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☆ From Village to Prison to Africa’s Youngest Elected President
  + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Ruth Maclean | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
The first election that Bassirou Diomaye Faye ever won was the one that just made him the president-elect of Senegal. Before his victory in the election last Sunday, 10 days after he was released from jail, Mr. Faye had only ever run for mayor of his hometown, Ndiaganiao — a small settlement on a sandy track, crisscrossed by horse carts carrying women and their wares to the market. He lost that election, in 2022, to the ruling party’s candidate. Few in Senegal know the remarkable journey of the 44-year-old tax inspector who rode a wave of youth discontent to become — once inaugurated — Africa’s youngest elected president. Provisional results officially released on Tuesday showed he won with 54 percent of the vote.
Persons: Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Faye, Ndiaganiao, —, — Africa’s Organizations: Provisional Locations: Senegal, Ndiaganiao
☆ Africa’s Biggest Oil Refinery Begins Production in Nigeria With the Aim of Reducing Need for Imports
  + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Associated Press | Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +2 min
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Africa’s biggest oil refinery has begun production in Nigeria, the company has said, ending a yearslong wait for a plant that analysts said Monday could boost refining capacity in a region heavily reliant on imported petroleum products. The $19 billion facility, which has a capacity to produce 650,000 barrels per day, has started to produce diesel and aviation fuel, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery company reported Saturday. As Nigeria’s first privately owned oil refinery, the project "is a game-changer for our country,” it added. Nigeria is one of Africa’s top oil producers but imports refined petroleum products for its own use. At least 40% of the oil products made there also would be available for export, the company said,.
Persons: —, Nigeria’s, Olufola, Aliko, Dangote Organizations: Dangote Petroleum Refinery, NNPC Locations: ABUJA, Nigeria, Lagos
☆ Africa’s Fashion Industry Is Growing to Meet Global Demands but Needs More Investment, UNESCO Says
  + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Associated Press | Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +3 min
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Africa’s fashion industry is growing rapidly to meet local and international demand but inadequate investment limits its potential, UNESCO said Thursday in a report released during Lagos Fashion Week. The demand for African fashion brands is also spurred by the growth in e-commerce, the UNESCO report noted. It’s really beautiful to see because it hasn’t always been like this,” said Omoyemi Akerele, who founded the Lagos Fashion Week in 2011 to encourage the patronage of Nigerian and African fashion. In Nigeria and other parts of Africa, young fashion designers are hungry for success and are taking over the global scene, said the UNESCO director-general. “So Africa is really the next frontier (for the fashion industry).”___Associated Press journalist Dan Ikpoyi in Lagos, Nigeria contributed.
Persons: Audrey Azoulay, ”, Omoyemi Akerele, “, Ejiro Amos, Tafiri, Dan Ikpoyi Organizations: UNESCO, Lagos Fashion, U.S . International Trade Administration, Associated Press Locations: ABUJA, Nigeria, Lagos, Africa, Nigerian
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