Caf announces Chan 2016 dates

Confederation of African Football (Caf) has announced the dates of the 2016 African Nations Championship (Chan) that will be hosted in Rwanda from January 16-February 7. Rwanda Football Federation (Ferwafa) Chief Executive Officer Olivier Mulindahabi told Times Sport that, “We welcome this news and we are excited that we shall be hosting Chan next year. Preparations are going on according to plan. Caf will send a delegation to evaluate...

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Athletes in preps for World Cross Country meet

With very less time, the national athletics team has started intensive preparations ahead of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships slated for March 28 in Guiyang, China. The five-man team is camping at La Bonne Esperance, Kicukiro and holding daily training at Amahoro national stadium. Thirty-one-year old Eric Sebahire will captain team Rwanda at the 41st edition of the biannual event. The last edition was staged in Bydgoszcz, Poland with Kenyans (5 gold medals) and Ethiopians (10 medals in total) dominating the show. Sebahire, ...

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He's back! Asamaoh Gyan gets heroic welcome from Al Ain

Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan led the senior national team of Ghana to place second in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. The Ghana international who plays his professional football for Arabian Gulf League club Al Ain was given a massive welcome upon his return to the United Arab Emirates. Asamoah Gyan, who has been smashing the goals for his Al Ain club was welcomed on the football pitch by his team mates with a huge cake. The...

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Africa Fashion Week Nigeria ready to roll in May

Organizers of Africa Fashion Week Nigeria are working round the clock to ensure a classy and sassy fashion show on May 23rd and May 24th at Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. This year, AFW is also introducing education segment at the Fashion Week. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, Ms Ronke Ademiluyi, founder Africa Fashion Week London and Africa Fashion Week Nigeria said, they intend to delve into education this year. “Most young...

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Kwadwo Nkansah Lilwin joins top stars for Freedom Concert on March 6

Already described by many as the biggest musical concert to look out for in the first quarter of 2015, popular award winning Ghanaian comedian, actor and musician, Kwadwo Nkansah Lilwin is the new addition to the already packed line up of musicians to rock patrons of the Freedom Concert 15 scheduled for the 6th of March 2015 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi. Joining music heavyweights like Sarkodie, Samini, Stonebuoy, Kwabena Kwabena, Guru, Kaakie and Kofi Kinaata, Lilwin who has for the past few years remains the toast of...

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Blaze of African music delights locals and tourists

The 12th edition of what has become Africa’s foremost festival of performing arts, Sauti Za Busara, kicked off the evening of 12th Feb with the venue, the Old Fort in the Stone Town, filled to capacity. Artists from across Africa are once again performing and thrilling the crowds with the variety of their tunes. The opening night this year will see such accomplished artists like Bonaya Doti (Kenya), Culture Musical Club (Zanzibar), Tcheka (Cape Verde), Erik Aliana (Cameroun), Msafiri Zawose (Tz), Isabel Novella (Mozambique), Alikiba...

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KUTCH diaries

The largest district in Gujarat, Kutch is gradually growing as a favored tourist destination in Gujarat. The word ‘Kutch’ literally means something which becomes wet and dry. Most part of the district is a shallow wetland which submerges in water during the rainy season and becomes dry during summers. The district is surrounded by the Gulf of Kutch and the Arabian Sea in south and west and Great and Little Rann in the north and east. The...

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Samsung inaugurates Smart School in Senegal

The Ministry of Education in Senegal and Samsung Electronics Africa have announced the launch of a mobile education solution, which aims to create positive change hence providing an advanced and interactive c l a s s r o o m experience for learners. H a v i n g presence in Plan Jaxaay Secondary School, the Samsung Smart School initiative is an cohesive platform that includes m o n i t o r i n g and controlling feature – which enables...

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WeChat Africa sets to invest in micro-jobbing platform M4JAM

WeChat Africa, a joint venture between Naspers and Tencent, set to invest in South African microjobbing platform M4JAM (Money for Jam). According to WeChat Africa, the decision for investment was made after the success of the platform’s launched on WeChat back in August 2014. Brett Loubser, Head of WeChat Africa stated that: “Its disruptive business model has turned ‘business as usual’ on its head from both the end consumer and the brand’s perspective, resulting in a rapid and overwhelming demand from both users and companies to be...

