ECOWA start-up award

How Nigerians can apply for ECOWAS $65,000 start-up award

Applications have opened for the second edition of the Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS Start-up Awards, offering entrepreneurs across the region—including Nigeria—cash prizes totaLling $65,000. Announcing the initiative on its official X account on Monday, the ECOWAS Commission…

South Africa

US Rolls Out Tougher Social Media Vetting for Visa Applicants

The U.S. government apparently plans to increase vetting of visa applicants’ social media accounts—including those of international journalists—as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reposted a Daily Signal report on X,…