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If your Instagram feed could use a refresh, start following these 20 African photographers, whose works are stunning, startling and downright gorgeous. Just forget any thoughts about spending less time online in 2020. Orlando Mensah, born and raised in Ghana and currently based in Accra, set up Manju Journal with the aim of championing up-and-coming […]
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The president of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina officially launched a local herbal remedy believed can prevent and cure patients suffering from COVID-19. The herbal remedy has been developed by Congolese Doctor, Dr. Jerome Munyagi in partnership with the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research and branded COVID Organics. President Andry Rajaolina presented the remedy to the press […]
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Regenerative agroforestry nonprofit Trees for the Future launches 20 new projects across sub-Saharan Africa in their ongoing effort to end hunger, poverty, and deforestation through farmer education and the Forest Garden Approach. More than 8,000 farmers are participating in the 20 projects spread across Cameroon, Senegal, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda – with 300-600 farming families […]
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Airbus is developing a modification for A330 and A350 family aircraft which will enable airlines to install freight pallets directly onto the cabin floor seat tracks, after removal of the economy-class seats. This solution will help with the airlines’ own business continuity, and also alleviate the global shortage of ‘belly-freight’ air cargo capacity due to […]
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In a Mastercard global consumer study, 75 percent of South African consumers say they use contactless payments.88 percent of South African respondents view contactless as a cleaner way to pay, with 71 percent preferring to shop at merchants where contactless is accepted.In South Africa, the number of contactless transactions grew 13X in March 2020 compared […]
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The Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons promotes downstream projects and continues to sign contracts, as oil and gas industry adapts to COVID-19. COVID-19 has slowed global trade, but Equatorial Guinea is not relenting in its drive for investment and downstream diversification, said the country’s Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons, H.E. Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima. Equatorial […]
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A reformed ex-convict in Morocco looks to make the best of his new life of freedom. Streets he once stalked as a criminal are today the focus of his local beautification efforts. And, as VOA’s Arash Arabasadi reports, he may even offer a path for other ex-cons to follow. SOURCE: VOA
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Zimbabwean entrepreneur Iphi Mhlanga is based in Ireland, where he has launched software as a service (SaaS) expense management and employee engagement platform Xpensi. Soon, however, he will take the business to African shores. Currently operating with Irish and British clients, Xpensi digitises the expense reimbursement cycle for businesses through a web app that allows […]
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Malawi was one of the last countries in the world to announce its first case of Covid-19. But ever since, it has been embroiled in a constitutional row about a lockdown the government wants to impose to tackle the pandemic. The High Court took the unprecedented step of blocking the government’s plans to impose a […]
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Libyan renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar has said his forces would cease hostilities during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan following international calls for a truce in the war-torn North African nation. Ahmed Mismari, spokesman for Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), said in a television broadcast on Thursday the ceasefire came at the request […]
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Anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg has died at his home near Cape Town, aged 87. Goldberg was a prominent member of the ruling African National Congress and stood trial alongside Nelson Mandela. He spent 22 years in prison for his involvement with the ANC’s fight against apartheid, the racist system of oppression imposed by the white […]
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At first it looks like a cute Twitter picture to cheer us up in these uncertain times. But as the man sharing the image of his 10-month-old daughter tied to his back during an online meeting was Sierra Leone’s education minister, the conversation turned to gender roles. David Moinina Sengeh said he wanted to set […]
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