Renson Mwakandana One of Kenya’s seven newly elected female governors briefly left high school as a teenager to work as a domestic servant. She claims it happened because her family was struggling. It happened when she was about 14 years old, according to Kawira Mwangaza, who was officially sworn in as the new governor of Meru county. “I worked […]
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Renson Mwakandana Jonas Afumwisye, the regional manager for Dar es Salaam for the Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC), was fired for publicly criticizing the implementation of mobile money transfer fees on social media. While acknowledging receiving the notice of dismissal, Mr. Afumwisye stated he will appeal to the Public Service Commission. “It is true I have […]
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Programme equips women entrepreneurs with leadership skills to empower their businesses and communities. By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa, Cape Town, SA The African business sector has just become a lot richer. Thanks to the first cohort of 35 women entrepreneurs from 9 African countries who recently successfully completed the Ecobank Ellevate Leadership Training Programme. According to Ecobank, […]
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DRIVING LOCAL CONTENT, STRENGTHENING THE DOMESTIC MARKET AND ENSURING NIGERIAN CITIZENS BENEFIT FROM THE COUNTRY’S ’s OIL AND GAS RESOURCES, THE NOC SERVES AS AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER NOCs IN AFRICA Thandisizwe Mgudlwa, Cape Town, SA “Having the Nigerian National Oil Company (NNPC) as a diamond sponsor of AEW 2022 is huge. The sponsorship not […]
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Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – Cape Town, SA Byron Allen has become an authoritative voice in the media industry. This astute African American businessman, has come a long way as a comedian to becoming a television producer, philanthropist, and the head of the U.S. entertainment company Entertainment Studios. Allen already owns the Weather Channel, The Grio, HBCU […]
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Thandisizwe Mgudlwa, Cape Town, SA From poverty to glory is perhaps how the story of Samuel Fuller could be best described. But is was not an easy journey by far. In-fact, it was a long hard road for S.B. Fuller before he could even begin to assemble the wildly successful business that would become Fuller […]
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Renson Mwakandana Each of Kenya’s 47 counties selects a woman’s representative, and at 24, Ms. Linet Chepkorir will be the youngest of them. After Linet Chepkorir’s victory in the race to represent the county’s women in parliament was officially announced, there were celebrations in the outlying community of Chemomul in western Kenya’s Bomet county. The village welcomed her […]
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Renson Mwakandana Dozens of people perished on Sunday, with many of them crushed in a hasty attempt to flee, after a fire broke out at a church in Egypt. According to authorities, there are at least 41 fatalities and several injuries. There may be children among the deceased. At the Coptic Abu Sifin church in […]
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MORE THAN 2,500 SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED FROM 2012 TO 2021 Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – Cape Town, SA The Pan African University Council is showing new commitment to beef up the institutions achievements while expanding its strategic prospects. That much was made clear on Friday 29 July 2022, at the African Union Commission Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia […]
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OBASANGO SAYS AFRICAN COUNTRIES CANNOT BE BEHOLDEN TO THE UNREALISTIC IDEALS OF THE GLOBAL NORTH FOR AN EXCLUSIVELY RENEWABLES-DRIVEN ECONOMY Thandisizwe Mgudlwa, Cape Town, SA “Africa is the lowest producer of greenhouse-gas emissions and needs to lift nearly half-a-billion citizens out of poverty,” says Obasanjo. Olusegun Obasanjo “Responsible management of our hydrocarbons and investment in […]
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