Friday, 29 Nov 2024

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Saving Tips During The Festive Season

The best time of getting value for your money by saving is when discounts, offers, sales are being offered by different businesses. Whenever you need something, it is wise to check out the price of the item from different shops and consider making your purchase when there is an offer. One of the best times […]

Boosting Madagascar's Economy by Rebuilding the Zebu Cattle Industry

For generations, zebu cattle have symbolized power and prosperity in Madagascar. With their distinctive humped backs, long crescent horns, and flapping dewlaps, the animals are used to pull carts and plow fields; they’re even featured on the country’s coat of arms. In Madagascar’s bustling capital, Antananarivo, zebu gain right-of-way ahead of cars and rattling Citroën […]

Africa Must Increase Spending on Health Care, Education & Modern Contraception

One of the main challenges which we are facing across Africa today is the imperative to empower its largest ever young population and to provide them with opportunities to realise their full potential. This calls for crucial and sustainable investments into young people’s needs – their healthcare, their education – and of course, ensuring that […]

Rwanda Action Plan Aims to Make Cities Green

An ambitious programme aimed at developing six green secondary cities in Rwanda is underway and is expected to help this East African country achieve sustainable economic growth through energy efficiency and green job creation. At a time when natural resource efficiency is described as key for cities in Rwanda to move towards a green economy, […]

Toward Achieving Water Security And Safely Managed Sanitation For Africa

AMCOW convenes a thousand experts and stakeholders to meet in Libreville for the 7th Africa Water Week under the chairmanship of His Excellency Ali Bongo Odimba Access tosafe water and adequate sanitationis essential for poverty reduction. Today, 50% of the African population lack access to safe water to sustain a healthy living; and two-thirds of […]

An Emerald Like No Other Has Been Unearthed In Zambia

The world’s largest producer of green stones has unearthed a 5,655-carat emerald crystal at its mines in Zambia. The emerald is being called “Inkalamu,” which means “lion” in the local Zambia Bemba language. It will be cut into smaller pieces and auctioned in Singapore in November. It has “remarkable clarity and a perfectly balanced golden […]

Couscous: A Must Have Dish In Morocco

Numerous tiny, light, tender grains, ideally arranged to form a pyramid and served on a platter at the end of a meal – that is couscous, the national dish of Morocco and a must-have dish in any Moroccan restaurant. The word itself refers both to the complete dish and the tiny grains of semolina. Semolina […]

WATCH: Is South Africa the Rainbow Nation?

South Africa is further removed now from the ideal of a rainbow nation than at any other time since the official end of apartheid in 1994. Some feel that the extremists are increasingly gaining traction and poisoning the atmosphere, as they incite hatred for short-term political gain. The tide is turning in South Africa. Following […]