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Bloomberg Billionaires Index which ranks the first 500 richest people in the world showed that his wealth fell from $18.4bn on Thursday to $17.5bn on Friday, taking him from 106th to 114th on the list of wealthiest people in the world. According to Bloomberg, “The majority of Dangote’s fortune is derived from his 86 per cent stake in publicly-traded Dangote Cement. He holds the shares in the company directly and through his conglomerate, Dangote Industries. “A $12bn oil refinery that is currently being developed in Nigeria isn’t included in the valuation because it’s not yet operational and construction costs are…

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It is a brutal but expected devaluation of the pound that the Sudanese Central Bank announced on Sunday, February 21. Sudan is going through a serious crisis. Shortages and rising prices are making life difficult for the population. The measure, in the form of an electroshock would help stabilize the economy. In concrete terms, the Sudanese Central Bank is aligning itself with the black market rate. The price of the Sudanese pound will rise from 55 pounds for one dollar to 375. The measure is accompanied by increased exchange controls and was expected by donors and the IMF, who demanded…

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When the world was slammed by the coronavirus pandemic, which led to the spontaneous closure of schools worldwide, AFRICA was knocked out at the elementary phase of digital learning technology. Dr. Atanga D. Funwie, an Educational entrepreneur forecasted such a day in education 5 years before the pandemic. When the world was slammed by the coronavirus pandemic, which led to the spontaneous closure of schools worldwide, AFRICA was knocked out at the elementary phase of digital learning technology. Closed down schools and required distance learning for the rest of the school year, things seemed complicated. Suddenly, parents, students, and teachers…

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Google Classroom continues to cater to at-home schooling needs with a series of updates, including better student controls and a simplified workflow for teachers. When Classroom launched six years ago in an effort to streamline the process of sharing files between teachers and students, it didn’t expect to become the bedrock of education during a global pandemic. Alas, Covid-19 has forced many to adapt to unexpected challenges, and Google is no exception. “We’ll continue to put the people who use our products first and listen to your feedback to address your top priorities,” program manager Melanie Lazare wrote in a…

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New variants of coronavirus are emerging that are more infectious than the original one that started the pandemic What are these new variants? Experts’ concerns currently focus on a small number of new variants of coronavirus: •A UK variant that has become dominant in much of Britain and has spread to more than 50 other countries •A South Africa variant that has also been found in at least 20 other countries, including the UK •A variant from Brazil It’s not unexpected that new variants have developed – all viruses mutate as they make new copies of themselves to spread and…

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