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African Icon Awards names Akuboh keynote speaker for 2025 edition
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 30, 2025
The African Icon Awards has announced Engr. Dr. Dominic Onuh Akuboh, FNSE, as the keynote speaker for its highly anticipated 10th anniversary celebration, scheduled to be held on July 26th, 2025, at the prestigious Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja,...
Africa, Indian tourism elite honoured
Business Ghana
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Tourism and hospitality dignitaries from across Africa and the Indian Ocean convened in Tanzania for the opening leg of World Travel Awards 2025 to honour the organisations pushing the boundaries of excellence and innovation across the region....
African airlines record 9.5% growth in int’l passenger traffic
New National Star
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June 30, 2025
BY SAM OTUONYE African airlines have recorded a 9.5% year-on-year increase in international air travel demand in May 2025, with a lead in load factor gains. The performance marked one of the strongest feats globally, according to the International...
Flywire Accepted into Global Luxury Travel Group Virtuoso®
Adventure Travel News
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July 1, 2025
Flywire Corporation (NASDAQ: FLYW) (Flywire), a global payments enablement and software company, announced that it has been accepted into Virtuoso®’s exclusive portfolio of luxury travel partners, comprising 2,300 preferred suppliers in 100...
ILO engages West African journalists on reframing labour migration reportage
Tribune Online
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June 30, 2025
In a bid to reframe the narrative around labour migration and fair recruitment across West Africa, especially in the media, journalists, trade union leaders, and labour advocates from 12 ECOWAS countries convened in Abuja from June 24 to 25, 2025,...
SLFA President Thomas Daddy Brima Accused of Using Football Funds to Pay Government Officials’ Travel
Sierraloaded
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July 1, 2025
The President of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), Thomas Daddy Brima, is facing criticism after admitting on national television that money meant for football development was allegedly used to pay for government officials and...
Lava bursts from Earth's mantle are creating a new ocean in Africa
The Times of India
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June 30, 2025
Image: Dr Derek Keir, University of Southampton/ University of Florence In East Africa’s Afar Depression, one of the only places on Earth where three tectonic plates meet, scientists have found compelling new evidence that fresh lava from deep...
LIV Golf likely to expand 2026 schedule with event in South Africa: Reports
Sportskeeda
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July 1, 2025
As per reports, LIV Golf is all set to have more international events than U.S.-based ones in the 2026 season schedule. The reports also revealed that the Saudi-backed circuit will make its debut in South Africa next season. LIV Golf will enter...
Edmund Kyei Slams Africa World Airlines Over Poor Service And Unjustified High Fares
New Crusading Guide
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June 30, 2025
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party and former Ashanti Regional Communications Director, Edmund Kyei, has publicly criticized Africa World Airlines (AWA) and other local carriers over what he describes as poor customer service,...
We’re Africans, Most Of Us From Nigeria – Saint Lucia Senate President Tells Tinubu
The Will
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June 30, 2025
June 30, (THEWILL) — President of the Senate in Saint Lucia, Alvina Reynolds, has reaffirmed the deep ancestral and cultural ties between Nigeria and Saint Lucia, stating that most Saint Lucians have Nigerian roots. Speaking on Monday during a...
Designer Sarah Diouf On Launching Her Beyoncé-Approved African Luxury Label Tongoro
Essence
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June 30, 2025
To put it plainly, Sarah Diouf is an image architect. The designer with a degree in visual communication spent the better part of her early twenties spearheading a magazine. She tells me over a call that this portion of her life fueled her...
Southampton research reveals how Africa may split to form new ocean
Southern Daily Echo
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Scientists have detected rhythmic pulses of molten rock rising from the Earth’s mantle beneath Ethiopia—activity that is slowly splitting the continent apart and forming a new ocean. The discovery, published in Nature Geoscience, was led by Earth...
Nations Push Climate Action With New Taxes On Luxury Air Travel
StratNews Global
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June 30, 2025
Home Africa Nations Push Climate Action With New Taxes On Luxury Air Travel The initiative, which was co-signed by Sierra Leone, Benin and Somalia, will get technical support from the European Commission, it added. In a significant step toward...
Get Ready, Africa! CANEX at IATF 2025 Is Your Gateway to Creative Excellence!
Bella Naija
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June 30, 2025
The countdown is on! Algiers, Algeria is set to become the epicenter of African creativity from September 4th to 10th, 2025, as the Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) at the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2025 kicks off! This year, CANEX is packed...
Modi's Namibia trip to focus on critical minerals, uranium
The Economic Times
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June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to the southwestern African state of Namibia during his five-nation tour beginning Wednesday will help boost bilateral cooperation on diamond trade, harnessing critical minerals and uranium. Several Indian...
A Baby Elephant “Marks Its Territory” in Front of a Group of Tourists
AOL
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People Safari Africa Elephant wildlife nature savanna open vehicle close animal encounter tourist tourism travel woodland greater Kruger National Park© jacobeukman/iStock via Getty ImagesElephants are incredibly intelligent and social animals with...
ECOWAS Group Awards DSP Barau for Commitment in Africa’s Cooperation, Development
Daily Trust
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June 30, 2025
By Abba Anwar Beyond the shores of Nigeria, comes another testimony for the transparent posture in the genuine commitment of the Deputy Senate President, Barau I Jibrin, in sub-regional cooperation and Africa’s development. Also as the first...
Official Visit by Nigerian President Reaffirms St. Lucia’s Commitment to Deepening Ties with African Nations and Global South Community
The Voice
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June 30, 2025
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, H.E. Bola Ahmed Tinubu & Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre The official visit of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, H.E. Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, to Saint Lucia heralds a new dawn for...
Peter Obi Faults Tinubu’s Trip + Fubara Agrees To Sacrifice, Attends Funeral With Wike – Trending With Ojy Okpe
Arise News
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June 30, 2025
President Tinubu’s state visit to Saint Lucia sparked criticism from Peter Obi, who deemed it ill-timed given Nigeria’s severe domestic challenges, while the Presidency defended it as a strategic diplomatic engagement. Rivers State Governor...
African airlines record 9.5% growth in international passenger traffic, lead in load factor gains — IATA
Nairametrics
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June 30, 2025
African airlines recorded a 9.5% year-on-year increase in international air travel demand in May 2025, marking one of the strongest performances globally, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). While the Asia-Pacific...