Isaac Dachen

Dec 11, 2024 | africanewswatch.com | Isaac Dachen

Former Zambian President, Edgar Lungu, has described his ban from participating in the 2026 presidential election by the Constitutional Court as political manipulation rather than constitutional principles. Lungu who reacted to the decision of the court to bar him from future elections, described the verdict as anticipated but reflective of political interference but vowed to focus on a ‘Plan B’ strategy following the Constitutional Court judgment.

Dec 10, 2024 | africanewswatch.com | Isaac Dachen

At least eight people have been confirmed killed, while an unspecified number were injured after an apartment building collapsed on Tuesday in Egypt’s capital, Cairo. The country’s Health Ministry said in a statement that the six-story building in Cairo’s western neighborhood of Waili collapsed in the early hours of the day. Cairo’s governor, Ibrahim Saber, who spoke with reporters at the scene of the disaster, said he had ordered the evacuation of neighboring houses as a precautionary measure.

Dec 10, 2024 | africanewswatch.com | Isaac Dachen

Kenyan solar-powered irrigation solutions startup, SunCulture, has joined forces with leading mass-market insurtech company, Turaco, to launch a platform called “SunCulture Protect”, aimed at providing enhanced protection to small holder farmers using SunCulture’s pay-as-you-go (PAYG) devices.

Dec 10, 2024 | africanewswatch.com | Isaac Dachen

Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has revealed that no fewer than 10,000 Nigerians are detained over immigration offences in different African and European countries in 2024.

Dec 9, 2024 | africanewswatch.com | Isaac Dachen

Nigerian mobility startup, Moove, has entered into a strategic partnership with global leader in autonomous driving technology,Waymo, formerly known as the Google Self-Driving Car Project, to launch operations in the United States. The ground-breaking launch is coming on the heels of the platform raising the sum of $100 million in a Series B funding round that took its total raised capital to over $460 million, with the company valued at $750 million.