Africa’s Best Football Teams

No one can deny the high level that African football has reached in the last three decades. National teams, local clubs, and the large number of African footballers playing all over the world, have all shown great physical and technical qualities. Thus, it’s hard to predict the results of games when African clubs play in local or international tournaments. Experts say that this noticeable progress in African football is thanks to the scientific and academic approaches that African training centers and football academies have been putting into practice over the past decades. The result is a great quality of technical performance and physical competitiveness not only of national teams, but also the local clubs.

Here we present a classification of Africa’s best football clubs taking into consideration the number of titles won in the CAF Champions League.

 

Al Ahly SC – Egypt – 8 titles in the Champions League (1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013)

The Egyptian club of AL AHLY CF, known as the African club of the twentieth century, is the most titled of the Arab and African teams, and the one that enjoys the greatest popularity with the Arab public. The Red Devils won 38 Egyptian championships, 8 African Champions Leagues, 1 CAF Confederation Cup and 4 African Cup Winners’ Cup titles. The club that was founded in 1907 plays at Cairo International Stadium, which also hosts the great rival Ezzamalek SC. The derby between the two big Cairo clubs is one of the most exciting and passionate in Africa and the Arab world. Several legendary Egyptian footballers played for the club including Abu Trika, Essam El-Hadary, Taher Abouzid, Houssam Hassan and others.

TP Mazembe – DR Congo – 5 Champions League titles (1967, 1968, 2009, 2010, 2015)

The Tout Puissant Mazembe is a Congolese football club based in Lubumbashi city. Founded in 1939, Mazembe is now one of the strongest teams in Africa after winning the Champions League 5 times in 1967, 1968, 2009, 2010, and 2015.
In its second consecutive participation in the clubs’ World Cup in 2010, TP Mazembe amazed the world of football by being the first African team to reach the final of the competition and play a historical match against the legendary Inter Milan.

Zamalek SC – Egypt – 5 Champions League titles (1984, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2002)

This is the other major club of the Egyptian capital. Founded by a European group in 1911 under the name of “Kasr-Ennil,” it changed several times before adopting its current name in 1952. It is the 11 times winner of the Egyptian championship and 5 times African champion. Several famous players represented the club and the national team of Egypt including Hassan Shehata, Hazem Emam, Nader El Sayed and more.

Hafia FC – Guinea – 3 Champions League titles (1972, 1975, 1977)

Hafia Football Club is a legendary Guinean team that dominated African football during the 1970s. Based in Conakry, Guinea, the club is one of the greatest African teams of all time. They won 16 local championships and 3 African Cup of Champions Leagues. Chérif Souleymane, Mohamed Saylla, Amara Bangoura and other famous footballers have played for Hafia Football club.

Raja CA Casablanca – Morocco – 3 Champions League titles (1989, 1997, 1999)

Founded in 1949, RAJA quickly moved up the ranks to be one of the strongest teams in Africa, with 11 national championships and 3 African Leagues of the Champions. It remains the first Arab and African club to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup in 2000 in Brazil. The RAJA disputes the supremacy of Moroccan football with the other club of Casablanca city, the Widad Athletic Club. RAJA Casablanca, known as the Green Eagles, is the second African team to reach the final of the FIFA Club World Cup in 2013, and played an unforgettable match against FC Bayern Munich after beating Auckland City FC (New Zealand), CF Monterrey (Mexico) and Atlético Mineiro (Brazil). Some of the club’s legendary players are Salaheddine Bassir, Abdelmajid Dolmi, Reda Ereyahi, Mustapha El Haddaoui, Mohsine Moutouali and others.

Canon Yaoundé – Cameroon – 3 Champions League titles (1971, 1978, 1980)

The Canon Yaoundé club is a Cameroonian team created in 1930 to represent Yaoundé city, the capital of Cameroon. The club was a dominant force in the African continent during the 70s and 80s. They won 10 local championships, 12 local cups, 1 African Winners’ cup and 3 Champions League titles. The club‘s famous players include Thomas N’kono, Emmanuel Kundé, Théophile Abega and other players who not only shined at Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium, where the team hosts local and continental matches, but also while playing for the national team.

Asante Kotoko FC – Ghana – 2 Champions League titles (1970, 1983)

Asante Kotoko FC is a historical football club based in the region of Ashanti. The team is known by its Ghanaian football style that depends on physical and technical qualities of young players. The club has won the national championship for 22 occasions in addition to 2 African Champions League titles.

