Archive For: The Crunch
2nd April 2015 Thousands of Tunisians, joined by some World leaders have hit the streets in a march against extremism. This followed announcements that the country’s forces had killed the leader of the jihadists behind the massacre at its national museum. The demonstrators marched to the Bardo Museum, where 21 foreign tourists were killed in ... Read More
2nd April 2015 And following the recent poor showing of the Super Eagles, Joseph Dosu, a former goalkeeper of Nigeria’s national team has appealed to the nation not to write the Super Eagles off. The Eagles lost to Uganda in their friendly match in Uyo, and got a 1-1 draw against Bafana Bafana of South ... Read More
31st March 2015 Some time ago we shared with you a report on the Tony Elumelu Foundation’s call for a thousand African entrepreneurs to be part of their training, with a budget of one hundred million dollars. The foundation has picked an inaugural 1,000 African Entrepreneurs to participate in the initiative which aims to discover ... Read More
31st March 2015 Namibia’s new Attorney-General Sacky Shanghala, has announced that one of his first missions in his new position will be to have traditional marriages recognized. He has said this will be a remedy to end family quarrels around an estate, especially in cases of a customary or traditional marriage when a couple breaks ... Read More
31st March 2015 A controversial Chinese restaurant in Nairobi Kenya, gained recent popularity and sparked a media outcry when it came out that the restaurant denies African patrons entry after 5pm. Reprisals have come swiftly, as the restaurant has been shut down. The owner has also been arrested for operating the restaurant without a valid license. ... Read More
31st March 2015 Stephen Keshi appears to be the proverbial cat with nine lives, especially in his relationships with the bosses of Nigerian Football, which have attained the status of a telenovela in 2014. After long discussions on his contract, he has finally been confirmed for another 2 years as Coach for the Nigerian Super ... Read More
26th March 2015 A fish farming initiative involving youths has taken off in Mombasa Kenya in a project headed by Governor of the county, Hassan Joho. Thirty wards in the county had a dish farm built in each of them and the new project is expected to create jobs for about one thousand, five hundred ... Read More
26th March 2015 Microsoft has launched a new project, CloudPreneur in Nigeria; the project will provide one thousand entrepreneurs with mentorship and then subsequently provide them with seed capital. Wemimo Adeniyi, Director, Small/Midmarket Solutions & Partners at Microsoft Nigeria, said to the media that while 1,000 entrepreneurs will begin the journey, only the top 20 ... Read More
26th March 2015 To show their commitment to transparency and engagement with citizens, The Government Assurance Committee of Ghana’s Parliament, has unveiled a new online digital platform project. The App will also amplify their voices on promises made by Ministers in a bid to promote accountability. According to the committee parliament, the platform has Mobile ... Read More
26th March 2015 The much anticipated World Boxing Association International Lightweight Championship match between Ghana’s Emmanuel Tagoe AKA “Game Boy” versus Filipino Joebert Delos Reyes has been postponed to April twenty fourth following an attack of Malaria on the part of the Ghanaian boxer. The match which was originally slated for the twenty seventh of ... Read More
