Tona Lodge: A different kind of a success story

By Africaguardian.com Tona Lodge was founded in 1998 to take advantage of ideas and plans made possible under the Tanzania cultural tourism programme-A joint programme of the Netherlands Dev. Organisation and the Tanzania Tourist Board. The Management of Tona Lodge saw the potential to expand the frontiers of poverty reduction through cultural tourism and ventured into investing in this…

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Tanzanian swimmers clinch African Zone Three trophy

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…

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Gates to spend $7b to fight hunger, disease and poverty in Africa

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…

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Gates to spend $7b to fight hunger, disease and poverty in Africa

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…

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Modus launches $75 million Africa-focused fund

Modus, a Venture Platform operating in MENA comprising VC funds, Venture Builders, and a Corporate Innovation arm, has announced the launch of Modus Africa – a $75 million SDG-focused VC fund that will invest in Africa’s boldest startups powered by AI and Blockchain technologies. The fund is led by two General Partners – Vianney Mathonnet and Andre Jr. Ayotte, who…

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