Ministry Of ICT Awards Firms Ksh120 Million Through The Future Bora Initiative To Create Economic And Employment Opportunities
For Vulnerable And Under-Served Youths The Ministry of ICT, Innovation, and Youth Affairs and the World Bank have today awarded KSh 120 million to Afya Research Africa, Hydroponics Africa Limited, Life In Abundance-Kenya and TakaTaka Solutions Limited, the four organizations that emerged winners of the Future Bora Grant competition. The Future Bora Initiative, which was […]
Aburi Girls SHS To Represent Ghana At Global Robotics Competition
Twelve students from the Aburi Girls’ Senior High School in the Eastern region are representing Ghana this year in the 2021 FIRST Global Challenge — the fifth iteration of the global Olympics-style robotics event. This year’s theme, “Discover & Recover,” focuses on overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic by discovering opportunities for innovative recovery and will have […]
Nthabiseng Mokoena – Driven By Ambition And Passion For PR
Nthabiseng (Nthabi) Mokoena has just celebrated her first year as Public Relations Manager across Africa for e-hailing platform Bolt. Based in Johannesburg, she engages with the platforms teams and agencies in countries as diverse as Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, the United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, and of course, her home country too. She joined the global […]
Trade Hub Awards 494 Million Naira To Tomato Jos To Bolster Nigerian Farmers’ Productivity And Resilience
The USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment Hub (Trade Hub) has awarded a 494 million naira ($1.2 million) co-investment grant to Tomato Jos Farming and Processing Limited (Tomato Jos) to boost the productivity, incomes, and resilience of maize and soybean smallholder farmers in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna State. Kaduna State is home to approximately 1.3 million […]
Driving The Final Steps In Commercialisation And Production
Government and industry leaders to gather this month for the return of the Uganda International Oil & Gas Summit Marking its 6th edition, the Uganda International Oil & Gas Summit (UIOGS) will return from 28-29 September hosted in partnership with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda in a virtual format, via the energy advance platform. […]
The Bad Boy of Morocco is Cleaning Up its Act
Like so many establishments in Tangier, Cafe Baba is legendary for its back catalogue of visitors. First came the Beat writers, then the hippie generation and musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger, Santana and Sting. A black-and-white photo on the wall shows the bleary-eyed Rolling Stones lounging here in 1967 with cafe owner Hnifza. […]
A Fire has Destroyed Polentswa Lodge in Botswana
The fire that raged through the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park from Thursday, 9 September has been successfully contained on the South African side on Saturday morning, 11 September. ‘After a relentless effort by teams on the ground, the fire on the South African side of #KgalagadiTransfrontierPark is under control. The wind direction and speed will be […]
Air France Will Launch its Mozambique Route in December
The launch of the Maputo route will extend Air France’s African footprint to 43 cities on the continent. “The evening departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle will serve as a perfect way to connect to the flight to Maputo and the early arrival from Maputo into Paris ensures that passengers can connect to the first wave […]
Africa’s Travel Industry Must Seize the Chance to Innovate Post Pandemic
In 2019, tourism made up 6.9 percent of Africa’s gross domestic product or $169 billion, while contributing 24.7 million jobs, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council. When international visitors vanished, the continent was faced with the reality of having a weaker regional travel market than most other parts of the world. Domestic travel […]
Gabonese Sanctuary Joins List of World Heritage Sites
Every year, UNESCO meets to determine the next round of places that will be added to the organization’s coveted list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. To qualify, a place or structure must have great cultural, historical, and/or natural significance. Situated on the equator in northern Gabon, the 740,000-acre Ivindo National Park is now Gabon’s second […]
