LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The second edition of the Africa Investment Forum, a game-changer to tilt capital flow into the continent, will take place from 11-13 November 2019 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. The forum, organized by the African Development Bank and its partners, is the largest multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary marketplace aimed…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rwanda’s Mara Group launched two smartphones on Monday, describing them as the first “Made in Africa” models and giving a boost to the country’s ambitions to become a regional technology hub. The Mara X and Mara Z will use Google’s Android operating system and cost 175,750 Rwandan francs ($190) and 120,250 Rwandan…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A homeless man confessed to fatally bludgeoning four sleeping vagrants and critically injuring a fifth during a bloody rampage through Chinatown, a prosecutor said in court on Sunday. Randy Santos, 24, came clean when cops confronted him with evidence of the grisly attacks, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Alfred Peterson said. “While he…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau spotlights African languages among the top ten fastest growing languages spoken at home in the U.S. The list featured three groups of African languages: Swahili and other Central/Eastern/Southern African languages; Yoruba, Twi, Igbo, and other Western African languages; and Amharic/Somali. Analysts credit the development…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four homeless men were found beaten to death in Manhattan early Saturday morning in what police are calling a random attack. A fifth man is in critical condition. All five victims were men who suffered trauma to the head, police said. They appeared to have been sleeping when the attack happened just…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 17-year-old twisted teenager has killed a 91-year-old World War veteran by beating, dousing him with gasoline, and setting him on fire. The 91-year-old, Paul Monchnik had been living in Detroit and was a friendly and active member of the Detroit community. Paul Monchnik became a USA immigrant at the age of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6H (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday that a wave of deadly violence against Nigerians and other foreign nationals in South Africa last month was an embarrassment to the continent. In September, rioting and attacks on foreigners led to at least 10 deaths, dozens of injuries and hundreds of arrests, triggering anger…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cameroon’s President Paul Biya said he will drop charges against 333 prisoners arrested for their alleged roles in a two-year separatist uprising, but rebel leaders dismissed the move as a political stunt and pledged to keep fighting. The announcement on Twitter on Thursday comes during peace talks launched by Biya to end…