Africans innovators called to participate in Project Incubator Award
African innovators have another chance to walk away with USD15,000 cash prize in a project incubator award 2012 launched Monday by the EMRC and the Rabobank Foundation of Netherlands. The finalists will be selected and invited to present their business projects to an audience of 400 professionals, composed of interested partners and investors from Africa, [...]
AgriBusiness Forum to propel Africa’s Food sector to the centre of development
An annual pan-African AgriBusiness Forum set for Dakar, Senegal plans to address efforts to boost Africa’s agriculture through partnership, investment and technology. The forum will spotlight the financing of Africa’s agriculture, with a session entitled ‘How to Finance African Agriculture’. Public-private partnerships are imperative for leveraging the needed funds; sharing the risks of investments; and [...]
UNECA, UNDP to train Tanzanian officials on APRM implementation
The United Nations’ Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) have jointly sponsored a two days training for Tanzanian officials on the implementation of APRM governance reports in Dar es Salaam starting on this Tuesday, 25 September, 2012. APRM-the African Peer Review Mechanism, is a program of the African Union [...]
Corruption in Liberia: The State is not your Friend
When commenting on an article about corruption in Liberia, a poster on my facebook buddy’s wall alluded that the state is not always a friend as generally viewed, especially in the Western context. Certainly, as reported by the Liberian Daily Observer (see it here; http://www.liberianobserver.com/), recent corruption index research reveals that that the entire state [...]
Walk for Respect -Against eve teasing and sexual harassment (VIDEO)
SLUT WALK NEPAL a facebook activism group has successfully organized a rally Walk for Respect here in Kathmandu with a loud and clear message of spreading awareness against eve teasing and sexual harassment. The rally was participated by more than 500 enthusiastic Nepali youths. In Nepal under the Nepal Public Offenses and Penalties Act, 1970, [...]
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