L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa 2015 program honours Africa’s female scientists

By Prince Akpah
Leadership in Africa is taking a different dimension. We have seen the rise of accomplished women taking up prominent positions and using it to influence lives positively across the continent. As some consider it an opportunity to rub shoulders with their male counterparts, others have also used it to inspire young women who look up to role models. Even though the roles they take can be very challenging they have also proven to be up to the task and their accomplishments have...

 

2015 will start to show some of the political limits to sub-Saharan Africa’s growth story – Control Risks

 Control Risks (https://www.controlrisks.com), the global business risk consultancy, today launched its annual RiskMap report at an event for East Africa’s business leaders in Nairobi. RiskMap is an established, authoritative guide and a key reference point for policy makers and business leaders seeking to plot global trends over the coming year. RiskMap highlights the most...

Charles Brewer, Managing Director for DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa.

*DHL Express continues to see Sub-Saharan Africa as one of the most prominent areas of growth for the business globally

Although the number of foreign direct investments (FDI) fell by 8.4% in 2014, capital investment into Africa surged to US$128b, a year-on-year increase of 136%, according to the recently released EY 2015 Africa Attractiveness Survey and the average investment increased to US$174.5m per project, up from...

Kikwete honours brave female TPDF member
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ON March 14, this year, at around 7:56pm at Mikumi area in Morogoro, Corporal Laura Mushi of the Tanzania People's Defence Forces (TPDF) was on guard armed with a sub-machine gun (SMG) loaded with 30 rounds of ammunition. Cpl Mushi never had ...

Rising to the Challenge! 2015 AWARD Fellowship Winners Set to Impact Smallholders in the Year of Women’s Empowerment

“Agricultural research and development in Mozambique is an important tool for increasing production, and consequently reducing household malnutrition and poverty, particularly in children and women,” says Olivia Narciso Pedro, a lecturer and researcher at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique. “My vision for agriculture-led growth in Mozambique is to design...

Afisa Ardhi na Mazingira wa Halmashauri ya wilaya ya Msalala (Kahama), Zablon Donge, akifungua rasmi warsha ya siku tatu ya wadau wa mapambano dhidi ya UKIMWI kwa niaba ya Mkurugenzi wa wilaya hiyo, iliyofanyika Kata ya Segese wilayani Kahama mkoani Shinyanga. Kushoto kwake ni Mkurugenzi Mkazi wa Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa linaloshughulikia Elimu, Sayansi na Utamaduni (UNESCO) Tanzania, Zulmira Rodrigues pamoja na Afisa Mradi wa Elimu ya Afya na VVU/UKIMWI kutoka UNESCO, Bw. Herman...

UNESCO to boost science and technology in Tanzania
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UNESCO working with over 20 African countries including Tanzania to create national science, technology and innovation systems, to support national development priorities. Th was said recently by the Deputy Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Getachew ...

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More female students now enrolling for science courses
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Efforts to increase female registration in science subjects are reported to be paying off with the Arusha Technical College (ATC) reporting a big increase in the number of girls applying to major in engineering and science related courses. According to the ATC ...

Coronavirus has worsened the growing crisis of gender-based violence in the country.