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Rwanda private sector to benefit from Rwf128b EIB, PTA Bank credit facility

Rwanda’s private sector is set to benefit from a new €160 million (about Rwf128.4 billion) credit facility from the European Investment Bank (EIB), Europe’s long-term lending institution, and regional development bank, PTA Bank. The EIB will provide €80 million loan for the new initiative, while PTA Bank will also raise the same amount, a development that represents the largest single private sector lending scheme ever backed by the...

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RwandAir to start direct flights to Lusaka next month

Rwandair will next month begin direct flights to Lusaka, Zambia, John Mirenge, the Chief Executive Officer, has said. Mirenge said the national carrier will launch its inaugural flight on March 27. The airline will have three weekly flights from Kigali to Lusaka on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Mirenge said the flights have been incorporated into the Johannesburg route, and the airline will depart Lusaka on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. They will all be operated by our Boeing 737-800 Next Generation dual class aircraft...

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3 Nigerian women win international agricultural award

– AWARD announces winners of 2015 fellowships — Out of the 70 winners of this year’s fellowship, 10 had prior experience within the AWARD Fellowship as junior mentees to AWARD Fellows, with four having applied for the fellowship at least once before: Ngozi Edoh, a Research Scientist at the National Root Crops Research Institute Umudike in Ghana is currently focused on biosafety research and genetic improvement of root and tuber crops. Belinda Kaninga, a soil scientist from Zambia on the other hand is developing appropriate soil...

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AfDB awards US$1 million emergency relief assistance for drought victims in Somalia

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has awarded US $1 million emergency relief assistance to Somalia where over one million people affected by drought and famine are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. The Emergency Humanitarian Relief Assistance to Victims of Drought in the country approved by the AfDB Board of Directors on Monday, February 9, 2015 will support the efforts being made by the Federal Government of Somalia...

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WTM Africa 2015 welcomes an array of new South African exhibitors

WTM Africa 2015, the leading business-tobusiness tourism event in Africa, has added an array of new exhibitors from host country South Africa, including some of its major hotels names. The new faces at WTM Africa – which will take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from April 15-17, represent an A-Z of tourism businesses, ranging from marketing representation company Axis Marketing to Zulu Nyala, a game reserve. Sun ...

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Hellocash Mobile Money Service Goes Live in Ethiopia

Lion International Bank and Somali Micro Finance in partnership with BelCash Technology Solution PLC launched the official pilot of the HelloCash mobile money services. BelCash Technology Solution PLC is an Ethiopian based technology service provider for financial industry. The HelloCash mobile money platform will provide financial services to all Ethiopians. The HelloCash service enables existing and potential customers of Lion International...

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Jonathan projected to defeat Buhari – Ex US envoy to Nigeria

The former US Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell has said that despite the strength of the opposition, President Jonathan may emerge the winner of the March 28 polls. He said this in a report titled “Nigeria’s 2015 Presidential Election: Contingency Planning Memorandum Update,” A parts of the report read: “The APC is stronger than its predecessors (Action Congress of Nigeria and Congress for Progressives Change) and reflects a splintering...

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RCA to train 5000 more cricketers

The newly re-elected Rwanda Cricket Association president, Charles Haba has pledged to put more effort in developing the sport across the country. The 38-year-old former Right Guards CC player, was returned an opposed as head of RCA, a position he has held since 2000. According to the RCA constitution, the term of office is two years. After his re-election, Haba said that in the previous years, focus was mainly on creating awareness about cricket in the country. “It is now time to develop the game beyond Kigali. When we started...

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Akufo-Addo Congratulates Stars

This is to congratulate the senior national football team, the Black Stars, for their impressive display in the just ended Africa Cup of Nations, where they emerged as silver medalists. Despite being written off by football pundits prior to the commencement of the tournament and coupled with the difficult beginning they had in their first group game against Senegal, they rallied together, showed character and determination, and gave a good account of themselves right down to the last kick of the tournament. The nation is proud of them. We ...