ES Tunis – Tunisia – 2 Champions League titles (1994, 2011)

Founded in 1919, the Esperance Sportive of Tunis is the legendary club of the capital. The team is the leader of the local competition with 25 championships, and winner of 2 CAF Champions titles and 6 times finalist of the most prestigious African competition. The club enjoys great popularity in the Arab world and is also known for the great fervor of its supporters who were the first to introduce the ultra movement in Africa and the Arab world.

Enyimba FC – Nigeria – 2 Champions League titles (2003, 2004)

The Enyimba International Football Club, known as the Aba Warriors, is a Nigerian team founded in 1976 and located in the city of Aba. Although the club is not among the oldest teams in Africa, it still remains the most successful team in Nigerian football. The club won the local championship 7 times and twice the African Cup of Champions. Some famous players who played for the club are: Mfon Udoh, Dele Aiyenugba, Romanus Orjinta and others.

JS Kabylie – Algeria – 2 Champions League titles (1981, 1990)

The Algerian club, JS Kabylie, is one of the leading clubs of Algeria and the African continent. The club with multiple national and continental titles was founded in 1946 in the Algerian city of Tizi Ouzou. The JSK remains one of the historical teams in African football by winning the CAF Champions League titles in 1981 and 1990. They also won the African Winners’ Cup in 1995, being the only Algerian club to win this competition.

ES Setif – Algeria – 2 Champions League titles (1988, 2014)

Founded in 1958, the Entente Sportive de Sétif, known also as ES Setif and ESS, is the second most successful club in Algerian football with 25 national, regional and international titles behind the JS Kabylie. The team that represents the city of Setif won the CAF Champions League in 1988 and 2014, as well as the Algerian championship on seven occasions and eight times the local cup.

Tell us what you of this in the omment section

Meet Ghanaian Nancy Abu-Bonsrah: First black female neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital

We start this week with heartwarming news, Ghanaian Nancy Abu-Bonsrah becomes the first black female Neurosurgeon at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Abu-Bonsrah left Ghana at the age of 15, and has been in the U.S for nearly 11 years. The first physician in her family, including the extended family, Abu-Bonsrah was matched with Johns Hopkins Hospital to specialize in Neurological Surgery. A hearty congratulations on the remarkable achievement.

In a medical rite in the U.S. known as Match Day, where graduating fourth year medical students are given envelopes and find out where they have been matched to continue their medical training in a three to seven year residency program, Ghanaian Nancy Abu-Bonsrah was matched with Johns Hopkins Hospital to specialize in neurological surgery.
The match made her the first black female neurosurgeon at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Abu-Bonsrah will spend seven more years at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she would get hands-on experience in her field.
According to the Johns Hopkins news release, prior to Match Day, students complete lengthy paperwork, and on-site interviews with hospitals, then provide a ranked list of their top choices. Hospitals submit a similar list, indicating openings, preferred students, and specialty or generalist preferences. Each applicant is matched via computer algorithm to the hospital residency program that is highest on the applicant’s list, and has offered the applicant a position. Johns Hopkins students are often matched with their first- or second-choice sites.

Abu-Bonsrah, according the John Hopkins medical news release spent the first 15 years of her life in Ghana and came to Maryland 11 years ago. She attended Hammond High School in Columbia, Maryland and went to college at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland, after which, right after her undergrad, she went to Johns Hopkins .
Abu-Bonsrah further stated in the news release that she is very much interested in providing medical care in undeserved settings, specifically surgical care. The Ghanaian hopes to return to her country over the course of her career to help in building sustainable surgical infrastructure.

Her match to Johns Hopkins Hospital for neurological surgery is a dream come true for her. She says she wants to be remembered for serving her community either through providing quality surgical care or mentoring the next generation of surgeons.
Abu-Bonsrah attended Johns Hopkins University school of Medicine alongside her husband, and participated in the Match Day, which took place on the 17th of March. The event took place on the second floor of the Anne and Mike Armstrong Medical Education Building at 1600 McElderry St. in Baltimore, Maryland.
In a Facebook post, Abu-Bonsrah said:
What a way to begin the Sabbath! I still haven’t processed it yet but this is such an honor and a privilege to join the department at Hopkins to begin this next phase of my career. I’m so fortunate to have the continued support of my husband, family, friends and mentors. Kwabenaand I are excited for what’s ahead! #match2017 #glorytoGod #wemadeit #sevenmoreyears#Neurosurgery #firstfemaleAAatHopkins
There has been an outpour of congratulations from social media. We wish Nancy Abu-Bonsrah all the best in her medical career.

