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The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship (http://Legatum.mit.edu/) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with support from the Mastercard Foundation (https://MastercardFdn.org/), has named South Africa startup, Wala (https://getWala.com/), as the grand prize winner of the 2018 Zambezi Prize (http://Zambezi.mit.edu/) for Innovation in Financial Inclusion.

Filmmaker Megan Griffiths has announced that she and producers Lacey Leavitt and Jennessa West will independently release her acclaimed drama, Sadie.  

CitizenGO is currently embroiled in the task of preventing the legalization of abortions in Kenya. According to an email it sent out on the issue: We need to help the prolife movement in Kenya. The Linda Uhai Consortium will deliver your signatures to the high court in Kenya as well as hold a mini-demo at the high court next month.

Genevieve Set in Southeast Nigeria, Genevieve Nnaji’s much anticipated directorial debut, Lionheart , tells the story of a young woman, Adaeze Obiagu (Genevieve), who becomes saddled with the responsibility of running her sick father’s business under the suffocating supervision of an intensely crude and eccentric uncle. 

Ronaldo Lots of European football leagues’ fans in Nigeria believe the matches are fixed. They draw this conclusion based on referees’ decisions basically.

Arogundade The International Press Centre (IPC) Lagos in conjunction with the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) and the Humanity Family Foundation for Peace and Development (HUFFPED) has held a Media Round Table on the Role of the Media in Combating Gender-Related Hate Speech Online through Objective and Conflict Sensitive Reporting.

2Baba In what appears to be an amicable settlement to what could have otherwise become a full-blown court case, Punch newspaper has retracted a story it published on 8th of July 2018 where an upcoming artist granted an interview and accused popular and multiple award-winning artist 2Baba of stealing his song.

Global music and video streaming platform, TIDAL (www.TIDAL.com) in partnership with the leading communications operator in Uganda offering mobile and fixed telecommunications, MTN Uganda, have announced an exciting, first-of-its kind collaboration.

Argento (left) and McGowan Actor, writer and activist Rose McGowan has reacted to the trending Asia Argento sexual assault issue and stated her position on it explicitly in the statement below.

Abudu EbonyLife TV has announced that applications for Sony Pictures Television’s hit format, The Dating Game , are now open in Nigeria. For the first time, African viewers will get to watch and participate in a show that has been an audience favourite since 1965, airing in over 25 countries.

A new era is beginning for the more than 110 million members of Marriott International’s (www.Marriott.com) award-winning loyalty programs – Marriott Rewards, which includes The Ritz-Carlton Rewards, and Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG).

SOMETHING CALLED LIFE When she came home, she was crying. Her hair, the long, black, silky type was all mussed up, but her clothing was not dirty, torn, missing buttons, just routinely rumpled as expected of clothes when they are worn.

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro Can you imagine the pain of holding your child in your arms as they suffer from the symptoms of measles ... without medical treatment?

US President Donald Trump (left) and China President Xi Jinping The rivalry between America and China has seen both sides step up international arms sales and transfers as they seek to strengthen military ties with key allies, according to a report published recently.

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) have announced the launch of a  Guide to the AU for Human Rights Defenders in the Digital Age, an advocacy tool designed to enhance civil society engagement with the African Union system on digital policy issues.