10 nominees named for African innovation prize
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) today announced the top 10 nominees for its landmark programme, the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA). Now celebrating its 5th year under the theme “Made in Africa”, IPA is the premier innovation initiative in the African continent, offering a grand share prize of US$150 000 and incentives to spur growth and […]
Minister Regner on policy answers to refugee crisis
Our world is bleeding. We are faced with unprecedented humanitarian needs and levels of global forced displacement. Today, more than 59,5 million people are displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, generalized violence, or human rights violations – the highest number since the Second World War. UNHCR estimates that the average length of displacement […]
“Finland is a racist country”
Maryan Abdulkarim is used to slander and knows what to do when confronted by passers-by. The man was in his sixties, sober. He had something to say, and decided to make himself heard in the middle of the street in Kontula, Helsinki. “Somalis stink! You’re all criminals!” he shouted. Maryan Abdulkarim, 31, was walking with her […]
Best-selling author publishes over 50 books
With more than 10 years as a professional female motivational speaker, Jane John-Nwankwo can hold any audience sitting straight on their chairs for any length of time! She resides in Southern California, but travels internationally for motivational speeches. She is a seminar leader and a published author of more than 50 books including textbooks for healthcare training, fiction for […]
Rwanda stimulates investment thru diaspora
Rwandans in the diaspora have established the Diaspora Business Incubator, a platform that will serve as a go-to support hub for all diaspora related investments and services to ease the country’s aims to fast-track investment back home to meet the Vision 2020 agenda. “The remittances have been growing, last year the remittances from diaspora was […]
SimbaPay raises money transfer limit
SimbaPay is revolutionizing the remittance space through its official announcement of raising the single transaction limit to $45,000. This is substantially higher than the previous transaction limit of $3,000. According to Victor Karanja, Head of Operations at SimbaPay, sending money home and buying property across Africa has just become a whole lot easier. “A pain […]
ACP, EU talk sustainable development
The Co-Presidents of the ACP-EU Joint Council of Ministers conveyed their full support for a process to bring the world’s longest-standing North-South cooperation framework into line with the globally adopted Sustainable Development Agenda towards 2030. Following the 41st session of the Joint Council held on the 28th and 29th April in Dakar, Senegal, ministers from […]
CDC diaspora backs Weah’s presidential bid
The National Executive Committee of the Diaspora Branches of the Mighty Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) came together and agreed on a resolution to unflinchingly support the People-Powered-Petition to our Political Leader Senator George Manneh Weah, Sr., to vie for the highest office of the land and thereby be elected to head a CDC-led Government come […]
“No one can see if your belly is empty”
Why would you buy a suit if your belly is empty? Researcher Stephen Marr is studying how consumption in Botswana’s capital city Gaborone nourishes aspirations on the one hand and creates anxieties on the other. At the time of Botswana’s independence in 1966 most of the country’s population lived in a rural setting. The newly […]
Liberian man in coma after knife attack in London
A 33-year-old Liberian man is in coma in a hospital after a knife attack in London, England. Amara Darpoh Clarke suffered wounds to his arms, chest and abdomen on April 18 in a dispute with a neighbor over a parking space. Clarke has had to undergo six surgeries at St. George’s Hospital in Tooting following […]
