Rebuilding schools, hospitals top priority in Ethiopia’s Tigray: charity

Staff Writer, Agence France-Presse (AFP) Four months since the federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) signed a peace deal, medicine and food supplies were still insufficient Rebuilding schools and hospitals is the “number one priority” in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region after two years of brutal conflict, Janti Soeripto, head of the US-based charity Save the Children…

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Tanzania-US TRADE: Envoy touts mutual benefits

NEWLY appointed American Ambassador to Tanzania Michael Battle has listed his top priorities for promoting trade and investment between the two countries during his tenure in office. The former US Ambassador to the African Union said he would work with the government of Tanzania and its people to expand trade opportunities. According to him, all US ambassadors are responsible…

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Tanzania-US TRADE: Envoy touts mutual benefits

NEWLY appointed American Ambassador to Tanzania Michael Battle has listed his top priorities for promoting trade and investment between the two countries during his tenure in office. The former US Ambassador to the African Union said he would work with the government of Tanzania and its people to expand trade opportunities. According to him, all US ambassadors are responsible…

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LPG exhibition comes to fore in Dar

THE first Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) exhibition prepared by LPG EXPO Company from Singapore, Tanzania LPG Association (TZLPGA) with collaboration with the government of Tanzania, will take place next week in Dar es Salaam. Speaking to the media on Thursday in Dar es Salaam, the Director of LPG EXPO, Catherine Ho, said that the exhibition will take place from…

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Forbes Africa celebrates Nomcebo with Top Entertainer Award

Award-winning musician Nomcebo Zikode was grateful to be awarded the Top Entertainer Award by Forbes Women Africa. It’s been one win after the next for Grammy Award winner Nomcebo Zikode, and this time, on 9 March, she took to Instagram to announce she was awarded the Top Entertainer Award by Forbes Women Africa and had her online followers congratulating…

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Editorial: Calling out xenophobic bullies in all of Africa including Tunisian President Kais Saïed

Racism, xenophobia, anti-immigration. Violence on migrants. Hundreds driven out of their homes. Repatriation flights. No, it isn’t another xenophobic flare-up in South Africa — although it could be, given the government’s attitude to Zimbabweans and others.  Black migrants in Tunisia have fled their homes to sleep outside their embassies or the United Nations buildings. There is a state-sponsored witch-hunt…

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Editorial: Calling out xenophobic bullies in all of Africa including Tunisian President Kais Saïed

Racism, xenophobia, anti-immigration. Violence on migrants. Hundreds driven out of their homes. Repatriation flights. No, it isn’t another xenophobic flare-up in South Africa — although it could be, given the government’s attitude to Zimbabweans and others.  Black migrants in Tunisia have fled their homes to sleep outside their embassies or the United Nations buildings. There is a state-sponsored witch-hunt…

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Sub-Saharan Africa made steady progress in addressing gender imbalance in project management, PMI data shows 

Women hold significantly fewer jobs than their male counterparts, despite global equality movements and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) programs taking hold in the workplace. According to the International Labour Organisation, the global labour force participation rate for women is just under 47%, compared with 72% for men. This gender gap in employment is even starker in project management,…

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Sub-Saharan Africa made steady progress in addressing gender imbalance in project management, PMI data shows 

Women hold significantly fewer jobs than their male counterparts, despite global equality movements and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) programs taking hold in the workplace. According to the International Labour Organisation, the global labour force participation rate for women is just under 47%, compared with 72% for men. This gender gap in employment is even starker in project management,…

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