It’s Time For The Youth To Tell Us How To Work It
“It’s all about the youth. We need to listen, encourage, connect and uplift.” This has been Dale Hefer’s mantra since taking over as Nedbank IMC CEO in 2018. In partnership with Brave Group, the Nedbank IMC is calling on youngsters (25 and under) to put on a brave face and tell marketers how they could […]
The United Nations Launches 75th Anniversary Dialogues: The Biggest Global Conversation On The World’s Future Starts Now
January 1, 2020 saw the launch of the UN75 initiative – the largest, most inclusive conversation on the role of global cooperation in building a better future for all. The initiative will see the UN spark dialogues throughout 2020 in diverse settings across the world. In a ‘global reality check’, four innovative data streams will […]
Egypt’s Amazing Array of Taste Treats and Restaurants
Although seldom named among the great food cultures of the Mediterranean or Middle East, the flavors found along the Nile are just as tasty — and often more intriguing — than the traditional cooking of Lebanon, Turkey or Greece. Consider the fact that Egypt’s culinary traditions stretch back more than 5,000 years, to the time […]
Open Call to Serve in Madagascar’s Cabinet
A major recruitment campaign for senior government officials has begun in Madagascar. Interested persons since January 12 can apply for positions in an online platform. It includes positions for director of service in ministries, governor, ambassador, adviser to the president, and ministers. Interested persons have until Friday January 24th to submit their applications. SOURCE: AFRICA NEWS
Nkurunziza Scores Big Post Presidency
Burundi lawmakers on Tuesday adopted legislation offering a golden parachute to outgoing presidents. The new law states that at the end of the mandate, the president will receive “a luxury villa built with public funds in the location of his choice within five years, as well as a once-off allocation of $530,000. This amount is […]
Burkina Faso’s Extreme Measure to Curb Attacks
Burkina Faso’s Parliament voted Tuesday to provide local volunteers with “light weapons” after a terrorist attack on two villages left 32 civilians dead. No one has claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack that the government blames on a “terrorist group.” Suspected Islamic extremists attacked a market in the village of Nagraogo and burned it to the […]
Dismal Review of South Africa’s Social Mobility
The inaugural World Economic Forum report on social mobility pegs South Africa at 77th out of 82 countries, an extraordinarily poor result for a country with a huge body of legislation and government programmes aimed at lifting the poor out of poverty. South Africa’s score of 41.4 on the list means it is performing worse […]
Africa’s Off-grid Solar Market Expected to Grow Rapidly
UK investors could seize a $24bn investment opportunity by helping to connect millions of people without access to electricity to off-grid home solar power systems. The market for pay-as-you-go home solar packages is expected to boom in Africa, where millions of homes are using mobile technology to rent low-cost solar panels. UK companies have played […]
Ethiopia Intends to Privatize Sugar Factories
The government says it will first sell a half-dozen of the sugar monopoly’s holdings, followed by seven other processing plants and plantations, expecting the new owners to boost production and turn Ethiopia into a net exporter of sugar. The ministry says roughly two dozen companies from at least 10 countries are considering bids, with the […]
Recruiting Thousands of Destitute Young Men from Sudan’s Peripheries
Once known as the Janjaweed — a group of state-sponsored Arab militias that spearheaded the genocide in Darfur and traditionally operated near the Sudan-Chad border — the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is dramatically expanding its geographic footprint. Under al-Bashir, the group was deployed to crush protests in Khartoum and to wage a brutal counterinsurgency in […]
