International Students Continue to Choose the United Kingdom
By 2021/2022, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) reports that as many as 480,000 international students will receive sponsorship visas to the United Kingdom.
- Oct 18th, 2022
Africa Aviation Industry is Experiencing A Surge in Prices
Africa’s aviation industry is one of the fastest growing in the world. The region has over 731 airports and 419 airlines, with an aviation industry that supports around 6.9 million jobs and $80 billion in economic activity (World Economic Forum).
- Oct 5th, 2022
Nigeria's Top Trading Partners in the Second Quarter of 2022
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Foreign Trade in Goods report revealed that Nigeria's total trade during the second quarter of 2022 was valued at N12.8trillion. According to the report, Nigeria recorded a trade surplus of N1.9 trillion in the second quarter of 2022, with total exports valued at N7.4 trillion and imports worth N5.4 trillion.
- Oct 2nd, 2022
Nigerian Reality TV Shows With The Highest Possible Winnings, 2022
Nigeria's favorite reality tv show, Big Brother Naija, involves participants who come into the Big brother house to compete for the grand win. The grand prize for the just concluded Big Brother show stood at 100 million naira – including N50m cash and N50m worth of other awards from the show’s sponsors. Nigerian Idol is a singing competition modeled after the Idol series. The show's winner is also rewarded with 100 million worth of cash prizes as well as a record deal.
- Oct 2nd, 2022
Nigerian Women Patronize Skin Whitening Products the Most in Africa, 2021
The obsession with skin-lightening products in African societies is increasingly taking a toll on the lives and livelihood of its people. Though both genders partake in skin alteration, most skin-lightening consumers are female. Many black women believe lighter skin signifies beauty, higher status, and superiority. This silent epidemic has been associated with serious health-related outcomes amongst users, especially those who subject their bodies to products formulated without proper safety precautions regarding the chemicals used in their production.
- Oct 2nd, 2022
Increasing Migration of Nigerian Doctors to The United Kingdom
Nigeria's health care services have declined for years as the ratio of available health care workers fail to match the total burden of sick persons to manage. What is even more daunting is that on a yearly basis, Nigerian doctors leave the country to seek greener pastures elsewhere, further worsening the ratio.
- Oct 2nd, 2022
Countries In Africa with The Highest Unemployment Rate, 2022
Unemployment continues to persist in African countries as universities churn out more graduates without readily available jobs to accommodate them. This challenge has seemingly birthed a double-edged impact as individuals seek out other means of sustenance, both good and bad – towards crime or towards entrepreneurship.
- Sep 29th, 2022
E-Commerce in Africa: Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana leading growth in online shopping market
The onset of the Covid 19 pandemic halted activities worldwide, thereby altering the way we interact with the people, as well as the environment around us. The truncation of activities meant that people had to find other ways of accomplishing/ completing day-to-day tasks, for their continued existence. Therefore, one of the many sections that were primarily impacted by the pandemic was the shopping/retail industry.
- Sep 20th, 2022
African Countries Continue to Purchase Military Equipment as Insecurity Looms
Of the many challenges plaguing the African continent, insecurity has increasingly ranked high over the years with the livelihood of many truncated as a result of terrorism, political unrest, tribal/religious biases, amongst others. Its impact has been the displacement of its people, economic instability, and an overall deterrent to its growth potential.
- Sep 20th, 2022
Family Planning: Increased Adoption by African Women
Family planning continues to gain acceptance amongst African women with more of them choosing to adopt safe and modern methods of planning childbearing. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), family planning is defined as “the ability of individuals and couples to anticipate and attain their desired number of children and the spacing and timing of their births. It is achieved through the use of contraceptive methods and the treatment of involuntary infertility.” It has also been considered as one of the key features central to gender equality and empowerment – the ability for a woman to willingly choose when she wants to give birth.
- Sep 19th, 2022
Most Decorated African Players By Trophies
African players continue to exceed expectations as they continue to outperform counterparts in their various football clubs across Europe. According to a report by KPMG, there are currently over 500 African players playing in European leagues. If we were to factor in the number of players playing in Asia and the Middle East, those numbers are likely to double. However, majority of the African players playing in various leagues seem to originate from West African states. “Senegal, Morocco, and Nigeria produced the highest number of players in European leagues, with 62, 55 and 54 players respectively, as of Nov. 23, 2021. Other countries include Ivory Coast (50), Ghana (46), Algeria (32), Mali (32), Cameroon ((28), DR Congo (23) and Guinea (13), with west African states dominating the chart”, according to the KPMG Football Benchmark report.
- Sep 16th, 2022
Rape Cases Worsen In Africa As Botswana Tops World Rankings
Rape continues to be a dominant problem in Africa, as more victims are reported as casualties of the endemic. Although it is difficult to determine actual rape statistics as most women that have been assaulted tend not to report the incident or withdraw their testimonies due to some form of coercion amongst other factors, the effects of rape cannot be overemphasized.
- Sep 15th, 2022