Promoting Africa
Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah’s boots will be displayed at the Egyptian collection in the world-famous British Museum. Nicknamed the "Egyptian King" by Liverpool fans, Salah's mint green football boots will be displayed "amongst the statues of ancient pharaohs" next to ancient Egyptian sandals as part of the British Museum's Egypt project. Adidas donated the footwear, specially…
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Cameroon striker Karl Toko Ekambi has just won the tenth edition of the Marc Vivien Foé Award. He was thus elected African player of the year by RFI. The 25-year-old won the Marc Vivien Foe prize in front of Tunisian striker Wahbi Khazri and Burkina Faso striker Bertrand Traore. The Cameroon striker playing at Angers…
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According to Dataxis’ latest research, the total number of mobile subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is forecasted to exceed 1 billion by 2023, from around 800 million in 2017. This growth follows the steady increase observed in the SSA mobile market for many years and will mainly be driven by the internet enabled SIMs. Among…
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The pivot of Orlando Magica Bismack Biyombo, launched "Child Of Africa" a mobilization of the children of Africa wishing to act to make a change on their continent. The "Child of Africa" campaign The "Child of Africa" campaign was born from a discussion that the basketball player had with Akon, Djimon Hounsou, Fally Ipupa and…
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FNB has become the first bank in South Africa to introduce a mini-ATM that uses biometrics as a means of validation for consumers. The ATM functions as a self-service kiosk from which customers can conduct transactional banking such as withdrawals, transfers and payments, view statements, purchase airtime and electricity and perform card cancellations. The device…
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The Ousmane Sow house, named after the Senegalese sculptor, was opened to the general public on Saturday, May 5, 2018 in Dakar, on the sidelines of the 2018 edition of Dak'Art. Located in Yoff (suburb of Dakar), the house Ousman Sow (called The Sphinx), contains various works of the artist who died in 2016 at…
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Young Senegalese Michel Seck, has designed SimulaMath, a simulation and computation software that de-complexes the teaching of mathematics. Mathematics, which is mostly seen as a subject of worry and tension among the students, can be a good learning experience with the advent of new software and techniques. Michel Seck made it one of his goals…
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