Archive For: The Crunch
4th March 2015 It’s a vote for girl power in Uganda as results from the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education show that female candidates generally performed better than male candidates for the 2014 exams. The exams showed an improvement in 2014, jumping to 98.4% from the 97.4% recorded in 2013. About one hundred and nine ... Read More
4th March 2015 And more initiatives are coming up for bright young African entrepreneurs with the announcement that the application window for the Anzisha Prize is now open. The Prize, which is in in its 5th year is calling on Africa’s youngest and most exciting social and business entrepreneurs under 22 years of age. The ... Read More
3rd March 2015 Imagine if one day, you woke up and some leaders in your town had proposed a new name for your town to the government which was virtually unpronounceable? Well this is the real story of Luderitz where a linguistic storm is brewing. Some residents of this town are protesting plans to change ... Read More
3rd March 2015 We have heard recently in the news about many successful biogas innovations using human waste. In Nigeria, three teenagers came up with a power generator that produces enough electricity for six hours, and in Rwanda, the prison system has used human waste mixed with cow dung and water to reduce running costs. ... Read More
3rd March 2015 In Ghana, President John Mahama is getting set to fulfill his promise of free sandals for basic pupils of schools across the country. Half a million school uniforms will also be distributed to pupils as well as thirty thousand computers, to various school labs across the country. The president made the promise ... Read More
2nd March 2015 Regina Nyambura, is probably more popularly known as the Kenyan woman who was stripped and subsequently robbed by six men a few months ago at a bus stop for wearing a mini skirt. The situation generated a great amount of buzz, with protests kicking off across much of the continent and the ... Read More
2nd March 2015 Still on matters from Kenya, a Cabinet minister has encouraged traditional communication channels to embrace technology, to keep their businesses relevant and alive. Fred Matiang’i made the recommendation while addressing the Postal Corporation of Kenya and other courier service providers in the country at a three day East African communications organization conference. ... Read More
2nd March 2015 2015 will see many countries in West Africa observing elections and Togo will be one of them. The nation has finally set April fifteen this year as the date for their presidential elections, after delays and objections to President Faure Gnassingbé’s possible nomination for another term. After the announcement of the April ... Read More
2nd March 2015 Tribute to a great Nigerian author, Mallam Abubakar Gimba, who passed away at the Minna General Hospital, in Nigeria on the twenty fifth of February after a prolonged illness. Abubakar Gimba was born in Nasarawa, Nigeria in nineteen fifty two and obtained his first degree at the Ahmadu Bello University ,in Zaria, ... Read More
26th Feb 2015 In Kampala, Uganda, the government has become part of a new global movement named HeforShe, that encourages men and boys to support the cause of women’s empowerment and development. The Initiative is rapidly spreading around the world, with Uganda becoming another one of the countries picking up the mantle of gender balance ... Read More
