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SAP Skills for Africa launches first East African chapter with participation from Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia
* First true East African class as group includes graduates from Uganda and Ethiopia.* All 55 graduates will be placed at partner and customer organisations who have already committed to graduate intake. NAIROBI, Kenya, July 19, 2017 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- SAP Skills for Africa today launched its first-ever East…
Read More »21 Next Generation African Leaders Announced as Winners of the Resolution Social Venture Challenge
Mastercard Foundation Scholars to receive seed funding and mentorship to lead impactful projects in their communities Intersect for the Mastercard Foundation. The 2017 Resolution Social Venture Challenge winners will receive a fellowship that includes seed funding, mentorship and access to a network of young global changemakers to pursue impactful…
Read More »21 leaders africains de la nouvelle génération gagnants du Resolution Social Venture Challenge
Les étudiants boursiers de la Mastercard Foundation bénéficieront d’un financement initial et d’un accompagnement pour mener à bien des projets significatifs au sein de leurs communautés. Les gagnants 2017 du Resolution Social Venture Challenge recevront une bourse qui comprend un financement initial, un accompagnement et un accès à un…
Read More »The Gambia: Scientists find new ways to fight malaria
Scientists in The Gambia have come up with new innovative solutions to help stop the spread of malaria. They have built 800 homes to see if specific architectural design can prevent the disease from spreading. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from Sare Dahaba, The Gambia The post The Gambia: Scientists…
Read More »Deadly blast hits mosque in Nigeria’s Maiduguri
At least eight people were killed on Monday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria. The head of the Borno state emergency management agency, Ahmed Satomi, said the blast injured 15 others in the London Ciki area of Maiduguri, which has been at…
Read More »Ex-leader’s supporters resist transition of power in Gambia
Gambia’s new government is struggling to enforce its sovereignty in some areas still loyal to former President Yahya Jammeh. Clashes between pro-Jammeh protesters and a Senegal-led coalition of West African forces, who have been there to ensure a peaceful transition of power, left one dead and several injured in early…
Read More »At least 30 missing after Cameroon army boat capsizes
More than 30 people are missing after a boat belonging to an elite Cameroonian military unit sank off the country’s coast on Sunday, according to the president’s office. The logistics boat belonging to the Rapid Intervention Brigade, which has fought the Nigeria-based armed group Boko Haram in recent years, was…
Read More »NGYouthSDGs: NextGen Africa hosts pre-summit high-level stakeholders’ forum in Abuja
NextGen Africa Initiative, organizers of the first-ever Nigerian Youth SDGs Summit scheduled for August 2017 in Lagos is set to host a high-level pre-summit stakeholders forum in Abuja on Monday, says Joshua Alade, convener of the summit. The Nigerian Youth SDGs Summit aims to build a common understanding of…
Read More »Anger grows in Nigeria’s south over oil spills
Oil production in southern Nigeria is at its highest level in the last two years. But it comes at a cost. There is growing anger over pollution that is affecting local communities, anger that is now threatening stability in the region. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from the Niger Delta.…
Read More »South Africa’s electronic Gqom music goes global
From the bedroom to the bar rooms of the biggest nightclubs in the world, a new genre of house music is coming straight out of South Africa. DJs and producers from Durban have built up an international following by posting their tracks, including electronic Gqom, online. Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb…
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