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Dr. Agnes Kalibata Receives Prestigious Plant Breeders Award for Her Dedication to Africa’s Agri-food Transformation

October 26, 2021
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| Agriculture

AGRA President H.E. Dr. Agnes Kalibata has today been conferred with the Distinguished Award for Meritorious Service by the African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) at the second Plant Breeders Conference (#APBACONF2021), currently taking place in Kigali, Rwanda. The award recognizes Dr. Kalibata’s contribution to the transformation of Africa’s agricultural and food systems.    In his citation, APBA President H.E. Prof. Eric Yirenkyi…

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Laikipia fast-tracking initiatives to increase livestock production, happy with Kenyatta Directive to reduce animal feeds prices

October 22, 2021
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| Current Affairs

https://www.kenyanews.go.ke/ Livestock farmers in Nyahururu Sub County in Laikipia County have expressed their delight after President Uhuru Kenyatta gave a directive on the reduction of the prices of animal feeds. During Mashujaa day celebrations at Wang’uru Stadium in Kirinyaga County, the President gave a directive to the Cabinet Secretaries for Agriculture and National Treasury to issue a framework within…

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EAC to benefit from USAID new food security strategy

October 22, 2021
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| Business, Health, Home Slide Show, Top News

USAID ANNOUNCES NEW U.S. GOVERNMENT GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY Administrator Samantha Power has announced the updated and enhanced U.S. government Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS), at an event hosted by the White House and joined by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Administrator Power announced that the updated GFSS aims to contribute to reducing poverty and child stunting by 20…

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Facing Climate Crisis, Secretary-General Urges More Funding for Urban Adaptation, Resilience, Marking World Cities Day

October 22, 2021
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| Business, Current Affairs, Top News

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Cities Day, observed on 31 October: Cities are hubs of innovation and human ingenuity — and potential centres for transformative action to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and build a zero-carbon, climate-resilient and socially just world. The theme of this year’s World Cities Day, “Adapting Cities for Climate Resilience”, comes at…

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Kenya And Malawi News Ties To Spur Business

October 22, 2021
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| Politcs, Top News

NAIROBI, 21st October 2021, (PSCU)—Kenya and Malawi have ushered in a new dawn in their bilateral relations by signing eight new agreements designed to strengthen socioeconomic bonds between the two nations. At the agreements were signed Thursday afternoon at State House, Nairobi at the end of bilateral talks between Kenyan and Malawian delegations led by President Uhuru Kenyatta and…

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Hodi Mame: Unforgettable Icon of Southern Pare Mountains Cultural Tourism

October 22, 2021
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| Home Slide Show, Leisure, Top News, Tourism

By  Edson Gidion Baraukwa, Mass Impacts Writer Hodi Mame was his artistic name. His birth name was Emmanuel Mshote. His voice rings in the weaving and snaking hills of Mbaga in Southern Pare Mountains, six years on, after his spirit parted ways with his body and went to the hereafter. Hodi Mame, for nearly five decades of over eight…

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Nigeria: African Development Bank Group, MTN sign $500,000 grant agreement to study women’s access to financial services

October 21, 2021
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| Financials, Home Slide Show, Top News

20-Oct-2021 The African Development Bank has signed a grant agreement for $500,000 with Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDFS), a fintech subsidiary of MTN Nigeria, to be used for a study into economic, religious, and social factors hampering access to finance for women in northern Nigeria. The research, which includes a feasibility study, women-focused design and testing, will focus on…

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October 21, 2021
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| Current Affairs, Energy, Politics

Ambitious Action to Get World Back on Track Can Secure Better Tomorrow for All, Says Deputy Secretary-General in Virtual University Lecture Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed’s virtual lecture — “Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Realizing Youth Aspirations in a Disrupted World” — as prepared for delivery, to Sophia University, Tokyo, today: It is a pleasure to…

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Adanian Labs partners with EMURGO Africa to scale blockchain start-ups in Africa

October 20, 2021
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| Business, Current Affairs, Tech

EMURGO has invested a 7x figure undisclosed amount as a seed investment to Adanian Labs through its newly launched EMURGO Africa investment entity NAIROBI, Kenya, October 15, 2021/ — EMURGO is the official commercial arm of Cardano blockchain; This investment is part of EMURGO Africa, a subsidiary of EMURGO’s new $100 million Cardano ecosystem investment vehicle; The undisclosed funding will…

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Energy Transition Must Not Put Angola in Jeopardy; a Just Transition is Key to help President Joao Lourenco meet Angola’s economic Agenda

October 20, 2021
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| Current Affairs

OPINION PIECE Angola has the opportunity to show the world that fossil fuels can play a significant role in moving toward green energy JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, October 18, 2021/ — All across the continent, African countries face dramatically increasing insistence from Western voices to cease oil and gas activities and make an immediate shift to renewable energy sources. What the…

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The Rush to Ban Fossil Fuels Will Backfire in Africa

October 20, 2021
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| Current Affairs, Energy

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber. Make no mistake, we are going to Glasgow and will be proudly supporting the African energy sector and demand a just transition. We just got our winter jackets and gloves. Despite all signs pointing to a warming planet, Europeans are bracing for the crushing effect a…

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A trailblazer from Cairo to South Pare Moutain

October 17, 2021
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Elly D.Kimbwereza Email: elly.Kimwereza@gmail.com Way back in 1918 in Heliopolis near Cairo, Egypt a small piece of paper was found in a book manuscript with the following words. ‘‘Please make sure that this manuscript is written into the form of a book and give it to the Pare people because it is their history.  It took 90 years to…

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São Tomé and Príncipe: African Development Fund extends a USD 10.7 Million Grant to Support SMEs in Agriculture and Tourism

October 11, 2021
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| Business, Industrials

The project aims to improve the business environment by removing specific bottlenecks that hinder private sector-led growth   ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, October 11, 2021/ — The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund approved on Wednesday in Abidjan, a grant of US $ 10.7 million to São Tomé and Príncipe for the implementation of the first phase of…

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Tanzania: Abella Tarimo on Celebrating Customer Service Week.

October 7, 2021
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| Business, Top News

NMB People Customer service is reactive and Customer Experience puts the customer at the centre of all decisions. To celebrate, Customer Service Week – Abella Tarimo gives us an insight on the difference between Customer Service and Customer Experience, how the two work in an organization and how customer service has evolved throughout the years. Q. What is customer…

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