Abaribe tasks Nigerian entrepreneurs to save indigenous Airlines from extinction

Ralph El Hage, Country Manager for Donor Relations and Private sector partnerships at the International Committee of the Red Cross says the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is working to support entrepreneurs from crisis areas in Nigeria. To discuss ICRC’s collaboration with the Tony Elumelu Foundation, he joins CNBC Africa’s Kenneth Igbomor for more.

Sarah Kunst, Cleo Capital managing director, explains why the firm is betting big on female entrepreneurs. She speaks with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."

G7 summit: Millions secured for women entrepreneurs in Africa

Ivanka Trump, daughter and advisor to US President Donald Trump, launches an academy for local women entrepreneurs in Colombia.

The future of mobility is fast becoming electrically powered, available on-demand via smart devices, and self-driving using artificial intelligence. TechCabal brings mobility entrepreneurs together to talk about the transition to better asset utilisation and smarter systems.

South African Airways said in a statement it could cut more than 900 jobs as it undergoes restructuring in the face of severe financial losses.

One point two million young entrepreneurs in Nigeria are to benefit from the partnership between the UNESCO "read and earn" federation and the office of the senior Special Assistant to the president on SDG.

They're young, they have ideas .. and they want to make a difference in their country. Once a month, startup founders in Mali's capital Bamako face off at the "Tech Friday" event.

CNBC’s Dan Murphy caught up with some young tech entrepreneurs in Dubai to find out how they are using innovation to add value to everyday life. CNBC International filed this report.

Lagos state government says thirty five passengers resident in Lagos, who came with the airline that brought the italian with the coronavirus into Nigeria, are yet to be found, because they gave wrong information while filling forms, on the flight.

Across the globe, there are scenes in airports not seen since the dawn of the jet age. With global demand for air travel down 80 percent, the industry is in freefall. The International Air Transport Association predicts half of all airlines will be bankrupt by June if governments don't step in with loans and bailouts. Climate campaigners, however, believe the pause in aviation due to Covid-19 is an opportunity to build a cleaner air transport system.

The International Airline Transport Association has warned that preparations need to start for shipping a Covid-19 vaccine globally, once one is approved. The group, which represents 290 airlines worldwide, says that thousands of planes will be needed for the operation, which it describes as the "largest transport challenge ever" for the air cargo industry. Also today, as French supermarket chain Auchan announces more than 1,400 job cuts, we look at whether the pandemic helped bring about the end of the hypermarket.