United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Implements Workforce Development Program in Kenya with Oracle
Oracle today announced that the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, in Kenya has finalised a workforce development program for young refugees in Kenya, in collaboration with Oracle University. The UNHCR delivers professional learning courses on Oracle Cloud technologies to refugees with a core background in information technology. The participants also earn a course complete certification from Oracle University, […]
To Prevent Teenage Pregnancies in Sub Saharan Africa, It Takes a Whole Village to Raise a Child
Honorine Meda is 23. Cycling through her hometown of Dissin, in Burkina Faso’s verdant southwest, she smiles, waves and stops to chat with one of the girls she counsels. Thanks to a program by the German development agency (GIZ) and their Pro Enfant initiative, Honorine trained to counsel teenage girls in Dissin on how to […]
Hybrid Cloud: The Catalyst For Increased Financial Inclusion In Africa
By Caroline Mukiira – General Manager, IBM East Africa Africa has made huge strides over the past decades towards the financial inclusion. The digitization and simplification of money management has especially proved to be a sturdy vehicle in making headway in this regard. Yet, more work needs to be done as only 34 percent of adults […]
WHO supports Guinea after detection of first-ever case of Marburg disease
The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting Guinea following a confirmed death from Marburg virus disease, the first known case in the country and West Africa, the UN agency reported on Wednesday. NEW YORK, USA, 12 August 2021-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-Marburg, a highly infectious disease that causes haemorrhagic fever, is transmitted to humans by fruit bats. The virus is […]
CHIETA Boosts Growth For Women Entrepreneurs In Chemical Sector
In line with global trends to open more doors for women entrepreneurs and eliminate gender-related biases, the Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA) is focusing on developing women-led small businesses to encourage their participation in the mainstream economy, particularly within the chemicals sector. According to the 2020 Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE), women […]
Africa’s Small Businesses Look To Positively Contribute To Plastic Management Value Chain
Constance Agyeman, Director of International Development, Nesta Challenges Globally, women and children continue to be the most marginalised, not only in their societies, but also across businesses curated mostly by men. Exacerbated by the global spread of the deadly, novel Coronavirus, the entire world must now grapple with current economic hardships, and ultimate recoveries that […]
Four Extraordinary Women In STEM Inspire Africa’s Leaders Of Tomorrow
By Mimi Kalinda The term “STEM” stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. However, it is not simply a term that groups the four subjects: STEM refers to the integration of these four fields into a single cross-disciplinary programme. A key characteristic of this discipline is that the focus is not just on academic research […]
Tunisia Welcomes The 13th Edition Of Africa PPP Virtually, On 1-2 December 2021
Tunisia is the host country of the 13th Africa Public Private Partnership Virtual Conference that will take place on 1-2 December 2021 under the virtual format. This edition will be bilingual in English and French, and this year it includes an additional training-day on the 3rd of December. The Tunisian Government welcomes the virtual event in […]
