EU, UN and AU Agree on Emergency Plan For Migrants in Libya

The European Union, United Nations and the African Union have agreed to an emergency plan to dismantle people smuggling networks and repatriate stranded migrants in an effort to ease a human rights disaster in Libya.

The development came as the EU pledged a Marshall Plan for Africa of €44 billion at a summit dominated by outrage over slave auctions in Libya of migrants sold “like goats”.

“The goal will be in very short order to be able to arrest identified traffickers, dismantle these networks and their financing which goes through banks and payments that in the region contribute … to sustaining terrorism,” French President Emmanuel Macron.

You don’t need a position to be a leader but the heart. Samuel Eto went to Libya and came back with a plane full of Cameroon migrants, which he paid out of his pocket. pic.twitter.com/wQe9urbh4z

— KE SHARP (@danielmarven) November 28, 2017

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‘I achieved the greatest professional success of my life when I was 55’

“I often tell young people that I went to Kenya when I was 55 years old, I achieved the greatest professional achievement of my life when I was 55, not when I was 35! It does come to you, it doesn’t always come to you in the very beginning though. At that point, 55 years old was the official retirement age at Vodafone,” Michael Joseph, the former Chief Executive Officer of Safaricom spoke candidly to Paula Nasser,Senior Global Communications Manager at Vodafone about his life, successes, failures and what he aims to achieve in his life.

He came to Kenya following his career dream to be a CEO, and stayed there following his heart – he loves the country, its wildlife and its people. He has a house in northern Kenya, where he wants to spend the rest of his life. It was in Kenya that he met his fourth wife, Sian, and it was there too that he achieved the most remarkable highlights of his career, at the age of 55, when many are thinking about retirement. Read

Africa needs about $90bn yearly to meet infrastructure needs – AU

China leads in project investments in Ghana – GIPC report

From January to September 2017, China was the leading source of investments in terms of project numbers in Ghana. It registered 25 projects. India and the United Kingdom followed with 19 and 13 projects respectively, according to the third quarter report by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC). Read:

Dangote commissions $500 million Congo plant

Dangote Cement commissioned its 1.5 million metric tonnes per annum capacity Cement Plant in Congo valued at 500 million dollars, the company said in a statement.

The plant, described as the largest in Congo, rolled out its first bag of cement on August 7, and is expected to create about 1000 direct and indirect jobs. According to the statement, the Congo Plant will make 10 fully operational Dangote Cement Plants across Africa. Read