Oseyiza Oogbodo Blog

Lauren pushed her strange behavior out of his mind and sighed with relief. $3,000. He had been thinking it would be something like $10,000. He didn’t have that kind of money, though that wouldn’t have stopped him buying it still. But $3,000 …

Adesina The African Development Bank and Purdue University are set to hold a conference on successful technologies for African farmers from September 25 – 27, 2018 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.

The Africa Dialogues (www.AfricaDialogues.com) won the best corporate event at the Ghana Event Awards 2018 by Event Guide organized annually to celebrate and honor indigenous Ghanaian events and organizers who go the extra mile for excellence in their respective fields.

Africa’s entertainment and media industry has entered a dynamic new phase … a third wave of convergence as the borders that once separated entertainment and media (E&M), technology and telecommunications industries are blurring in the battle for the attention of the consumer in a world that is rapidly digitising.

Kelej Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, will organize a Merck Health Media Training on October 31, 2018 at Le Centre International de conferences Abdou DIOUF (CICAD) in Dakar, Senegal from 11:00 to 17:30.

Tanzania’s leading digital lifestyle company, Tigo (www.Tigo.co.tz), has heightened the availability of ultra-fast digital experience for data customers in the country with the launch of 4G+ network.

Fashion, art, travel, food, design, adventure, architecture, hi-tech/hi-touch and creativity, Africa is positively brimming with new and undiscovered experiences.

Jane recognised his reaction. It wasn’t the first time it would happen to her, even with her friends, so she was used to it. “Is anything wrong with wearing Jo-Jo?” she teased him still.

Cyril Ramaphosa, SA President The South Africa business delegation that will take part in the World Food Moscow until 20 September 2018 has arrived in Russia to seek export opportunities in the local agro-processing market.

Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria President Kaspersky Lab (www.Kaspersky.co.za) has revealed the online activities of children across Nigeria, based on statistics from the company’s parental control modules.

Oluyole (in glasses) and some of the kids As a young child, Seyi Oluyole took refuge in dance, losing herself in its movement and music. Now, the Nollywood screenwriter and choreographer also works as a full-time dance mum to children from financially-difficult families.

Africa’s premier fintech event, the Africa Fintech Summit, (www.AfricaFintechSummit.com) will be held for the first time in Lagos, Nigeria November 8-9, 2018, and it comes on the heels of the earlier edition in Washington D.C. which featured leading policy makers, c-suite business executives, start-ups, and investors.

South Africa National Assembly Speaker, Baleka Mbete, is leading a multi-party delegation of eight Members of Parliament (MPs) on an official parliamentary visit to the Republic of Cuba.

Oogbodo Poet, blogger, social commentator, public speaker and author of The Good Life, Short Story Galore , The Newell Murder , Oseyiza Oogbodo, has disclosed that his next book will soon be published electronically.

Buhari Foremost Nollywood filmmaker and on-air personality, Dickson Iroegbu, told OSEYIZA OOGBODO BLOG recently that his only aim right now is to see that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is voted out of office as it has destroyed virtually every sector of the economy, entertainment included, and that he’s mobilizing his celebrity colleagues to achieve it.

Azzay Zaaki Azzay became a household name as a singer. But his recent moves almost make it seem as if he’s eyeing political himself, and when to comes to political office, never count anyone out as some of his fellow entertainers have achieved it and the actor-director-producer Desmond Elliot is a very recent example of an entertainer-turned-politician.

Lloyd ReRun , a new feature film directed by Alyssa Rallo Bennett and written by Gary O. Bennett of Stonestreet Studios, will have its premiere on October 15, 2018 at the Woodstock Film Festival.

Orange (www.Orange.com) and MainOne Cable Company (www.MainOne.net) have announced that they have signed an agreement allowing for a major investment by Orange in the West Africa submarine cable system, MainOne.

GE’s Power Services business (NYSE: GE) ( www.GE.com/power ) is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its 6B gas turbine fleet by launching the world’s first 6B repowering solution.

Njiru While Namibia are celebrating their triumph at the 2018 Rugby Africa Gold Cup, securing their spot at Rugby World Cup 2019, another big winner has been rewarded for his outstanding talent.

More than 1,000 Red Cross volunteers are fanning out through the suburbs of Zimbabwe’s capital in a bid to contain a deadly cholera outbreak.

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has extended a loan of €84 million to Cameroon to support livestock and fish production in the central African country in line with AfDB’s strategies to create jobs and raise household incomes.

With headquarters in Dakar, Senegal, Ringier Africa Digital Publishing (RADP)’s (www.RADP.africa) Ringier Digital Marketing (RDM) Afrique and Pulse Live Afrique have now been established to serve users and clients in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and further countries in French-speaking Africa.

Nine weeks before the opening of its 31st edition, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, IDFA is proud to announce it has signed the 5050x2020 Pledge for Gender Parity and Inclusion in Film Festivals.