Finally! The 10 Best African Music Singles

2016 was yet another great year for African music, with artists dropping tunes that made the whole continent dance.

Here are the ten biggest songs that topped the charts throughout the continent.

 

Babes Wodumo – Wololo

“Wololo” was one of the biggest songs of 2016 in South Africa, topping the charts across most radio stations in the country. The song is praised for putting South Africa’s popular sub-genre, gqom, on the map, and it catapulted 23-year-old Babes Wodumo (real name Bongekile Simelane) to fame across South Africa and the continent.  
The video for the song has since amassed over 4 million views on YouTube.

 

 

Kwesta featuring Cassper Nyovest – Ngud’

South African hip hop artist, Kwesta, had a good run with his hit single “Ngud” featuring Cassper Nyovest. The song spent 14 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the iTunes chart, and was the most played song on South African radio in 2016. It was produced by DJ Maphorisa and samples Joakim’s remix of “Camino Del Sol” by Antena. The song is from Kwesta’s 3rd studio album titled “DaKAR II”. 

Tekno – Pana

Nigerian muso, Tekno, burned the airwaves with his sexy, African-inspired dance ballad, “Pana”. The video for the song has since amassed over 19 million views on YouTube, and popular the South African dj, Black Coffee, danced to the song as part of his first dance with his wife, Mbali Mlotshwa, during their wedding ceremony at Sun City Resort in South Africa. 

auti Sol featuring Alikiba – Unconditionally Bae

“Unconditionally Bae” was one of East Africa’s biggest songs as it featured two of the region’s biggest stars; boy band, Sauti Sol, and Tanzania’s Alikiba. The song is a danceable love ballad and was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2016 MTV Africa Music Awards. It has since amassed more than 4 million views on YouTube. 

Patoranking featuring Wande Coal – My Woman, My Everything

“My Woman, My Everything” by Nigeria’s Patoranking featuring Wande Coal was the biggest song on the continent in 2015 and 2016, earning Song of the Year at the 2016 MTV Africa Music Awards. The song was also popular with Caribbean audiences who love it for its catchy lyrics and infectious dance hall beat. 

AKA featuring Burna Boy, Khuli Chana & Yanga – Baddest

South African hip hop artists collaborated with some of the continent’s biggest stars to create the song “Baddest” which was released in 2015, but continued to dominate the airwaves in 2016. This is mainly attributed to the remix version being released where AKA featured some of South Africa’s biggest female hip hop artists, including: Moozlie, Rouge, Fifi Cooper and Gigi Lamayne.   

DJ Maphorsia featuring WizKid & DJ Buckz – Soweto Baby

One of South Africa’s top dance music producers, DJ Maphorisa, collaborated with heavyweights, Wizkid and DJ Buckz, to create one of the biggest songs on the continent, “Soweto Baby”. The song won Best Collaboration at the 2016 MTV Africa Music Awards and the video was filmed in the iconic township of Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

Nasty c ft. Davido & Cassper Nyovest – Juice Back Remix

“Juice Back” by South African hip hop artist, Nasty C, was the song that catapulted the 18-year-old rapper into fame back in 2015. The song continued to create a stir across the continent through his collaboration on a remix with Cassper Nyovest and Davido. The song was produced by hit maker, Gemini Major, and it has since amassed over 1.3 million views on YouTube. 

EmTee featuring WizKid and AKA – Roll Up Re-Up

EmTee burst into the music scene in South Africa with the smash hit, “Roll Up,” in 2015 and the hype around the song continued well into 2016 with a remix of the song featuring WizKid and AKA. “Roll Up” earned the award of Song of the Year in 2015 at the South African Hip Hop Awards and was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2016 MTV Africa Music Awards. EmTee walked away with the Best Hip Hop award at the ceremony. 

Diamond Platnumz featuring Rayvanny – Salome

Diamond Platnumz’s hit single “Salome” was one of the biggest songs in Tanzania and East Africa. The song is a remake of Saida Karoli’s hit single from the 90s titled “Maria Salome”, and is sung entirely in Swahili. The song has since amassed over 12.9 million views on YouTube. 

