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Africa: Using Technology to Solve Real Problems and Encourage Innovation – Qualcomm’s Elizabeth Migwalla

Prince April 1, 2023 0

When Elizabeth Migwalla chose electrical engineering as her major at Nairobi University in the mid-1970s, “women didn’t do that,” she recalled in a recent interview. After more than three decades in the telecommunications field, she is currently the top executive in Africa at Qualcomm, a

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Africa: A 4,070 Percent Increase in Miscarriages and Stillbirths Amongs Pregnant Women Who Took the Covid Vaccine? Entirely False

Prince March 31, 2023 0

IN SHORT: There is no data to support the claim of a 4,070% increase in miscarriages and stillbirths as a result of taking the Covid mRNA vaccine. In fact, maternal health experts recommend that pregnant women take the vaccine to prevent life-threatening complications. In a tweet circulating in South Africa in March 2023, Simone Gold, […]

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Lesotho lawmakers to debate reclaiming parts of South Africa

Prince March 30, 2023 0

The disputed regions were historically inhabited by the Basothos, a people from southern Africa’s Bantu ethnic group, who represent a large majority in Lesotho.(Getty Images) Lesotho lawmakers will discuss whether the country should seek to reclaim the Free State, which borders Lesotho as well as part of four other South African provinces. The disputed […]

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Africa: The Economic Challenges These Countries Are Facing

Prince March 29, 2023 0

Cape Town — More and more Africans are experiencing poverty. coupled with the impact of Covid-19 and the war between Russia and Ukraine that intensified just over a year ago, weighs heavily on global trade and the supply of goods. And even more so, Internal conflicts between government forces and rebel groups, the refugee crisis, […]

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Africa: I am Disappointed – Tjongarero …as WA Introduces New Rules

Prince March 27, 2023 0

Sports Minister Agnes Tjongarero has expressed disappointment with the World Athletics (WA) over its new rule, banning athletes with high levels of testosterone from competing. The athletics body recently announced that athletes with Differences in Sexual Development (DSD) will now be ineligible to compete in any international competition. DSD is a group of rare conditions

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Africa: Investing in a Pan-African Genome Initiative Would Provide Great Returns for Humanity

Prince March 26, 2023 0

African genomes carry more variations than European genomes because they have a longer evolutionary history, and thus they offer more insights into potential new therapeutic targets for detecting and treating rare diseases. For millenniums, whenever humanity has faced that which it could not explain, we have invoked magic or witchcraft. If we could not explain […]

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PHOTO | Charlize Theron and Thuso Mbedu celebrate Southern Africa’s best in West Hollywood

Prince March 25, 2023 0

Charlize Theron and Thuso Mbedu. Charlize Theron and Thuso Mbedu have reunited, this time in West Hollywood. Celebrating the Oscar winner’s Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project – a nonprofit that advances and invests in the health, education, and safety of young people living in Southern Africa – the two posed together, with Mbedu sticking […]

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Youth unemployment crisis in SA is ‘actually catastrophic’ – Minerals Council South Africa CEO

Prince March 24, 2023 0

Panel 5A discussing: Transforming and growing the economy as a constitutional imperative. The outgoing CEO of Minerals Council SA has described youth unemployment as “catastrophic”.  He was speaking at a conference on the Constitution in Midrand, Gauteng. Meanwhile, the president of Not in My Name SA said there were still industries where women were

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Africa: ‘How Sustainable Journalism is Crucial for Creating a Better Future’

Prince March 23, 2023 0

Nairobi — Today’s world is confronted with an unprecedented array of environmental, social, and economic challenges, that affect not only our local communities but also the global community. As we grapple with these complex issues, there is a growing recognition of the vital role that journalism plays in shaping our collective understanding of the world. […]

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Africa: Millions of Women Starving as They Eat Least and Eat Last #AfricaClimateCrisis

Prince March 22, 2023 0

On International Women’s Day, Human Rights Watch (HRW) hosted a Twitter Space meeting looking at the impact of food scarcity on women. Eating Last and Eating Least: The Food Crisis is a Women’s Right Crisis put into context the food crisis exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war through the lens of women and girls, especially in […]