Entrepreneurs
Johnson & Johnson Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0
Johnson and Johnson’s Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0 is here! As a result, all African innovators are invited to submit their ideas. Entries opened on Thursday November 8. The Africa Innovation Challenge is designed for the continent’s innovators to showcase new ideas. This extraordinary opportunity is in its second edition (first edition launched in November 2016) .…
Innovations
Leading the Way – Jua Jamii Solar Powered Houses
Increased pressures on the environment, more particularly, the natural resources, has necessitated efforts at research and development, and innovations with an objective of ensuring the sustainable utilization of non-renewable resources and responsible exploitation or use of renewable resources. A focus area, particularly in Africa, in an endeavor to foster sustainability, has been the harvesting or…
Technology
Johnson & Johnson Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0
Johnson and Johnson’s Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0 is here! As a result, all African innovators are invited to submit their ideas. Entries opened on Thursday November 8. The Africa Innovation Challenge is designed for the continent’s innovators to showcase new ideas. This extraordinary opportunity is in its second edition (first edition launched in November 2016) .…
Fashion
‘ZYNE’ the handmade luxury Moroccan babouche brand is now international
Meet the Morocco based luxury footwear brand ZYNE, founded by Zineb Britel and Laura Pujol, which's mission is to bring the ancestral Moroccan footwear known as the “babouche”, and its traditional craftsmanship, into the 21st Century. The ZYNE story Zineb Britel and Laura Pujol. CREDIT: COURTESY Both born and raised in Morocco, Zineb Britel and Laura…
Manufacturing
‘ZYNE’ the handmade luxury Moroccan babouche brand is now international
Meet the Morocco based luxury footwear brand ZYNE, founded by Zineb Britel and Laura Pujol, which's mission is to bring the ancestral Moroccan footwear known as the “babouche”, and its traditional craftsmanship, into the 21st Century. The ZYNE story Zineb Britel and Laura Pujol. CREDIT: COURTESY Both born and raised in Morocco, Zineb Britel and Laura…
Transportation
Kantanka Cars: Ghana Made Cars On The Rise
Kantanka Automobile Company Limited is a subsidiary of the Kantanka Group of Companies founded by Apostle Dr. Kwadwo Safo Kantanka. He also serves as Founder and Leader of Kristo Asafo Mission of Ghana." Located in Accra, Ghana. Kantanka Auto was founded in 2012 by KOSA group (Ghana) and BIG S&T group (China) to bring innovative…
Education
Diakaridia Diarra the teacher dedicated to the future of his students
Diakaridia Diarra is a 2nd grade teacher at the Fadjiguila Community School (Banconi District Education Office) that is situated on the outskirts of Bamako. He was faced with a common problem faced by others in the field of Language and Communication – he would mix up writing and penmanship. Mr. Diarra regrets moments when his…
Agriculture
Malawian Stanford Muyila Wins Young Scientist Award in Japan
32-year-old Malawian, Stanford Muyila, has been awarded the Young Scientist Award in Japan during the Japan-China-Korea Grassland Conference for successfully creating a low-cost method for increasing the nutritional value of agricultural waste for animal feed. Research on “The Effect of Pre-treatment Method (Autoclaving and Pasteurization) on the Nutritional Value of Bagasse Incubated with White-Rot Fungi.” Stanford…
