Renson Mwakandana Sule Kangangi, a Kenyan cyclist who passed away while participating in a race in the US, has received a deluge of condolences. According to a statement from his team, he was taking part in the Vermont Overland competition on Saturday when he reportedly crashed fatally. Along with Jordan Schleck of Uganda, the 33-year-old […]
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Grace Ossongo – Yaounde, Cameroon Picture a strong, independent and rock solid determined powerful African woman and render that mental image and Kosi Yankey is exactly who comes up. She is the Founder and CEO of Nuba Foods and Commodities, an organisation helping to bridge the gap between local farmers and industries in the West […]
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Grace Ossongo – Yaounde, Cameroon When Russian 🇷🇺 forces invaded Ukraine 🇺🇦 earlier in February, we feared we we’re on the brink of yet another World War. But we got its evil twin instead, this year almost all major economies worldwide are facing either record high inflation or full on economic recession. The war in […]
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By Grace Ossongo – Yaounde, Cameroon Ms. Ossongo speaks to Douglas Wafo, a software engineer and CEO of AFRIK-SOLUTIONS; a tech company located in Yaounde, Cameroon 🇨🇲 that provides tech solutions and support to other businesses and an international company in its own right.
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THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN NATION IS PUSHING AHEAD WITH HYPHEN ENERGY’S $9.4 BILLION PROJECT EQUIVALENT By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa, Cape Town, SA In less than a fortnight, Tom Alweendo, the Minister of Mines and Energy of Namibia, will meet with their MSGBC counterparts in West Africa’s leading energy forum. Organizers of the forum have confirmed that from […]
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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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