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Meet Nigerian Billionaire, Folorunso Alakija

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork From shaking up Nigeria’s fashion scene to striking it rich in the oil business, Nigerian billionaire Folorunso Alakija has tasted success in all walks of life. The former banking executive-turned-fashion designer-turned oil magnate is one of the west African country’s most accomplished businesswoman, boasting a long and successful career in […]

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Nigeria’s Orwellian Biometric ID Is Brought to You by MasterCard

Imagine an ID card that remembers all of your personal records. This one card serves as your driver’s license and a catch-all that includes information about your health insurance, tax payments, and bank accounts. Oh, and it’s a MasterCard. Now imagine you’re required to have it to vote. By 2019, that will be the case

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Call for Action

“A crisis in the global village needs urgent global response” Interesting article; a cause  for concern: Africa: How Africa is Losing the Ebola Battle ANALYSIS By Amadou Mahtar Ba A combination of fear of the Ebola virus, weak public infrastructures in three of the world’s poorest countries, and a slow response by the international public

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Influx of African Immigrants Shifting National and New York Demographics

  Threatened with arrest in 2009, Lamin F. Bojang fled Gambia after publicly contradicting its president’s claims that he could cure AIDS. Now 31, Mr. Bojang lives in Concourse Village in the Bronx with his wife and 2-year-old son and works as a receptionist at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn, while working toward a

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