Archive In Policy

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  Ventures Woman

  Interview With Kenya’s Su Kahumbu-Stephanou, Organic Farmer And Technology Entrepreneur.   Su Kahumbu-Stephanou is one of Kenya’s most passionate organic farmers and technology entrepreneur. She developed a mobile application dubbed iCow, which emerged first in the 2010 Apps4Africa competition sponsored by the U.S.
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  Ventures Woman

  Women Who Fly: Piloting South African Airways, Siza Mzimela. “Women hold only 4.4% of CEO/MD positions, 5.3% of chairperson positions and 15.8% of all directorships” — BWA South African Women in Leadership Census 2011   In aviation, the pilot is in control of her...
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  Education

  Who Should Pay For Higher Education? Basic education, which is suppossedly free in Nigeria ends at the junior secondary school – the first 9 years of schooling.
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  World Affairs

  Nigerians, Kenyans And Others Shine At The Fourth Annual CIPE International Youth Essay Competition. VENTURES AFRICA  – The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) has announced the winners for its Fourth Annual International Youth Essay Competition.
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  Careers & Education

  Interview With Mambe Nanje, Founder Of Africa’s First Job Search Engine- Njorku.com. The reality of unemployment in Africa is one of the many challenges the continent faces. The growing rate of the unemployed, particularly those between the ages of 18 to 35 years, is very high.
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  Ventures Woman

  Spotlight On Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu – Crafting Local Art Into A Global Brand. “Cruise the beach, the bar, the broad walk, or the board room in these babies and you will know what it means to say ahhhhh (which is your foot talk of I am in Heaven).”...
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  Politics

  The Oil Conflict Kenya Must Avoid. Kenya’s latest discovery of oil reserves in its penurious north has technically exposed it to armed insurgencies typical of other oil-producing African states.
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  Careers & Education

  Access Bank’s CEO Appointed Into Commonwealth Business Council Board. The Board of Directors of Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) – an international organisation committed to fostering the business interest of individuals and corporate organisations among commonwealth nations, yesterday announced the appointment of the Group Managing...
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  Leaders

  Toilet Business: Jife Williams and Adeola Asabia, Metamorphosis Nigeria. Toilets, sewage and waste. These three words are never used in a glamorous way and for many young women this would not make up a business idea.
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  Corporate Social Responsibility

  On Corporate Social Responsibility and The BAT Foundation. VENTURES AFRICA – Smoking kills. That is the message on the pack of Lucky Strike, one of British American Tobacco’s biggest brands. Irony? Yes.