report/ https://www.theinfostride.com/mobile-money-transactions-in-sub-saharan-africa-hits-490bn-report/#respond Sun, 11 Jul 2021 22:04:52 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=300396 Restrictions on movement and reduction in the handling of physical cash because of the COVID-19 pandemic caused mobile money transaction volumes in sub-Saharan to reach $490bn in 2020, Visa has said. This was a 23 per cent increase from 2019, according to a report titled ‘Innovation, partnership, and co-creation key to driving digital payment growth [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/mobile-money-transactions-in-sub-saharan-africa-hits-490bn-report/feed/ 0 Sky’s Most Anticipated Drama Britannia Available Exclusively on iflix https://www.theinfostride.com/skys-most-anticipated-drama-britannia-available-exclusively-on-iflix/ Mon, 22 Jan 2018 08:56:20 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=196952 The world’s leading entertainment service for emerging markets, is pleased to announce it will be the exclusive online home for Sky’s highly anticipated historical period drama Britannia. From today, iflix subscribers across the region including Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Zimbabwe can stream or download each episode from the moment of release, exclusively on iflix. From [...]

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]]> Wellbeing Foundation Africa welcomes Dissemination of the Girls’ Education Challenge to Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/wellbeing-foundation-africa-welcomes-dissemination-of-the-girls-education-challenge-to-nigeria/ Fri, 22 Dec 2017 22:35:15 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=193702 The Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) has welcomed the national dissemination of the Girls’ Education Challenge to Nigeria after its official launch last week at the British High Commission in Abuja. Marginalised adolescent girls in Nigeria face several barriers to accessing both formal and non-formal education, and poverty remains the most important factor in determining whether [...]

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]]> Unlocking Solar Capital Africa Conference: First Solar Power Incubator to Unlock Potential of Energy in the Region https://www.theinfostride.com/unlocking-solar-capital-africa-conference-first-solar-power-incubator-to-unlock-potential-of-energy-in-the-region/ Fri, 08 Sep 2017 12:41:27 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=181350 Solaplaza’s ‘Unlocking Solar Capital Africa’ conference, an event focused on connecting solar project development and finance & investment, will be the first African event featuring a Solar Incubator program, aimed at identifying PV projects of potential in Sub-Saharan Africa by providing access to funding, and commercial and technical knowledge. The initiative, ‘The PV Solar Incubator, [...]

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]]> Angola-based Internet Exchange Point, Angonix now Top 3 in Africa https://www.theinfostride.com/angola-based-internet-exchange-point-angonix-now-top-3-in-africa/ Thu, 17 Aug 2017 11:48:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=178541 While Angola is fast emerging as growing tech hub on the continent of Africa, an Internet Exchange Point based in the country, Angonix is now top-three in Africa. In just two years, Angonix – an Internet Exchange Point (IXP) based in Luanda – has grown exponentially to become the third largest African IXP. With peak traffic [...]

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]]> Health Innovations: healthymagination welcomes Second Cohort of Social Entrepreneurs to address Maternal & Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa https://www.theinfostride.com/health-innovations-healthymagination-welcomes-second-cohort-of-social-entrepreneurs-to-address-maternal-child-health-in-sub-saharan-africa/ Wed, 26 Jul 2017 21:37:11 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=174026 The healthymagination Mother and Child Programme has welcomed its Second Cohort of Social Entrepreneurs Addressing Maternal & Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa. The program is designed to help the organizations acquire business fundamentals, improve their strategic thought processes, and articulate business plans that demonstrate impact, growth and long-term financial sustainability. GE and Santa Clara University’s [...]

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]]> Boats Over Books For Many Of Ugandan Children https://www.theinfostride.com/boats-over-books-for-many-of-ugandan-children/ Mon, 21 Dec 2015 10:27:20 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=114293 Gracious Omondi invigilates the classroom. With incessant, searching eyes, he zigzags the only quarter filled, unpainted room, looking out for the wandering gaze of a student. It’s the final week of the third term exams at Victoria View Academy in Maluba, a small fishing village in Uganda. He has been teaching for more than 10 [...]

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