Author: King Jaja

(THR) Endeavor has named a new leader for its China subsidiary.Veteran Chinese media and entertainment executive Sum Huang joined the firm on Wednesday as CEO of Endeavor China.Huang most recently was co-founder and partner of XG Entertainment, a Shanghai-based content provider for regional streaming platforms. The company, which raised capital from Alibaba and other local venture…

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When you’re staying on the South Coast of Kwazulu-Natal or, even if you’re just passing by, STOP at Beaver Creek Coffee Estate! Heck, take the drive down and make a day of it if you’re a #Durbanite and definitely if you profess to be a true coffee enthusiast. Where When it comes to activities in Durban that the entire family can enjoy, this is it. The world’s southernmost coffee growing plantation is about a 1hr and 50minute drive from Durban. We were staying in the area at The Estuary Hotel and Spa thus it was a quick drive in the…

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A close friend of the late Princess Diana said she may not have been fully aware of the “machine she was in” when she joined the royal family. Dr James Colthurst first met the then Lady Diana Spencer when she was 17 on a skiing trip. She had twisted her ankle and as a young medical student, he was asked to take a look at it. He recalled a “bright” and “mischievous” woman. They hit it off and would remain friends for the rest of her life. Just a few short years after that first meeting Diana, aged 20, married…

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When it comes to Kruger, everyone has their favourites; a treasured camp from childhood, a best spot for a sundowner, a top waterhole that’s provided outstanding sightings. While we love a good old-fashioned trip to the Kruger Park, the surrounding reserves offer equally great spots for a holiday you’ll feel nostalgic about for years. Words: Lauren Dold | Photography: Supplied AfriCamps Hoedspruit is well positioned in the Lowveld for exploring both the Greater Kruger region and the Blyde River Canyon. The area to the west of South Africa’s favourite park, and the properties that make up…

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An innovative new symbol of gratitude to NHS heroes sculpted from a World War Two Spitfire is set to raise thousands of pounds to support frontline workers. New “Thank You” pins will go on sale from Friday, in time for next week’s NHS Day – marking the bravery of frontline workers. The distinctive design depicts the hands of six NHS staff who have steered the country through the crisis. Pins are made from Duralumin – a type of aluminium alloy – recycled from a Spitfire aircraft which took to the skies during the Battle of Britain. The man who came…

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There is something unaccountably beguiling about otters. Perhaps, as Ted Hughes wrote, it is their duality: a creature equally at home on land or in the rivers and oceans of the world. Or maybe it is the coiled tension in their sinuous bodies, which melt, sleek and powerful, into the water. Like their cousins worldwide, the otters of Africa have lively eyes, expressive features and utterly adorable squeaks, which have gone a long way to securing literary and internet fame. Otters are intelligent and fascinating predators with an irresistible propensity for play. In Africa, this appeal is complemented by a…

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Black Star Revolution, a fashion brand owned by US-based Ghanaian businessman, McAaron Keli Ketor-Tay has been officially launched in Ghana with a call on African leaders to spearhead an agenda to accelerate the continent’s development through reversed brain-drain.Speaking in an interview with Lord Kweku Sekyi, Mr. Ketor-Tay, said, Africa’s renaissance must be backed by a comprehensive agenda to harness its own human capital to its own advantage rather than exporting scholars abroad.He said Africa’s unfortunately negligible position in the world economy does not reflect the enormous resources at its disposal which encompass both material and manpower, adding that, foreign nations…

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Following is a statement from the Forum for Former African Heads of State and Government as 33 former African heads of state appeal for international solidarity in response to the UK’s withdrawal of neglected tropical disease funding. The UK government has decided to withdraw £150 million in funding to tackle these diseases – funding that would have…

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