Western Union and USAID Launch Second African Diaspora Marketplace With Small Business Workshops in Seven Cities Tour kicks off second phase of successful initiative designed to create entrepreneurial solutions to economic and social challenges The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU) a leader in global payment services, the Western Union Foundation and the United States …
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Mozambique: an idyll awakes from its slumber
(The Independent) – Mozambique’s Ibo island, home to crumbling forts and mansions, could soon be back on the tourist map. Chris Leadbeater explores its faded charms Rua da Republica must have looked splendid in its heyday. Laden carts must have rolled along its easy width. Well-dressed ladies must have strolled its pavements. The sound …
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African Travel Industry Leads the World in Mobile Commerce
(Breaking Travel News) – Africa is leading the world in mobile commerce with the travel industry at the forefront of the movement, reveals the WTM Global Trends Report released today (Monday 7 November) at World Travel Market. The report, in association with Euromonitor International, reveals Africa is leading the world in mobile commerce. This …
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Miss Zimbabwe Makes Top 15 at Miss World
(Radio VOP – Voice of the People) – Zimbabwe’s representative at Sunday’s Miss World Contest in London, England, Malaika Maidei Mushandu finished in the top 15 out of 113 contestants but could not reach the final seven from where the winner was drawn from. Mushandu joined contestants from Indonesia, Korea, Italy, Sweden, Khazakstan, Spain, US …
Paris Photo 2011 – Spotlight on African photography
(The Squeeze) – The 2011 edition marks an important shift for Paris Photo, with a new venue at the Grand Palais and Julien Frydman as its new Director. The arrival of Paris Photo at the Grand Palais at last offers this perpetual movement its full scope and enables it to present all the wealth …
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Report on 2011 International Year Part 7: Photography of the African Continuum
(Examiner.com) – With revolutions in the Middle East and the United States’ current Occupy Wall Street movement dominating media reports throughout 2011, theInternational Year for People of African Descent as declared by the United Nations has received little attention but that didn’t stop the traveling photo exhibition “WoMen in Africa – No Color One Color," …
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Ghanaian Photographers Showcase Works In Bamako
(Modern Ghana) – Three Ghanaian photographers – Nii Obodai, Nyani Quarmyne and Nana Kofi Acquah would represent Ghana at the 2011 edition of ‘Rencontres de Bamako’, an African photographic biennial, which opens on Monday, November 1 in the Malian capital, Bamako. Obodai’s pictures, which are drawn from a book titled ‘Who Knows Tomorrow’ – …
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Hottest travel destinations for 2012
(Coolumn News) – WHETHER it’s a cultural sojourn, a spiritual recharge, an enlightening wildlife encounter or maybe an active adventure, A&K’s Hot List for 2012 has the latest up-and-coming travel destinations. A&K Australia managing director Sujata Raman said A&K have been busy researching new and interesting destinations. "We are delighted to present this exciting …
Life Under the Lens
Lagos Photo continued where it left off when its second edition opened at the Eko Hotel and Suites on October 9, Adewole Ajao reports Two Hundred images gave a lift to the escalator entrance of the Eko Hotel and Suites as 41 photographers opened another edition of the Lagos Photo at the Eko Hotel in …
48 hours in laid-back Niamey, Niger
(Reuters) – Nestled on the banks of the Niger River, Niamey stands at the crossroads of the Sahel and sub-Saharan Africa with a population of nearly 1 million people who take pride in their city’s reputation as one of the continent’s most laid-back capitals. Unlike the 32 dignitaries of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s regime …