Kelvin Doe, 15 Year Old West African Inventor and DJ, Is Changing His Community

Kelvin Doe the young inventor

In Sierra Leone, West Africa, the lights come on as little as once a month!  So, Kelvin Doe, at 15 years old,  decided things needed change.  After many tries, he invented a battery to power lights in people’s houses from recycled parts he found in the trash, including soda, acid and metal, wrapped with tape!
This amazing young man also used trash to make his own FM radio transmitter so that he can allow the youth in his country to debate important issues.  Besides being an inventor, Kelvin is also a DJ and runs a local radio station.  “They call me DJ Focus because I believe if you focus, you can do an invention perfectly,” he said in a video produced by @radical.media.
Kelvin’s invention and brilliance was discovered by one of the world’s greatest places of invention, the Massachussettes Institute of Technology (M.I.T.).   He became the youngest person ever to be invited to M.I.T.’s Visiting Practitioner’s Program after being discovered by David Sengeh, a PhD student in the M.I.T. Media Lab.
Just as Kelvin’s world has expanded by working in the Media Lab, the researchers there had their world expanded by Kelvin. 

Check out this inspiring video of Kelvin’s journey to M.I.T.:

Five African inventions to look out for in 2017

img crd; Inspiremykids

Here are five African inventions which may take off in 2017.

An electricity grid for the whole village

Problem: A total of 1.3 billion people worldwide currently don't have electricity, according to Yale Environment 360. Getting people in rural areas on to the national grid is proving too difficult and traditional solar panels generate meagre amounts of energy.
Solution: Steamaco makes solar and battery micro-grids which can work for a whole village. They are small electricity generation and distribution systems that operate independently of larger grids.
How it works: Micro-grids are nothing new. The new part is that Steamaco's technology automates the regulation of electricity.
So, if the system detects there will be a surge in demand for electricity, for example on a Saturday night when people want to start playing music for a party, or they see a dip in supply, like when the sun has gone down and so the grid is not collecting solar energy, then the grid automatically stops electricity for people it won't affect too badly.
The system sends an automatic text to all customers on the grid saying that the electricity in houses is about to be cut off so that the hospital can keep on going.
Who is talking about this? In October they featured in the Global Cleantech 100 Ones to Watch list.

A jacket that detects pneumonia

Problem: Pneumonia kills 27,000 Ugandan children under the age of five every year. Most of these cases are due to pneumonia being misdiagnosed as malaria.
Solution: Ugandan engineer Brian Turyabagye has designed a biomedical "smart jacket" to quickly and accurately diagnose pneumonia. The Mamaope jacket measures a sick child's temperature and breathing rate. It can diagnose pneumonia three to four times faster than a doctor and eliminates most possibility for human error.
How it works: A modified stethoscope is put in a vest. It is linked to a mobile phone app that records the audio of the patient's chest. Analysis of that audio can detect lung crackles and can lead to preliminary diagnoses.
Who is talking about this: It is shortlisted for the 2017 Royal Academy of Engineering Africa Prize.

A tablet that monitors your heart

Problem: It is difficult for people in rural areas to travel to the cities to see heart specialists. There are just 50 cardiologists in Cameroon, which has a population of 20 million people.
Solution: Arthur Zang invented the Cardio Pad - a handheld medical computer tablet which healthcare workers in rural areas use to send the results of cardiac tests to specialists via a mobile phone connection.
How it works: Cardiopads are distributed to hospitals and clinics in Cameroon free of charge, and patients pay $29 (£20) yearly subscriptions. It takes a digitised reading of the patient's heart function. In a few seconds the results of a heart test are sent to a specialist clinic in the capital.
Who is talking about this: It won the Royal Academy of Engineering award for African engineering in 2016 and the Rolex award for Entreprise in 2014. But Mr Zang told BBC Africa that these things take time to develop and it only got approval from the Cameroon authorities in October 2016.
So, it is more likely that people will actually see it in their clinics in 2017.

An app for hair inspiration

Problem: A lack of accurate information about how to achieve certain hairstyles and where to find a high-quality stylist.
Solution: Three software engineers - Priscilla Hazel, Esther Olatunde and Cassandra Sarfo - invented Tress, an app to share ideas about hairstyles.
How it works: It is described by Okay Africa as a kind of Pinterest or Instagram for hair. Once you have downloaded the app, you can follow other people who are sharing their hairstyle. You can search specifically by place, price range and the type of hairstyle your want, from relaxed hair to cornrow.

