Exploring The Hidden Treasure Behind The Eco-Friendly Economy Of Pre-Owned Luxury Fashion Items
Michael Zahariev, co-founder of Luxity, shares his views on how the incline in sales of pre-owned luxury fashion (items) contributes positively to the environment while nurturing an alternative circular economy and what else can be done to sway customer preferences in this direction. The trend of making the purchasing of pre-owned luxury fashion items a […]
World Youth Skills Day: Unemployment Driving Unrest In South Africa
Is there a way we can reverse youth unemployment in this country? In the midst of South Africa’s deep unrest, 15th July is World Youth Skills Day. Tragically, the country’s youth unemployment rate reached a new record of 32.6%, the highest since the quarterly labour force survey began in 2008, totalling 7.242 million people out of […]
Government Support And Effective Policies Key To Future Growth, Say SMEs Across Middle East And Africa In Mastercard Research
88% of SMEs across the Middle East and Africa have identified government support and implementation of effective policies as key business support areas for future growth, according to Mastercard MEA SME Confidence Index The research correlates regional government efforts to advance GDP recovery and growth, to the implementation of supportive measures for the SME sector […]
Luanda’s Downbeat, Appropriately Low-tech Science Fiction
Angola’s capital Luanda is afflicted by a strange plague of air conditioning units falling from buildings, as if they are committing suicide. Security guard Matacedo (José Kiteculo) is tasked with heading out into the street to recover an AC for his sweltering boss, some kind of city bigwig, hectored by his housemaid Zézinha (Filomena Manuel). […]
Mogadishu Diversifies its Sporting Codes
Somalia is sending two athletes to compete at the Tokyo Olympics, and they include the country’s first non-runner — female boxer Ramla Ali. The Somali Olympic team officially departed for the Tokyo Games on Friday, after President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo bid them farewell. The head of state and senior sport officials urged the team to […]
South African Pilot Launches Startup to Bring More Girls into STEM
Amanda Kandawire-Khoza,is a multi-talented pilot who’s trailblazing in both aviation and entrepreneurship. When Amanda is not flying aeroplanes, she’s creating digital artwork or mentoring the next generation of leaders in science, technology, maths and engineering. The 31-year-old pilot became the first black South African woman to fly the A380, the biggest passenger jet in the […]
Tunis Factories Unravel as Pandemic Forces Closures
Tunisian garment factories, which mainly supply European fashion brands, have been hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, with thousands of job losses and increasing complaints about labour rights violations in the sector, union leaders said. Exports have recovered from a drop in shipments to key European markets, but about 4,500 textile and garment workers lost their […]
Soaring Prices Hamper Egyptians’ Efforts to Celebrate Eid
It’s usually a very festive season for Muslims across the world. But this year, some won’t be able to experience Eid al-Adha to the fullest. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the high prices of livestock, many Egyptians won’t be able to afford sheep to slaughter. Egypt used to export sheep to Saudi […]
A Biowaste Equipment Innovation for Smallholder Farmers in West Africa
Chemical Engineer Noël N’guessan has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation with a biowaste equipment innovation for smallholder farmers in West Africa to efficiently manage and generate income from biowaste. N’guessan is the second Ivorian to win the Africa Prize, and the first to win with an Ivorian-based innovation. […]
Ugandan Olympian Ditches Team in Japan
A Ugandan athlete who has gone missing in Tokyo ahead of the Olympic Games had left a note saying his life in the African country was too difficult and he wanted to work in Japan, officials have said. Julius Ssekitoleko, a 20-year-old weightlifter, failed to qualify for the Games after his arrival in Japan, and […]
