Nigeria
CONFERENCE CALL: Aurora Women in Tech Global Awards
“Why is it women only get less than 3% of Venture Capital funds? There is not a pipeline problem. There is a perception problem,” says Isabella Ghassemi-Smith, head of the Aurora Tech Award, which promotes women-led start-ups.
Oil is a major source of income for eight African countries – OWID
Oil production plays an important role in the economy of many African countries. The chart shows oil rents as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) for the nine African nations most reliant on it, Our World in Data reports.
More than 5,000 Nigerian women trapped in Iraq
More than 5,000 Nigerian women are currently stranded in Iraq after being recruited as caregivers under false pretences, the head of Nigeria's Diaspora Commission said on January 22
IEA: Access to energy improving worldwide, driven by renewables
Having a reliable electricity supply is something many of us take for granted – including for sending and reading emails like this one. But hundreds of millions of people around the world today don’t have access to electricity.
The hurricane season in 2024 was weird
The Atlantic hurricane season of 2024 was a weird one. It both produced more, and more destructive, hurricanes than usual, but at the same time it had a calm hole in the middle where there should have been at least four hurricanes.