You can then scroll until your heart's content through people who have uploaded pictures of themselves with that style, tell them how much you like their style, ask how long it took, and even arrange to meet up with someone to style your hair.
Who is talking about this: The three software engineers behind this are graduates of the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology in Accra, Ghana.
They were then selected for the Y Combinator eight-week fellowship programme for start-up companies.
Y Combinator is prestigious - business news website Fast company called it "the world's most powerful start-up incubator". In other words, the school is thought of as really good at finding the next Mark Zuckerberg.

A currency for paying online workers

Problem: There are online workers, specifically web developers, in Africa who people outside the continent would like to employ but it is difficult or prohibitively expensive to get their wages to them. Some don't have passports, and so don't have bank accounts either.
Solution: Bitpesa uses Bitcoin to significantly lower the time and cost of remittances and business payments to and from sub-Saharan Africa.
How it works: Bitpesa uses the crypto-currency bitcoin as a medium to transfer cash across borders. Bitcoin is a system of digitally created and traded tokens and people keep their tokens in online wallets.
It then takes the Bitcoin tokens and exchanges them into money in mobile money wallets - a popular way of paying for things in places like Kenya and Tanzania.
BitPesa is already used to pay online workers - a company called Tunga is using it as a way of getting wages from clients abroad to web developers in Uganda.
Who is talking about it: It won an award for the best apps across Africa in November.

Africans telling their own story and its importance

chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

 

Films such as Amistad, 12 Years a Slave, Blood Diamond, Tsotsi, and the most recent Queen of Katwe; have gone on global screens, showing the often distorted African story with authenticity and dignity. It’s an exciting time for African storytelling on the big screen. The most recent offering is Queen of Katwe. Set in Uganda, the film uncovers life in one of the most poverty-stricken slums in the capital, Kampala. Based on a true story, it shows a family that is striving for better life and making the most of what they have. Director Mira Nair said in an interview, “I am deeply inspired by people who are considered marginal to our society – and how they work their way to create who they are – despite the abject struggle of where they might be.”

The cinematic potential for the story was discovered in an article written by Tim Crothers in ESPN Magazine. The piece was inspired by the work of sports outreach program, and from that story – a film was realized.
Nair says that while living in Uganda for 27 years, she loved the scenery and the community, but most importantly the influence of her school, Maisha Film Lab.  The film school, which has been operating for more than a decade, nurtures young aspiring filmmakers and has over 680 filmmakers enrolled at the school.  The director emphasises the importance of telling our stories, “because if we don’t tell our own stories, no one else will.” “Its always been stunning and remarkable to me especially since I have one foot in Hollywood from the beginning, and my heart in Uganda,” she adds.
Cast member and Oscar-winning actress, Lupita Nyong’o, who has also played a lead role in the historical film, 12 Years a Slave, commends Nair’s work.  “There is an authenticity that Mira captured in this film and that seldom happens on a film like this, on a platform as global as Disney.  So to have an uplifting story set in the slums of Katwe was priceless,” says Nyong’o.
When she sat with the real Harriet, who she plays in the film, she found that “Harriet is a woman who was dignified no matter how much money she had in her pocket, she sacrificed a lot for her children and they came first in her life, but she would not sacrifice her principles, and that is something that I just wanted to honour.”
Nair affirmed with proclamation the importance of true depictions of Africans, stating, “That is a massive lesson for the rest of the world.  And it is about time that we show a portrait of how we really live!  And that doesn’t happen often, so I’m very grateful to have had this chance to do this.”

“And to have a story like Fiona’s, firstly that its remarkably true – but one that gives me the chance to distill what it is like to live on a daily basis with the everyday joy and the everyday dignity and the everyday struggle – because, let’s not sugar coat that it’s not all roses, but it was the kind of story I was waiting for.”
MIRA NAIR, DIRECTOR – QUEEN OF KATWE

According to Lupita Nyong’o the ability to showcase these kinds of African stories on a global screen is about opportunity, and having people with a global and multicultural perspective in high places.  “I don’t think any one film can change the course of an entire entertainment entity, but it is encouraging that Disney was interested in this film to begin with. And the reason why this film was made in the first place is because Disney has an executive that is of Ugandan decent, named Tendo Nagenda and he walked this project, up and down the halls until they agreed with it.”

