The lack of access to investors, the reliance on international VCs and global recessions trends are perceived as threats by respectively 59%, 56% and 55% of respondents; 28% of respondents indicated that covid 19 had slowed down investment across the East African start-up landscape, making it the biggest impacting factor over the last twelve months; 54% of seed businesses rely … [Read more...] about East African Survey Deep Dives into Challenges and Opportunities Faced by the Region’s Tech Start-up Ecosystem
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Our lifetime opportunity to enable water, sanitation and hygiene for all
Download logoAs the historic United Nations Water Conference commences today – the first in nearly 50 years – the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) call on all nations to radically accelerate action to make water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) a reality for all. The numbers are staggering – around the world, … [Read more...] about Our lifetime opportunity to enable water, sanitation and hygiene for all
United Arab Emirates: His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan congratulates Algerian Foreign Minister
Download logoH.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has congratulated Ahmed Attaf on his appointment as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria. During a phone call, Sheikh Abdullah expressed his wishes of success to Attaf in his new duties, praising the distinguished strategic relations between the two … [Read more...] about United Arab Emirates: His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan congratulates Algerian Foreign Minister
Calm Down: how a Nigerian singer and a Cameroonian dancer inspired a powerful new protest in Iran
On 8 March 2023, five teenage girls uploaded on social media a video of themselves performing the Calm Down Dance Challenge. This is the choreography for the first verse of the Afrobeats hit Calm Down by Nigerian singer Rema (Divine Ikubor). The girls were following people across the world who’ve made this dance challenge go viral for over a year by uploading videos of … [Read more...] about Calm Down: how a Nigerian singer and a Cameroonian dancer inspired a powerful new protest in Iran
World Water Day: African Development Bank makes a splash at United Nations (UN) 2023 Water Conference
On World Water Day, the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) will join leading global stakeholders in calling for universal water security for Africans during the UN 2023 Water Conference which opens today in New York. The three-day conference will assess progress and evaluate additional steps to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 -- to ensure universal access … [Read more...] about World Water Day: African Development Bank makes a splash at United Nations (UN) 2023 Water Conference
