Aug 6, 2015 Northern Uganda is emerging as an agricultural goldmine drawing in agribusiness investors, after the end of a protracted war that killed and displaced millions. David Ojok is one of about 70,000 Ugandan farmers who grow sunflower seed used for cooking oil production under the “Mukwano out growers scheme”. Looking back at the ... Read More
Aug 6, 2015 As part of the global launch of Windows 10, Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, paid Kenya a visit and met with students, teachers, entrepreneurs and local businesses to study how technology is empowering people and organizations. During his time in Kenya, Nadella visited Burguret Secondary Schools, Gakawa and helped upgrade some of the ... Read More
Aug 6, 2015 Latvia’s duo, Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedinshave emerged as gold medalists at the just concluded European beach volleyball championship in Klagenfurt, Austria. The pair went home as silver medalists in 2013 and 2014 but laid claim to their first gold medals on their third attempt. The Latvia players won the first set ... Read More
Aug 6, 2015 The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced that the development of an effective Ebola vaccine is near completion. The vaccine, which is dubbed “VSV-EBOV vaccine”, is currently on trial in Guinea. According to a statement released by WHO Assistant Director General, Marie-Paule Kieny, the vaccine has proven to be highly effective: “This ... Read More
Aug 6, 2015 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi while on an official visit to Singapore affirmed China’s commitment to peace and stability in the disputed energy-rich South China Sea. Minister Wang said this during a meeting with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, ahead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ Regional Forum holding in ... Read More
Aug 5, 2015 Hi there and welcome to the news. After a month of campaigns BreakTheSilence pictorial campaign reached its final week at the end of July. The campaign has seen various entertainers, influencers and socialites unite to create awareness about social violence and encourage survivors to speak out. Under the umbrella of non-profit organization, The Eight Foundation BreaktheSilence ... Read More
Aug 5, 2015 And last week at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town, top local and international designers show cased their latest collections at the 3 day event which ran till the 1st of August. Returning for this year’s edition was David Tlale who showcased an impressively vibrant capsule collection from his 2015 look book. ... Read More
Aug 5, 2015 Over now to Ghana where it seems BET Best International Act winner Stonebuoy has just received his plaque from the night which held over a month back in LA. The star who last week lost his mum shared these moving thoughts about the award on Facebook: ‘’This landed a day after Mums ... Read More
Aug 5, 2015 We’ve got new music coming in from Project Fame Season 7 singer Geoffrey who is fresh off the relase of his new trackand video titled ‘Monalisa’. The Bursting My Brain singer has this catchy tune produced by Password and the visuals directed by Mr Miyagi. The song ... Read More
Aug 5, 2015 Following the surge of online fraud involving Automated Teller Machines (ATM), email scams and identity theft as a result of the growing use of online banking in Nigeria, the government is taking drastic measures to curb this social menace. According to the country’s Inter-Bank Settlements Systems, banks in Nigeria lost an estimated ... Read More
