Bloomberg News is reporting that Botswana has secured enough vaccines for entire adult population! This news comes on the heels of the Botswana government announcing its lowest number of COVID-19 cases this Monday, April 26, 2021, since the start of the year. Stay well, Ian ProctorUltimate Africa President“I first visited Africa in the late 1980s. I came face to face with a wild elephant, and fell in love with being on safari! I made it my goal to create an African travel company that was all about authentic wildlife experiences. Many years later we are one of the top African…
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In 1958, a year after it achieved independence from colonial rule, Ghana hosted a conference of African leaders, the first such gathering to ever take place on the continent. At the invitation of Ghana’s newly elected prime minister, Kwame Nkrumah, more than 300 leaders from 28 territories across Africa attended, including Patrice Lumumba of the still-Belgian Congo and Frantz Fanon, who was then living in still-French Algeria. It was a time of unlimited potential for a group of people determined to chart a new course for their homelands. But the host wanted his guests not to forget the dangers ahead…
D iamonds are forever but sometimes the deep treasures of life are intangible: think warm-hearted smiles, the confidence of a complete lion’s pack and the satisfaction that emanates from the reflection of a well dressed woman—the kind that depicts control of one’s life. These are a few of life’s treasures that would give any tangible resource a run for it’s money. Last week, Black female fashionistas across the globe keyed into the latter as they stepped out in tasteful attires which easily kept the shoulders squared and spirits high. The looks For a hot minute, there’s been portrayals of an…
Many children in Asia and Africa struggle with basic literacy, hindering their ability to study more advanced subjects. Schools are often overcrowded, resources limited and teachers too stretched. The coronavirus pandemic has set back pupils’ learning further, closing schools. Limited access to mobile devices and the internet is a barrier to studying remotely. The FT followed two children determined to pursue their education despite the difficulties. Both have access to programmes to help their reading. Kirma, IndiaIn the village of Charpatia in Madhya Pradesh, India, where female literacy is 20 per cent below male levels, Kirma, eight, uses books in…
Sadio Mane is the third African player to score 100 Premier League goals after Didier Drogba and Liverpool team-mate Mohamed SalahRoberto Firmino scored a hat-trick as rampant Liverpool condemned Claudio Ranieri to a miserable start to life as Watford manager in a one-sided game at Vicarage Road.The home side had no answer to Liverpool’s fluid attacking play.Sadio Mane became the third African player to score 100 Premier League goals before Roberto Firmino struck either side of the break and Mohamed Salah finished a brilliant individual goal with a smart shot beyond Ben Foster.Salah’s goal takes him level with former Chelsea…
Earlier the same month, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, who currently heads the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) was appointed to lead the World Health Organization (WHO) Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in the German capital Berlin, WHO said, with the Nigerian physician on course to assume his new position on November 1.Some experts assert that this coincidental turn of events underscores the health sector brain drain from Africa.”That’s brain drain,” said Dr. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, a former president of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors.”They (Nkengasong and Ihekweazu) have seen better offers and they feel it’s better to leave for…
Did you know red is a fantastic colour even for the workplace? Surprised? No need to be. You can wear that red dress, blazer, skirt, blouse to work and not look like a Christmas tree if you pair it up well. Switch Up Your Monday Style With These 5 Awesome Outfits Check out some awesome styles below. 1. A blazer and heels? The best way to rock red 2. Pair it with a white trouser and you’d stand out. 3. Be different and rock your red dress with a white blazer. 4. Who says you cannot pair yours with a denim…
African Crossroads is a community of future-oriented African thinkers and doers which collaborates all year long and critically reflects on the most cutting-edge entrepreneurial, scientific, artistic, and technological developments anchored in African intellectual and technological traditions. The community’s gathering comes at a time when humanity is still learning how to coexist with Covid-19. It comes as a wake-up call to reinvent rights for different habitats, to reconsider nature and the fundamental reality that all living creatures form an interconnected web on earth. That’s why climate justice is at the core of this year’s Crossroads. A climate justice consultation In the…
President Kenyatta chaired the Council’s high-level session on ‘Peacebuilding and sustaining Peace: Diversity, state building and the search for Peace’, on 12 October at the UN headquarters in New York. “Many nations today seem unable to embrace diversity. We have created a global system that escalates differences between nations and also within nations. A system that believes that there is a race, society or gender that is weak, or better, or religions that are closer to God than others. Consequently, many of the conflict situations brought to the UN Security Council are directly or indirectly as a result of poorly…
The Ionian islands are an ancient group of islands in the west Ionian sea of on the northwest coast of Greece. The Ionian islands are perhaps the second most popular group of islands in Greece after the fabled Cyclades. If you’re looking for beautiful little white houses, then you need to look at the Cyclades islands rather than Ionian islands. However, if you want breathtaking landscapes, and the most amazing beaches of Greece, look no further than the Ionian islands.The Ionian islands includes the islands of Zakynthos, Kefalonia, Ithaca, Lefkada, Corfu, Paxos, and Antipaxos. I spent time over various trips…