Archive For: The Crunch
20 Feb 2014 Social Media Week is continuing across Lagos and continues to draw a large number of visitors to the various discussions holding simaultaenousy across the state. One of the highly acclaimed discussions was the Ethics, Etiquette and Political Activism on Social Media session at Four Points Sheraton, where ... Read More
19 Feb 2014 And over to the Global Newsreel to share the news that the USAID-Financing Ghanaian Agriculture Project has launched in Accra, Ghana. The five-year, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project focuses on attracting finance options for rice, maize and soy value chains in Northern Ghana and ... Read More
19 Feb 2014 Last but definitely not least, Social Media Week has officially kicked off in Lagos Nigeria, as well as other cities around the world. The event, which is currently celebrating its sixth-year in existence and its second-year on the continent, started on the 17th of February 2014 and ... Read More
19 Feb 2014 We follow that with a report from TimesLive SA, that the South African Film and Publication Board is campaigning for cyber safety to be included in the school curriculum. The regulatory body is also researching cyber bullying because it has found that no “thorough research” was available. ... Read More
19 Feb 2014 In a clear demonstration of the famous adage that united we stand, the leaders of Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad and Burkina Faso have agreed to create a regional organization to strengthen cooperation on development and security in the Sahel region; the belt of land south of the ... Read More
18 Feb 2014 Three Nigerians have made it to the semi-finals of Google’s Africa Connected Competition. This report from Ventures Africa, tells us that the competition, with 20 semi-finalists in total, aims to reward a proper media demonstration of how to leverage the web to promote business and humanitarian ventures. ... Read More
18 Feb 2014 It’s all the way in November but Cross River State is already hard at work preparing for the Centenary games scheduled to hold in November 2014, according to this report from ThisDay Live. Governor of Cross River State Senator LiyelImoke has asserted as a matter of fact, ... Read More
18 Feb 2014 – The Zambezian introduces us to Togo’s first competitor at the Winter Olympics, cross-country skier Mathilde-AmiviPetitjean. We’re told that she crossed the line in the women’s 10-kilometer classical race Thursday in 68th place, nearly 10 minutes behind winner JustynaKowalczyk of Poland. However, this fact has not diminished ... Read More
13 Feb 2014 – We also have a report from ThisDay Live, outlining speculations that Nigeria’s coach Stephen Keshicould be approached to take up the position of the next coach of BafanaBafana. Disappointed by the early exit of Bafana at the African Nations Championship (CHAN), SAFA is keen to find ... Read More
13 Feb 2014 – SOUTH Africa is to switch to an electrical plug and socket configuration that has been around since the early 1990s and is seen as the world’s safest, but has not been taken up by other countries. The only other country to use the configuration is Brazil ... Read More
