A project aimed at training the youth in tailoring and fashion design to enable them to access a dignified work and life by 2030 has been launched. Dubbed: the “Sua Adepam project” under the Young Africa Work Strategy, this project would empower young people especially the youth, teen mothers, early school leavers, and people living […]
At this year’s Nane Nane event, an agricultural fair in Mbeya, Tanzania, the US government and Tanzania announced a new food security activity Tuhifadhi Chakula – “Let’s Save Food” of USAID. It is a five-year $24 million initiative to be implemented by the Tanzania Horticulture Association in partnership with the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of […]
In the capital city of Cameroon, Yaounde comes a painter and sculptor who makes intriguing art sculptures out of garbage. The self-taught artist, Joseph Francis Sumegne displays his art exhibition, “La Citadelle des anciens” which translates to ‘The Citadel of the Elders.’ The sculpture is a half-man, half-animal made from objects of all kinds and […]
Kabale University has established a tourism institute, to have its first intake in the academic year, 2023/2024. The institute aims to eventually grow into a center of excellence in the Great Lakes Region, given that the Kigezi sub-region is a hub in an area of many tourism attraction sites. The announcement was made by Dr. […]
According to the industry regulator, Malawi’s greatest source of foreign money, tobacco sales grew to around $282 million in the most recent season from $182 million a year earlier. Recent declines in tobacco sales have contributed to severe dollar shortages, which have made it difficult for the donor-dependent nation of southern Africa to buy gasoline, […]