Tuesday, 24 Dec 2024

Africa

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Salah's Double Helps See Off Red Star Belgrade

Mohamed Salah scored twice to reach a half-century of Liverpool goals in a comfortable victory over Red Star Belgrade, as the Reds went top of Champions League Group C. It was a dominant display from the hosts, Roberto Firmino firing in Andy Robertson’s cut-back on 20 minutes. Salah got his first just before the break […]

Kenyan Kiptum Sets Half-marathon World Record In Valencia

Kenyan Abraham Kiptum set a world record of 58 minutes and 18 seconds in the men’s race at the Valencia half-marathon in Spain on Sunday. Kiptum’s time was five seconds better than the previous mark set by Eritrea’s Zersenay Tadese in Lisbon in 2010. Ethiopian Jemal Yimer finished second, two seconds behind Kiptum with his […]

Parallel Wireless To Provide 4G LTE In Ghana

Virtualized 4G Open RAN to enable fast wireless broadband to citizens and businesses Parallel Wireless, Inc., a leader in providing end-to-end open network connecting solutions – 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G – today announced a partnership with the Telesol 4G brand, the fastest LTE network in Ghana. Parallel Wireless makes deployments as easy and as […]

Landhouse – The Carpooling Startup For Home Ownership

A Nigerian startup, has launched to help reduce the cost of owning homes in Nigeria. In a country with about 18-21 million housing deficit, which is growing at about 6% per annum due to high population growth, increased rural-urban migration and a rapidly growing middle class, housing crisis is expected to happen in the country […]

Africa’s Youth Needs More Than Just Technology

by Cathy Smith, Managing Director at SAP Africa But I’m not convinced that access to technology alone is the answer for our youth’s hopes and aspirations. I think they want – and deserve – a whole lot more. I recently sat on a panel discussion at the launch of #sheinnovates, an initiative with UN Women […]

Yemeni children die as warring factions block vital aid at port

Yemeni children are dying from starvation and disease as trucks with life-saving supplies are blocked in port, leaving medical staff and desperate mothers imploring aid workers to do more, a senior United Nations official said. Geert Cappelaere, Middle East director for the UN Children’s Fund (Unicef), described “heart-breaking” scenes of emaciated children in hospitals in […]