News Benin Industry: Association of money points agents to tackle POS street hawking in Edo
The Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents (AMMBAN) in Edo State have said that plans are underway to inaugurate a Special Taskforce to put an end to Point of Sale (POS) services hawking/trading in streets.Chairman of the association, Mr. Osaro Ekhator, who disclosed this during the group’s annual conference in Benin City, expressed concern over the proliferation of POS agents in the state without a known address.Ekhator said the Central...
News Benin Industry: Qatar, Benin Discuss Cooperation In Civil Aviation
Acting President of the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) Mohammed Faleh Al Hajri met with HE Minister of Infrastructure ...
News Benin Industry: Questions of ownership of Benin treasures, By Peju Layiwola
Some of the Benin treasures in Western museums. Why should a state governor and his cohorts wield so much power as to want to appropriate these artifacts, and why should the National Commission ...
News Benin Industry: Priest-political scientist expresses concern over Benin's population conference
With Benin's population of some 13 million people expected to double by 2050, there are fears that the government's upcoming population conference is aimed at limiting the birthrate ...
News Benin Industry: Teddy Bear Wants To Make A Statement In Nigeria’s Music Industry
Rising star Timothy Eniyho Sat, professionally known as Teddy Bear aims to make a statement in the Nigerian music industry.
News Benin Industry: Benin’s slavery theme park balances education and remembrance with crude commerce
The commodification of heritage and the spectacle of culture produced by the tourist industry may debase the experiences of painful pasts.
News Benin Industry: A Slavery Theme Park in Benin - Is History for Sale?
The Marina Project is a vast memorial and tourist complex under construction in Ouidah, a coastal town in the Republic of Benin in West Africa. The country hopes to market itself as a major destination for Afro-descendant tourists in the diaspora. Neighbouring Nigeria and its population of 220 million potential visitors also make serene and diminutive Benin an enviable location for large-scale tourist attractions, writes Dominique Somda for The Conversation. The waterfront development is located at what was the main slave port for the Bight of Benin. From this region, almost two million enslaved Africans departed during the transatlantic slave trade. At its height - from the 1790s to the 1860s - Ouidah was controlled by the kingdom of Dahomey. The Marina Project could lead to a better understanding of the transatlantic slave trade. But it raises many questions. In its design and scope, it epitomizes contested directions of slave heritage tourism. The commodification of heritage may debase the experiences of painful pasts. The spectacle of culture produced by the tourism industry, is often met with contempt.
News Benin Industry: Terra Kulture partners Netflix to support creative industry programmes
Terra Kulture has received a financial donation from the global streaming platform, Netflix. A statement by the performing arts firm said the donation ...
News Benin Industry: Benin shows interest in Belarusian dairy products
Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo held a working meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Benin to Russia with concurrent accreditation to Belarus Akambi Andre Okunlola-Biau.
News Benin Industry: Art Industry News: Damien Hirst’s Country Manor Is a ‘Blight on the Countryside,’ According to His Neighbors + Other Stories
Damien Hirst's Country House Is an 'Eyesore' -Seventeen years after it was acquired by one of the world's richest artists, the historic Toddington Manor in Britain remains uninhabited and covered in ...
