A new network to bring together industry professionals and thought leaders to foster collaboration and inspire innovation within the African business community will launch in November. Its aim is to ignite opportunities for its members —— PRESS RELEASE Alfajiri Business Networking, a dynamic and inspiring networking platform, is thrilled to announce its official launch on 16 November 2023. Under the …

A rejected Nigerian asylum-seeker about to be deported has died after jumping out of the window in Hainichen, near Chemnitz, in the eastern German state of Saxony, several newspapers have reported. The 33-year-old man was to be deported to the Netherlands, where he ostensibly first lodged his asylum application in the EU. The police wanted to pick him up on …

Ghana and South Africa have entered into an agreement for a visa waiver regime for holders of ordinary passports. This means that citizens of both countries can travel and stay in each other’s territory for up to 90 days without visa in a calendar year. The agreement, which takes effect from 1 November, was announced in a press statement issued …