Esther Crawford is the Director of Product Management at Twitter, where she leads early-stage bets, including Spaces, Communities, Notes, Creator Monetization, Crypto and DMs. Twitter acquired her startup Squad in Dec 2020. “My life’s work is creating connection and empathy through technology. I’m an angel investor and write $10k-$25k checks in early-stage startups that are helping people heal, connect,…
“I have had a deep connection to the natural world all my life. And I do mean all my life, writes Elizabeth May,” the leader of Canada’s Federal Green Party, in this opinion. Read On My mother used to tell me that when I was about 2 I told her I hated airplanes. As I had never been in one, she…
According to results released by CANA yesterday, Tanzanite garnered 3,061 points to beat other nine countries that featured in the championships Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s national men’s and women’s swimming team (Tanzanite) have been crowned the Africa Swimming Federation (CANA) Zone Three champions for the third time. According to results released by CANA yesterday, Tanzanite garnered 3,061 points to…
Cape Town mom of two, Natasha Petersen, is waving the South African flag in Qatar at the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022. For the past six months, she has worked her magic as “Venue Logistics Manager / Site Logistics Coordinator” at Lusail Stadium. Though petite in stature, Petersen, from Grassy Park, has built a huge brand for herself over…
Cape Town mom of two, Natasha Petersen, is waving the South African flag in Qatar at the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022. For the past six months, she has worked her magic as “Venue Logistics Manager / Site Logistics Coordinator” at Lusail Stadium. Though petite in stature, Petersen, from Grassy Park, has built a huge brand for herself over…
Is it finally Africa’s turn to win the World Cup? Pele‘s infamous African World Cup prediction has long passed its due date, but it’s still trotted out ahead of every FIFA World Cup as the continent still awaits its maiden global title. “An African nation will win the World Cup before the year 2000,” Pele declared in 1977, somewhat…
Is it finally Africa’s turn to win the World Cup? Pele‘s infamous African World Cup prediction has long passed its due date, but it’s still trotted out ahead of every FIFA World Cup as the continent still awaits its maiden global title. “An African nation will win the World Cup before the year 2000,” Pele declared in 1977, somewhat…
The Rai family has extended its dominance in the sugar sector with the opening of the Naitiri factory, which has now pushed its share of sales to nearly half of the entire production. Data from the Sugar Directorate indicates that the four milling firms owned by billionaire Rai accounted for 45 percent of the total sugar sales in the…
By Carolyn Mwasha. Prof Julie Makani’s life vividly illustrates the phrase, “Be the change you want to see”. Prof Julie was born in the very grounds most of us tread through, in our native land of Tanzania, in the year 1970 in Dar es Salaam. Makani made it a deep-rooted passion for her to seek a solution in health…
Summary The foundation is calling on global leaders to commit to finding solutions and strengthening systems in Africa by investing in people and innovations that can save lives and create opportunities for the world’s most vulnerable. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committing $7 billion over the next four years to support African countries to deal with hunger, disease, gender inequality and poverty. The Foundation’s co-chair Bill Gates said these resources would help strengthen health systems and enhance access to health care, reduce child deaths due to diarrhoeal diseases, pneumonia, malaria and measles. “This new…