Africa flatlining in 2015 governance index

>Tanzania performance in the 2014 Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance has tumbled—with the country dropping five places—from 10th position in 2012 to 15th in the latest index—that ranked 52 countries in Africa.

–Identity Theft Takes Top Spot Accounting for 53% of Data Breaches

–State-Sponsored Attacks See Huge Gains, Accounting for 41% of Stolen Data Records

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) (http://www.gemalto.com), the world leader in digital security, today released the findings of the Breach Level Index for the first six months of 2015, revealing that 888 data breaches occurred, compromising 246 million records worldwide.

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By Special Reporter, Addis Ababa
The Heads of State and Government of the African countries participating in the APRM process will meet in Addis Ababa today on the margins of the 24th AU Summit. The theme of this year's meeting will be "2015 Year of Women Empowerment and Development towards Agenda 2063" which is in line with APRM's thematic objective of promotion of women empowerment and gender equality.
Currently, there are 34 countries participating in the process and Ivory Coast is expected...

New report shows hard retail data, consumer needs and behavior, combined with macro-economic datasets, are better indicators of opportunity and success in African markets

For brands eager to tap into the growing African markets and the region’s estimated 350 million middle class consumers, relying solely on macro-economic data such as GDP growth, population trends and regulatory governance data to identify opportunities and predict success can lead to costly missteps, according to a new...

COVID-19 in Africa: a call for coordinated governance, improved health structures and better data - World  ReliefWebCOVID-19: are lockdowns really the answer for Africa? [Morning Call]  africanewsAfrica faces grave risks as COVID-19 emerges, says Berkeley economist  UC Berkeley'Can they get COVID-19?' and other questions about pets during a pandemic  euronews (in English)Covid-19: Mo Ibrahim Foundation study spells doom and hope for Africa  Standard DigitalView Full coverage on Google...

Dubai has more international routes to Africa than Africa carriers themselves

Aviation Africa 2015 (http://www.aviationafrica.aero) – organised by Arabian Aerospace and African Aerospace magazines is gathering senior, influential industry figures from both Africa and the Middle East.

The event will take place 10-11 May 2015 in Dubai, UAE.

Elijah Chingosho, Secretary General, Africa Airlines Association – AFRAA.

Speakers confirmed from African and Middle East airlines already include Girma...

Tanzanians: Edha Nahdi (AMSONS GROUP/CAMELOIL), Reginal Mengi (IPP), Mohammed Dewji (MeTL)
Big Up for Tanzanians. For whole report click the links below:http://www.aablawards.com/east-africa.php
http://venturesafrica.com/meet-the-east-african-winners-of-aabla-2015/

Bendi ya maarufu Ngoma Africa Band aka FFU-Ughaibuni aka Anunaki aliens bendi hiyo inatarajiwa kutumbuiza katika onyesho maalumu la AFRICA UNITE PARTY litakalofanyika katika ukumbi wa VTS uliopo mtaa wa Augusburger Str.442 D-70327 mjini Stuttgart,nchini Ujerumani.Onyesho hilo limeandaliwana shirika la Afrikaktiv e.V wakishirikiana na shirika la Cabaret du Monde,Ngoma Africa band iliyozoeleka kwa kuwatia kiwewe washabiki wake kilakona duniani wataporomosha muziki moto moto na mdundo wao...

2FACE (Nigeria), AKA (South Africa), Black Motion (South Africa), Wizkid (Nigeria) & Toofan (Togo) are to perform at the MTV Africa Music Awards!


MAMA 2015, sponsored by KwaZulu-Natal in association with Absolut Vodka and in partnership with The City of Durban will take place on Saturday 18 July at the Durban International Convention Centre, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

MAMA award winner 2Face is in the running for the “Evolution” award at this year’s show, created to celebrate 10...