By: Africa Renewal The country that gave the world two groundbreaking innovations in technology: M-Pesa, a mobile banking system, and Ushahidi, a platform for crowdsourcing information during disasters, is now taking its technological talents to new heights. The East African nation of Kenya has just started construction on a 5,000-acres piece of land in Konza, about [...]
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Africa: ‘Land Rush’ as Threats to Food Security Intensify
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In the past three years, foreign governments and investment companies have been buying or leasing vast tracts of farmland in Africa and elsewhere for producing biofuels or food for their own use.[1]
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Listed companies 'slow down to transform' Black executive directors accounted for 9.5% of executive directors, and the percentage of black female directors was at 10.2%. Picture: AFP The number of black people, particularly women, in executive positions in JSE-listed companies is declining, … Read more on The New Age Online Black Churches Buck Trends “The [...]
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