Climate Change Is A Headache For Farmers Everywhere, And Especially In Aululic, South Sudan
Every year for five years, farmers in Aululic, South Sudan, watched their sorghum crops rot after floods inundated their lands. As the 2023 harvest approaches, though, the farmers, most of whom are women, expect a bumper harvest, of rice. Rice is not a crop traditionally grown in this part of South Sudan, but climate change […]
United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Celebrates Vocational Training Graduates in Bentiu
No less than 60 women are now equipped with the skills they need to write their own future as entrepreneurs in the community, thanks to an initiative by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Women’s Vision organization. Over a three-month period, Monday to Friday, local women of Bentiu were busy learning […]
South Africa Hosts first-ever Primary Health Care Conference
From November 14 to 17, 2023, the National Department of Health (NDOH), the National Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME), Health Systems Trust and the World Health Organization (WHO) hosted the first-ever South African Primary Health Care (SAPHC) Conference in East London. The theme for this monumental event was, “Towards Universal Health Coverage, Strengthening Primary Health Care: A whole of Government, […]
MTN South Africa And Huawei Take Home ‘Sustainability Champion’ Award
MTN South Africa and Huawei won the “Sustainability Champion of the Year” award at this year’s AfricaCom Awards. AfricaCom is the largest annual event in the communications industry in Africa. Its awards are designed to recognise organisations and institutions that have made innovative and outstanding contributions to the telecom industry in Africa. The award was […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission conducts a workshop to ease the adoption of its Maritime Manual of Procedures (MoPs)
On November 20, 2023, in Abuja, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission is organizing an important workshop with the support of the SWAIMS project. The workshop is focused on the adoption and implementation of the Manual of Procedures (MoPs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) for ECOWAS Maritime Centres. This significant event will […]
Ed Partners Africa Secures $10 Million Loan Guarantee Commitment From DFC To Expand Affordable Education In Kenya
Ed Partners Africa Limited, a non-banking financial institution that specialises in providing loans to affordable private schools in Kenya, has announced the commitment of a $10 million [KES 1.5 billion] loan guarantee facility from the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) in connection with a Kenyan Shilling-denominated loan to be issued by a local […]
More women and girls killed in 2022 even as overall homicide numbers fall, says new research from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and United Nations (UN) Women
Nearly 89,000 women and girls were killed intentionally in 2022 across the globe, says a new research brief, Gender-Related Killings of Women and Girls (Femicide/Feminicide), from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women. The figure represents the highest yearly number recorded in the past two decades. Data currently available for 2022 […]
Sahara Group Foundation Empowers Young African Social Innovators With Seed Funding
Sahara Group Foundation, the corporate social sustainability vehicle for Sahara Group, continues its unwavering commitment to support young African social innovators and entrepreneurs. This commitment was underscored by the provision of seed funding to ten outstanding Fellows from its Sahara Impact Fund (SIF) Fellowship programme. The Sahara Impact Fund Fellowship programme, a social initiative in […]
Raising South Africa’s Economic Prospects by Curbing Crime
The impact of crime on South Africa’s economic prospects is high and broad-based, according to a World Bank report released today. The report aims to contribute to a better understanding of the impact of crime on South Africa’s economic growth. The research is intended to support the government in the design and implementation of policies […]
Kenyan Chef Maliha Sets New Guinness World Record For Longest Solo Cooking Session
Celebrated chef breaks barriers, surpassing previous records with resilience and culinary prowess Chef awaiting ratification from Guinness World Record team for the longest individual cook-a-thon Celebrated Kenyan chef, Maliha Mohammed has achieved the Guinness World Record for the longest solo cooking session. Maliha claimed the longest cooking marathon (individual) award after clocking 150 hours, 11 seconds, […]
