Promoting Africa
The Ice Lions, Kenya's only hockey team, in partnership with Tim Hortons, the Canadian coffee and donuts chain, got the chance to travel to the birthplace of hockey, Canada. A few years ago, a Canadian living in Nairobi took advantage of the East Africa’s only ice rink venue at the Panari Hotel in Nairobi and helped establish…
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An article by Nnamdi Oranye, a fintech author and the International Remittances Lead at Standard Bank Group. "African economies are well positioned to benefit from rapidly accelerating technological change if they can harness the current open landscape for innovation. East Africa is already a global leader in mobile payments, while mobile money accounts in sub-Saharan…
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Kenya’s Abraham Kiptum broke the men’s world record* at the IAAF Gold Label road race on Sunday October 28, clocking 58:18. Kiptum’s performance was a five-second improvement on the previous world record set by Eritrea’s Zersenay Tadese in Lisbon in 2010. The 29-year-old claimed the Valencia title over runner-up Jemal Yimer, and Abadi Hadi. “I can’t believe…
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Students at the University of Cape Town have developed a bio-brick that mixes sand, bacteria and human urine. It's the world’s first bio-brick grown from human urine. The formation of the bio-brick The bio-brick was developed by UCT master’s student in civil engineering, and was "created through a natural process called microbial carbonate precipitation. When urine is mixed…
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Ethiopia is know to be the birthplace of coffee and the finest producer of specialty coffee in the world, and also it appears, "the source of the finest hand roasting artisans on the planet". Garden of Coffee, Ethiopia's main coffee chain, created by Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, is expanding to China, and intends to open 100…
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The fourth edition of the yearly event Africa Code Week, kicked-off this year in South Africa, on October 5th, on the occasion of the World Teachers Day. The event will continue until October 31st. Since its inception in 2015, Africa Code Week has introduced over 1.8 million African youth to coding skills in multiple African countries while…
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Inspire, empower and elevate women to get out of their own way, and simply "do". That is the mission of "Twenty-Four Hour Woman", an online and in-person community of women, founded by Victory Omotayo. In this interview we had with Victory, you'll learn more about TFHW : Twenty-Four Hour Woman "Twenty-Four Hour Woman (TFHW) is an online and…
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