Faith Nyasuguta The Ugandan government plans to increase the alcohol consumption age from 18 to 21 to counter addiction, a state official has revealed. “We want to reduce the number of people who are going to buy. We want to raise the age from 18 to 21,” the Ministry of Health Commissioner for Mental Health, […]
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Ghana US Embassy via Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – Capetown, SA The U.S. Embassy this earlier this month announced the selection of 32 young Ghanaians for the 2023 Mandela Washington Fellowship (MWF). According to organizers, the group includes 18 women and 14 men selected among nearly 3,000 competitive applications from across Ghana. This year’s Fellows will travel […]
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Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – Cape Town, SA “Locally in Kenya, MultiChoice has continued to invest in local content, leading the pack in the shows we license and commission for Kenyan audiences. Since 2015, we have 3 channels dedicated to local content, Maisha Magic East, Maisha Magic Plus, and Maisha Magic Movies,” Nzola revealed, concluding that, “this […]
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Faith Nyasuguta In one of Johannesburg’s leafy suburbs in South Africa, green leaves adorn the walls of a school where students learn how to grow cannabis, but smoking pot is prohibited. The co-founder of the institution, which styles itself as Africa’s first cannabis academy, notes that the teaching aims at dispelling the stigma around marijuana. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Postpartum depression (PPD) is a mental condition — more severe than ‘baby blues’ — that new mothers experience after childbirth. It is also referred to as peripartum depression because it can start during pregnancy and continue after childbirth. Its peculiar symptoms include: depressed mood swings, crying too much, difficulty bonding with your baby, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenyans are staring at costly fuel after the Finance Bill 2023 clause proposing an increase of Value Added Tax (VAT) on petroleum products from 8 to 16 per cent was given a nod. The proposal was retained when members of parliament voted on the amendment during the Third Reading of the Bill on […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Chinese billionaire Jack Ma who ‘disappeared’ from the public eye has re-entered the spotlight but in a completely different profession. Jack Ma, who Forbes estimates is worth a cool $24.4billion, has been laying low for many years after criticizing regulators as Beijing cracked down on big tech. The business magnate, investor and philanthropist […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Migrant smugglers have been reaping rich dividends over the past decade in the Sahel, where armed violence, terrorist attacks, and climate shocks have displaced three million people and triggered growing numbers of others to flee, according to a new threat assessment report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). External threats […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Google for Startups has announced the selection of 25 African-based startups for this year’s $4 million Black Founders Fund. Now in its third year, the fund seeks to help tackle systemic racial inequality in venture capital (VC) funding. This is by providing equity-free grants and mentoring to early stage black-led, high-growth businesses across […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The United States has announced some $172 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of Sudan and neighboring countries experiencing the impacts of the ongoing humanitarian crisis. The Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, disclosed this on Tuesday night. With this funding, the United States has provided over $550 million in humanitarian assistance […]
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