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Ferwafa to help Rayon Sports clear Shungu’s arrears

Rwanda Football Association (Ferwafa) has agreed to lend money to Rayon sports so that they pay their former coach Raoul Shungu salary arrears totaling $18,943 (Rwf13m) including accumulated fines. Rayon Sport Spokesperson Emmanuel Niyomusabye praised the football body for bailing out the club that risks Fifa penalties including relegation to the second division if they don’t clear the outstanding debt before 1st March. “It is true that Ferwafa will meet all the payments to Raoul Shungu and we pay back the money later. We found...

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Dawn in the Creeks Enters Second Season

Dawn in the Creeks (DITC), the Jeta Amata-led initiative aimed at promoting peace in the country’s Niger Delta region has kicked off its second season in Lagos, Nigeria. At the official launch attended by Friends and Partners of DITC as well as members of the Press, Board member, Dawn in the Creeks, Andre Blaze Henshaw said the second season would leverage on the awareness and excitement generated by its debut season and highlight the gains made so far and the challenges facing the project. “In our first season, we mobilized the...

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Terah AM performs “Wish you well” acoustic version

Hip hop artist, rapper, songwriter and producer Terah AM has performed an acoustic version of ‘Wish you well’ with the Yoyo crew on Ginger tinz. Terah whose main goal is to spread urban rap music influence in 3rd and 2nd cycle institution in Ghana believes his music is not for everybody, but only for the openminded and young at heart. Terah AM hails from Gbawe- Accra and is 1/3 of Metro District, an independent music group based in Accra comprising of talented artists and producers (JumpOFF & No Drrumz). Terah AM is driven...

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The Beautiful Face of Africa Fashion Week London

Beautiful and stunning model Maggie Smith has fashioned and sketched her way to a landslide victory in the race to become the face of Africa Fashion Week London. The 20-year-old received 1947 votes - over 200 more than her nearest rival. Maggie, who is a receptionist, will get to see her face on posters, websites and the catwalk when she fronts the Africa Fashion Week London in August. Subsequent to her enormous success over more than...

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The City That Never Sleeps!:MUMBAI

Mumbai is what we lovingly call - the 'City of Dreams'. This marvellous metropolis is not only the financial capital of India that aids as the center of all trade and investments, but also a cultural center. It is a place where you can enjoy the most eminent stylish labels and merchandises from various fashion houses that overflow the eventful malls. A place where allure is not a rare word and is imitated brazenly in the Bollywood film...

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Telkom considering sale of mobile phone towers in South Africa

According to a report by Bloomberg, South African telecommunications provider Telkom, is looking to cut costs on its mobile service offering by selling off a section of mobile phone towers – in South Africa. B l o o m b e r g cited that individuals with knowledge on the matter made the reveal. According to Bloomberg’s source, who wished to remain a n o n y m o u s according to Bloomberg, the sale could fetch as much as $500 million to...

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KPMG Global Africa Practice launches App to streamline business in Africa

The KPMG Global Africa Practice has launched their new Africa Business App – a first for the industry. The dynamic new platform will provide businesses and investors with seamless access to the very latest Africa information about doing business across the continent. “With the KPMG Africa Business App, we are not just delivering the most up-to-date information on country profiles, fiscal information and keen insights into operating...

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Orange and Ecobank launch money transfer service

Orange and pan-African banking group Ecobank have rolled out a service that will enable Orange Money subscribers who also have bank accounts with Ecobank to transfer money between their respective accounts. The service has already been launched in Mali and will be rolled-out in several other African countries, including Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Conakry, Niger, Senegal and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during the first half...

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IFC set to grow Mobile Money usage in Uganda

A new coffee policy that seeks to increase coffee production and strengthen extension services in coffee farming is in the offing. Gerardine Mukeshimana, the Minister for Agriculture, said the policy would replace the coffee policy of 1998, paving way for new strategies that will help streamline Rwanda’s coffee industry. It is, however, awaiting Cabinet approval. “Coffee is an important cash crop and a source of income, which makes...

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InfiNet Wireless set to improve internet connectivity

InfiNet Wireless, a broadband connectivity company, has revealed their success in improving connectivity across the Nigerian region. According to the company, TruNorth, one of InfiNet’s resellers, has been working within the region in line with InfiNet’s overall strategy to expand its presence in Africa and bring wireless connectivity to all corners of the continent. According to the company, the Nigerian region has been identified...

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