Africans are continuing to take charge of their stories using the big screens. Nyongo’o is just example of the new generation of young Africans leading the way. She is currently producing the screen version of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s book, Americanah, where she will also star in the main role. She describes it as a project that she is very passionate about as it’s a story that gives us a whole other African perspective”. Well, what do you think?

Read why this radio station was shut down last week

 28
Independent radio station, Eye Radio, in South Sudan’s capital Juba was shut down last Friday by security officials for airing a 28-second audio clip of opposition leader Riek Machar picked from Doha-based television Al Jazeera.
The management of the nonprofit radio station disclosed through its website that the short news clip was from a press conference held by Machar in October before leaving Khartoum for South Africa.
The transcript from the clip read: “We did not see that there is an initiative from the region or the United Nations or the African Union to rescue the agreement. From our side the agreement has collapsed, or part of the government of national unity has collapsed since July events. We do not want violence.”
South Sudan’s National Security Service (NSS) ordered the immediate shut down of the radio station for this audio and Tuesday makes five days since Eye Radio went off the air.
Its website is still running and the management say they are following up with the authorities to resolve the matter.
The radio has been on air since 2010 and is funded by the United States aid arm (USAID).

Ever heard of Every Breath counts?

Nigeria has the second highest pneumonia mortality in the world and primarily affects children under five.

Pneumonia kills more children than any other infectious disease – almost 1 million children every year.

In light of World Pneumonia Day (November 12), Every Breath Counts decided that the disease needs more attention then just one day. Using social and traditional media, Pneumonia Month is dedicated to raising awareness to pneumonia’s prevalence and burden in the country.
Building from Her Excellency Aisha Muhammadu Buhari’s, Wife of the President of Nigeria, participation and endorsement, the Every Breath Counts campaign features nationally recognized influencers: Hadiza Aliyu, Rahama Sadau and Ali Nuhu. They have each raised their voices to speak up against pneumonia in various PSAs. Ali Nuhu (@alinuhu) will lead a twitter chat to discuss his role in the campaign on November 11th at 11AM (Nigeria). Pneumonia Month jumpstarts the campaign that is expected to run through January 2017.

---

Every Breath Counts is a global platform that unites diverse partners from across many sectors to raise awareness of pneumonia as the leading killer of children and to catalyze investment in prevention and community access to appropriate treatment. EBC collaborates with initiatives on climate change, household air pollution, nutrition and education among many others.

Follow us on Twitter

@endpneumonia
@speakupafrica1
@alinuhu
@AdizatouGabon
@Rahma_sadau

✓ #WorldPneumoniaDay
✓ #EveryBreathCounts
✓ #FightPneumonia
✓ #MakePneumoniaHistory

For More Information
www.everybreathcounts.info
www.worldpneumoniaday.org
www.stoppneumonia.org

Has Christmas come too early this year in Nigeria?

It’s been a difficult economic calendar year for many Nigerians and things look like they’ll get worse in the run-up to the big shopping Christmas season.
After a year that has seen Africa’s largest economy slip into its first recession in decades, data from Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows inflation has risen for the 12th consecutive month to 18.3%—an 11 year high.The record high inflation rate is compounded by Nigeria’s slowing economy and high unemployment rates. All the right ingredients for a classic case of stagflation.
Nigeria’s problems are tied to the government’s falling revenues for much of the past year. The low price of oil, Nigeria’s main export, has triggered a foreign exchange crisis which drove up costs for businesses which depend on imported items and raw materials.
The lingering situation poses a problem for millions of Nigerians with the coming festive season and there is precedent. During sallah celebrations in September, sellers reported a sharp dip in sales. Still, things could get worse. “It seems as if inflation hasn’t reached its peak,” Ogho Okiti, an economist, told Bloomberg. “We may see it approaching 19 percent before the end of this year.”. Share with us what you think about christmas this year.

Rangers gets too close to a lion. What they did next is shocking(Wath Video)

Rangers gets too close to a lion. What they did next is shocking

Smartphone app detects cancer in Tanzania(Video)

About half a million women are diagnosed with cervical cancer around the world each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most cases occur in developing countries where regular gynecological screenings are not widely accessible. But a new smartphone application developed in Tanzania is helping to change that. Thanks to VOA, we get to watch this.