The Art Of Living And Dying
A Partnership Story Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, palliative care is now more in the mainstream eye than ever before. Dedicated to the holistic treatment of life-threatening diagnoses, as well as to the care of end-of-life patients, those in the palliative care sector are experts in promoting quality of living and dignity in death – […]
Uganda’s Ebola Response Highlighted In New Report Showing How Countries Successfully Beat Infectious Disease Outbreaks
New report highlights how African leadership helped beat infectious disease outbreaks before they became epidemics Last year, a single outbreak of deadly infectious disease travelled around the world, changing life as we know it. But every year, there are many near misses—outbreaks that are successfully controlled before they become epidemics. Today, Resolve to Save Lives, an […]
Kenya’s Community-Centered Response System Highlighted In New Report Showing How Countries Successfully Beat Infectious Disease Outbreaks
New report highlights how African leadership helped beat infectious disease outbreaks before they became epidemics Last year, a single outbreak of deadly infectious disease travelled around the world, changing life as we know it. But every year, there are many near misses—outbreaks that are successfully controlled before they become epidemics. Today, Resolve to Save Lives, an […]
Harvesting The Skies, A Simple Solution For Making Water Available To Kenya
By Simon Thomas, an international consultant and board member of Megapipes Solutions Limited We are once again in the rainy season. It has been raining heavily in most parts of the country but despite this, most households lack the most basic commodity. Water. You would expect that with rains aplenty, fresh water might be available to all. […]
Alleviating The Top 3 Fundamental Fears Of Female Entrepreneurs In Starting Their Own Microbusinesses
Microbusinesses will play a key role in helping South Africa rebuild the economy and employ millions of South Africans in the aftermath of the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and national lockdown implemented to help curb its local spread. Microbusiness have a vital role to play in rebuilding South Africa’s economy in a post-COVID-19-pandemic world, with a […]
Last Call For Innovative Southern African Startups To Join Prestigious Justice Accelerator
Guaranteed EUR 10,000 grant for startups with high impact justice innovations, to grow their business Game-changing justice startups looking for the opportunity to take their business to new heights have until 30 April 2021 to enter the prestigious Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) Innovating Justice Challenge. Interested applicants can enter via www.hiil.org/innovating-justice-challenge. Successful candidates will earn […]
Trees For The Future And Arbor Day Foundation, Partner To Plant 3 Million Trees In Africa’s Great Green Wall
Agroforestry nonprofit Trees for the Future (TREES) and the Arbor Day Foundation are joining forces to plant 3 million trees in Senegal, Chad, and Mali this year as part of a global effort to establish Africa’s Great Green Wall. “Forests and lush landscapes are disappearing as unsustainable land use and climate change impacts continue to […]
Cape Town is the Most Popular African City for Digital Nomads
A study by Resume.io analysed the geolocation data for 90 000 #DigitalNomad Instagram posts and ranked the top cities for remote workers in 2021. Marrakech in Morocco, Nairobi in Kenya, Zanzibar in Tanzania and Cairo in Egypt made the top 5 list for the most popular city for digital nomads in Africa. Most tourists to […]
Senegal’s Mission to Decrease its Carbon Footprint
Leading technology group, Wärtsilä is set to convert a close to 90 MW Bel-Air power plant in Dakar, Senegal to operate on liquefied natural gas (LNG). The plant, which is owned by Senelec, Senegal’s public utility company, currently operates on heavy fuel oil. The conversion will future-proof the facility as Senegal’s long-term strategy is to […]
Silver Lining for African Economies
The global pandemic was a moment of vindication for African sovereign wealth funds focused on their local economies as the Covid-19 crisis stoked demand across industries from pharmaceuticals to farming. A report published on Wednesday by the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds and Franklin Templeton found that “for those sovereign wealth funds that do […]
