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Girls doing better than boys according to 2014 Uganda exam results

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
 

New music alert: Ice Prince, Phyno & Olamide – “Get Some Money”

4th March 2015 Yet on collabos, three top Nigerian hip hop stars, Ice Prince, Phyno and Olamide have teamed up in this song titled “Get some money”. The song, which is aimed at supporting the “digitaljobs” campaign of Paradigm Initiative Of Nigeria (PIN), to connect Nigerian youths with information and ... Read More
 

2015 Anzisha prize opens its application window

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
 

New video alert: Geoffrey – “Bursting My Brain”

4th March 2015 And the winner of the latest MTN Project Fame season 7, Geoffrey Oji, drops the video to his debut single titled “Bursting My Brain”. Produced by ace music producer, singer and songwriter, Password, the song has a generous hint of makossa tunes while Geoffrey tries to woe ... Read More
 

Residents of a town in Namibia don’t like their new name

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
 

New video alert: Prais Ft Wizkid – “Sisi”

3rd March 2015 Now let’s Make way for the new video of X3M Music singer Prais, titled “sisi” featuring Starboy boss Wizkid. Off Prais’ recently released debut double album, “Rich and Famous”, the song “Sisi” was produced by ace music producer Gospel On The Beats. Prais and Wizkid sing about ... Read More
 

Teenage boy in Kenya makes stoves powered from human waste

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
 

New video alert: Lynxx – “Jeje”

3rd March 2015 And here is the video to the latest single of self-proclaimed Jollof music singer Lynxxx, titled “Jeje”. Living his life jeje, Lynxx sings about his easy going life, which he would prefer to keep that way, rather than live a fake life. Lynxxx sings about not wanting ... Read More