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The Food and Agriculture Organisation and the African Union have launched a new framework document that aims to increase agricultural efficiency and reduce drudgery by helping countries in Africa develop strategies for sustainable farm mechanization.

VC4A (https://VC4A.com) is proud to announce the 8 ventures selected for the 2018 VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A.

The Regional Committee of the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management in Africa (UN-GGIM: Africa) ended Thursday (04/10/2018) with experts urging African leaders to prioritize dialogues that need to take place to ensure national statistical, planning and mapping authorities collaborated effectively in the development of respective data infrastructures and systems on the continent.

Cyril Ramaphosa, President, South Africa Market access and penetration of established sectors of the economy still pose a challenge for most Black industrialists in South Africa trying to expand their products and services locally and internationally.

She cogitated why. Her own mother discussed it with her so why she was nervous to do so with her own daughter?

Hilton (NYSE:HLT) (newsroom.Hilton.com) has announced an initial investment of $1m to drive sustainable travel and tourism in Africa.

“Transforming Africa through credible data and statistics is something we take very seriously,” declared Oliver Chinganya, Director, African Centre for Statistics (ACS) at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) while presenting ACS’ proposed strategic framework for the 2018-2019 biennium at the 6th meeting of the Statistical Commission for Africa (STATCOM) in Addis Ababa.

Sub-Saharan African economies are still recovering from the slowdown in 2015-16, but growth is slower than expected, according to the October 2018 issue of Africa’s Pulse, the bi-annual analysis of the state of African economies by the World Bank.

Mastercard Foundation, in partnership with the African Leadership Academy (ALA) (AfricanLeadershipAcademy.org), has announced that 20 of Africa’s youngest and brightest entrepreneurs will join the Anzisha Fellowship, a lifelong affiliation that will help accelerate their path to entrepreneurship success. 

Lauren gave the redhead one last look, recalling her earlier fright, wanting to ask her further about it but knowing it was no use. “Thanks. And take care of yourself.”

Donald Trump, US President U.S. Ambassador Michael Raynor has welcomed a group of over 35 American scholars to Ethiopia, the largest such group at any one time.

Paddy Cosgrave, CEO, Web Summit (WebSummit.com), and Antonio Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal have revealed that Lisbon will remain the host city of Web Summit for the next decade.

The U.S. government in partnership with the Egypt Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the American University in Cairo have celebrated the launch of two career development centers at Mansoura University.

The President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena, will be in Seychelles next week (8th to 10th October, 2018) on his first state visit.

The 6th International Open Data Conference (IODC) will be held in Africa for the first time, in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2020.

The Government of Zimbabwe with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners is launching today an oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign to protect 1.4 million people at high risk of cholera in Harare.

“Maybe.” “I hope she won’t be the end of you here. What if the boss also has the hots for her? And then finds out you do as well. He’ll roast you alive.”

Kelej Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, has launched a song, Life Is Bigger , to break the stigma around infertility in Africa and rest of the world as part of Merck More Than a Mother community awareness campaign.

The European Union and 79 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) group have begun negotiations on the future of their cooperation after 2020.

The updates of Angola’s GDP growth, reviewed on September 20 by the consulting company Fitch Solutions, have now been made public, and from the expected 2.8% growth, the country is now expected to have a 1.5% GDP growth this year given the growing tendency for the declining trend witnessed in oil production.

At the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) in Nairobi, Kenya, Marriott International (NASDAQ: MAR) (www.Marriott.com) announced its rapid expansion plans across Africa.

Eboe-Osuji CNN ’s Fareed Zakaria will conduct an exclusive interview with ICC President Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji on Sunday, September 30.

The Prince (left) and the Duchess The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will visit Ghana on 2-6 November 2018. Their Royal Highnesses’ visit, which is at the request and on behalf of the British Government, will celebrate the UK’s dynamic and forward-looking partnerships with Ghana on a range of shared priorities.

UN human rights experts have urged Egyptian authorities to ensure that all detained human rights defenders are afforded every right to due process and a fair, impartial and public trial in accordance with Egypt’s obligations under international human rights law.

Relentless conflict and insecurity throughout the annual lean season pushed 6.1 million people - nearly 60 percent of the population – into extreme hunger in South Sudan, though the situation could improve if sustainable peace takes hold, three United Nations agencies have said.