Archive For: The Crunch
7th July 2014 Six months after his passing, Graca Machel, the widow of former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela, has officially ended her mourning period. For the last 6 months, Mrs Machel has been in seclusion following the traditional requirements of her husband’ passing. Mrs Machel says to the Guardian of her feelings at ... Read More
7th July 2014 From Ventures Africa, a company called Gilat Satcom, which provides satellite and fibre-based connectivity services in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, has announced a new system which will provide high-quality voice connectivity to people working in underground mines. Traditionally, miners have had to work with temporary coax cables. The problem with ... Read More
7th July 2014 A technology based company in Scotland called Cojengo, has partnered with Microsoft and its 4Afrika initiative to develop a mobile app that will help Vets and farmers in East Africa diagnose livestock disease and provide suitable drugs for farm animals. Ventures Africa tells us that the app, called the VetAfrica app, is ... Read More
3rd July 2014 Now guys, do you remember when we shared reports earlier in the week that Coach Stephen Keshi had resigned? Well the Nigerian Football Federation has now issued a statement to the effect that since Stephen Keshi has not submitted a formal resignation letter, he can still be counted as the Coach for ... Read More
3rd July 2014 Still in Tanzania, a local company called Property International Ltd has created a building technology that it says will minimize deforestation and which may be the new face of affordable housing in Tanzania. Instead of bricks and timber, the technology uses reinforced zinc coated steel wire mesh welded together onto a polystyrene ... Read More
3rd July 2014 The Tanzanian government has identified agriculture as one of its main areas of focus for its economy this year, stepping away from traditionally urban based sectors such as communication, construction and retail. This sounds good so far, but the World Bank is issuing a note of caution; According to the World Bank’s ... Read More
26th June 2014 We’ve got another one of our totally random stories for you today; this time, from Kenya. Former Harambee player, Francis Onyiso has taken the very unusual action of publishing a public apology in the newspaper, after his wife allegedly caught him cheating. Francis apparently told his wife he was going to watch ... Read More
26th June 2014 While Nigeria’s Super Eagles battle for a place at the World Cup, there seems to be a lot of “Will He, Won’t He”, going on between Nigeria and South Africa. The subject of controversy? Stephen Keshi. A couple of days ago, the news broke online that Stephen Keshi had signed up for ... Read More
26th June 2014 Africa’s attention is solidly on the World Cup, but there are some other athletic activities that we just have to keep you informed of. The All Nigeria Athletics Championship has just concluded in Calabar. This is the fourth year of the partnership between Cross River State and the Athletic Federation of Nigeria ... Read More
24th June 2014 It’s definitely a positive turn of events when corporations decide to pursue more environmentally friendly solutions in their operations and so we’re quite pleased with energy corporation Total. Ventures Africa tells us that as part of its commitment to providing greener services across Africa, the French energy giant has opened a $1.5 ... Read More
