Promoting Africa
Lorraine Ateliers, in partnership with the Amnéville Zoo (France), collects old smartphones to recover coltan, a mineral whose exploitation threatens gorillas in Africa. Coltan, a mineral used in the manufacture of smart phones, is extracted from the soil of the gorilla habitat, shaving the forests, depriving them of their environment and contributing to their disappearance.…
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Usalama, the mobile app that sends a distress signal when a user shakes their phone three times alerting emergency services of their location. How the idea came up Crime rates in Nairobi is twice the national average (IPSOS), and contacting emergency providers can be cumbersome. After an unfortunate incident where he found himself robbed by a…
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"Back to Kukurantumi" is a collection of Poems written by Ghanaian-American author Akosua Nyantakyi. In this book she explored her dual identity, and writes about her life experiences, both at an early age and as an adult. Eager to know more about the book, we got in touch with her and asked a few…
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Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah was elected the best player of the 2017-2018 Premier League season on Sunday, April 22, 2018. Egypt's Mohamed Salah has been outstanding since the start of the season in the Premier League. He has not stopped collecting individual awards. These efforts paid off, and so did the English Players Association (PFA)…
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Ivorian journalist and writer Serge Bilé published a few months ago "Yasuke, the black samurai". This is the exciting adventure of a slave torn from his native Africa, who then became the first foreigner to join the prestigious Japanese warrior elite. Who is Yasuke ? He is a man from the Makua community of present-day…
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American R&B superstar, Beyonce Knowles-Carter, featured the quotes of award-winning Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie, and honoured Fela Kuti at the ongoing Coachella Concert on Sunday morning. "The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is an annual show held in California, United States. It is one of the largest, most famous, and most profitable music festivals in…
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