Archive For: The Crunch
31st Jan 2014 – Stepping away from football now, Kenya has made international headlines in technology development by coming up with a locally invented antivirus named The Bunifu Sniper Anti-Virus. This antivirus developed under the Bunifu Technologies Kenya, is believed to be the first antivirus to be developed from Kenya ... Read More
31st Jan 2014 – And CHAN 2014 has officially reached the finals stage after highly dramatic semi finals. Libya first beat Zimbabwe 5 – 4 in the penalties to win the first final place ticket, and then Africa waited with bated breath for results of the Nigeria-Ghana match. Despite playing against ... Read More
31st Jan 2014 – The Zambezian brings us the report that South African Football Association and US company, NIKE, have announced a new partnership that will see the world`s sports company design and develop kits for men`s and women`s national teams. The five year deal will commence on February, 1,2014, with all national teams receiving NIKE`s ... Read More
30th Jan 2014 – Development Diaries tells us, that Cape Town-based South African Education and Environment Project (SAEP) has received a prestigious Impact Award from the STARS Foundation at a ceremony at Kensington Palace in London. The awards recognise and reward effective, well-managed local organisations working to improve child health, ... Read More
30th Jan 2014 – And from the Tunis Times, aeronautics company “Oxygen Aeronautics” has created the first 100% Tunisian plane. The plane greeted the world on 22 January at the National School of Engineers in Sousse, with the test pilot Farid Kamel. Very small and light, the plane is mainly ... Read More
30th Jan 2014 – And from Ventures Africa, Samsung Electronics Nigeria Limited has launched an engineering academy in Abuja, Nigeria to provide aspiring teenage engineers with training on refrigeration and air-conditioning systems. The academy is the second in the country after a similar one was launched in Lagos last year. ... Read More
29th Jan 2014 – International pop star Bono in collaboration and partnership with D’Banj and the Tony Elumelu Foundation have launched the ONE Campaign in Nigeria to launch a new initiative aimed at fighting extreme poverty in Africa through agriculture. Founded by Bono, ONE Campaign is a campaigning and advocacy ... Read More
29th Jan 2014 – A big nod to clean energy AND self-sufficiency as Djibouti announces plans to invest $31 million in geothermal power plants in order to cut reliance on imported electricity from neighbouring Ethiopia. The country, which is in the Horn of Africa has a population of less than ... Read More
29th Jan 2014 – Smallholder farmers in western Kenya are now benefiting from carbon credits generated by improving farming techniques, according to a report from Development Diaries. These are the first credits worldwide issued under the sustainable agricultural land management carbon accounting methodology. The Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project (KACP) involves ... Read More
27th Jan 2014 – And from BusinessDay, a report that the Dangote Group might be looking to acquire oil assets from Chevron and Shell, In a move to feed its plan to build Africa’s largest oil refinery in Nigeria. Aliko Dangote, business mogul and Africa’s richest man, intends to buy ... Read More
