DAILY RENDEZVOUS

Daily Rendezvous The Social Investment Programme has launched another phase of the School Feeding Program in Adamawa, engaging Trained Independent Monitors, about 2400 vendors in over 1047 schools in Adamawa state alone. The ripple effect is that no fewer than 168,692 pupils in 1,047 primary schools in Adamawa, in addition to 2,400 vendors, are benefiting from the Federal Government’s School Feeding Programme, a federal government official has said. Mary Yuwadi, Adamawa state Focal Person, National Social Investment Program (NSIP) made this known on at the flag off of the distribution ceremony in Yola, Adamawa state. The event was also witnessed the presentation of engagement letters and tablets to trained independent monitors of the programme I order to accountability and probity in thr implementation of the feeding Programme. Yuwadi said that the home-grown programme was designed to improve school enrollment and completion, good nutrition for children and to s...

Daily Rendezvous The Community Led Collective Action for Girls' Education (C-CAGE) says, an urgent intervention is needed in schools in the northeast for the provision of water, hygiene and toilet facilities in order to mitigate the girl-child's chances of dropping out of school. The group says there are chances that over 20 million girls might drop out of school due to the impact of Covid-19, hence all stakeholders need to work together to address the social, cultural and systemic factors inhibiting the girl-child's access to esucation in the north east, Nigeria. The group says, it has worked with relevant bodies to train 275 Education stakeholders, and that it has created 16 safe spaces for girls in Adamawa which has led to about 960 enrollments of girls to school saying these safe spaces have made it possible for about 606 in-school and out-of-school girls to be engaged in peer Learning and experience sharing. This was made known in a press statem...

Daily Rendezvous Report by Antonia Clement The recently launched social media streaming service Palm TV (PalmTV.store) is capturing the attention of audiences with their ground-breaking, entertaining influencer podcasts and live tv shows. The brainchild of successful African Marketing and Tech Media entrepreneur Patrick Palmi, Palm TV showcases leading African influencers connecting with their fans through trending content and an insider look into their lives.    Patrick is no stranger to the digital space. Prior to Palm TV, Patrick founded Multi-Awards Digital Agency Justpalm which he successfully grew from ground to a multi-million-rand agency with presence in five key markets namely South Africa, Kenya, DRC, Emirates, and India. His business acumen and creativity in the digital space has been recognised amongst the top innovators at various local and global awards including Mobile Marketing Smarties Awards (US, EMEA and South Africa), CEO Magazine Awards, Adfocu...

Daily Rendezvous As he awaits the official ceremony of the presentation of the letter of credence to the President of Czech Republic, Melos Zeman, the Ambassador of Nigeria to Czech, Kevin Peter has continued to widen his Diplomatic consultations within the country. At a brief meeting with the Ambassador of Algeria to Czech, Hamid Boukrif, the two African Diplomats stressed the need for cordiality and finding ways of making Africa benefit from relationships with Europe and Czech Republic in particular. Ambassador Boukrif said Nigeria and Algeria have a very close and brotherly relationship for decades. Boukrif expressed his happiness for the hand of friendship extended to him by Ambassador Kevin.  Responding, Ambassador Kevin stressed the need for Unity in promoting pecaeful coexistence. Kevin underscored the fact that   it is expedient for African representatives to unite because Africans easily connect with one another anywhere they find themselves in the wo...

Daily Rendezvous By Aliyu Wakiu In our 27-year history as a Chamber of Business, the latest range of risk insurance instruments from the African Trade Insurance (ATI) Agency is a major leap forward for Canadian institutional investors and African countries – standing to unlock billions in investment capital. ATI facilitates inward investment in Africa by providing insurance against trade and investment risks.  This month the organization joined The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business. ‘ATI is a game-changer. From discussions with private equity and pension fund representatives, ATI has the potential to ensure both the perceived and real risks on the continent are well-managed; ensuring investment committees can proceed on deals that until recently may have been deemed too risky,’ says Sebastian Spio-Garbrah, Chair of the Board, Chair of the Board at The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business.  The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business invites interested parties to...

Daily Rendezvous By Ayuba kukorimam Speedaf express, a leading China-Africa integrated logistics service provider, officially announced the completion of its Round A+ financing.  This round of financing was led by TRUSTBRIDGE, followed by northern light VENTURE CAPITAL, and VISION+CAPITAL on the basis of Round A.  The tens of millions of dollars raised in this round will be mainly used for logistics network expansion in emerging markets, IT system construction and talent team structuring, to build the No.1 brand for China-Africa logistics. Speedaf express was founded in 2019, with ZTO Express as one of the original shareholders. Speedaf express focuses on cross-border door-to-door logistics services between China and emerging markets such as Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, and provides domestic express services, LTL, warehouse and other value-added services covering the whole region. Relying on a self-built service network and information systems, Speedaf e...

Daily Rendezvous His Excellency,  Governor  Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has approved a minor cabinet reshuffle of the Adamawa State Executive Council.  Six Commissioners are to swap positions.  They include Sanusi Farouk Jauro who until now was Commissioner for Youth and Sport Development. He moves  to Special Duties, Mohammed Umar moves from Local Government Affairs to Ministry of Land and Survey, while Ibrahim Mijinyawa replaces him at the Ministry of Local Government Affairs.  Others are Alloysious Babadoke who moves from Special Duties to Youth and Sport Development. Umar Daware and Dr Dishi Khobe are to swap positions with Umar Daware taking over the Ministry of Agriculture, while Dr Dishi Khobe takes over Ministry of Tertiary and Professional Education as Commissioner.  The redeployment are intended to create a new vigour and vitality for service delivery which has been the hallmark of the Government of the Rt.Hon Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri. ...