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Virunga National Park Mourns Fallen Ranger

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The Virunga National Park, which is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is mourning the passing on of one of its best ranger corps, Sebinyenzi Bavukirahe. He died on Friday aged 40.

A statement issued by Africa’s oldest national park on January 26 said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of Ranger Sebinyenzi, who died protecting Virunga on Friday, January 23rd. He was 40 years old and had been protecting Virunga for over 20 years.

“Sebinyenzi had a distinguished career and was highly respected by his fellow rangers. In addition to protecting Virunga’s endangered wildlife, Sebinyenzi was also charged with protecting Southern Sector Warden, Innocent Mburanumwe — a job reserved for the best of the ranger corps.”

Even though Virunga National Park didn’t immediately say the cause of Bavukirahe’s death, the park is known to be Africa’s most dangerous. In the last two decades, at leats 140 rangers have been killed in the line of duty.

“Having seen many of his fellow rangers fall, Sebinyenzi fully understood the risks associated with protecting Africa’s oldest park, but it was a risk that he was willing to take. For him, protecting Virunga was more than a job; it was about protecting his national heritage,” the Virunga National Park said on its website.

The park added: “Ranger Sebinyenzi leaves behind his wife, Jeaninne, and eight children, ages 2 to 16. If you would like to honor Ranger Sebinyenzi and the rangers who have fallen before him, please support the Fallen Rangers Fund. The fund helps support the orphans and widows of Virunga’s fallen rangers.”

Lagos Hosts 2nd Annual Parenting & Networking Event

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The 2nd annual Parenting and Networking event, hosted By Lagos Mums, held at the Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos on Saturday 5th December 2015 and was a fun time parents who attended.

The event served as an extension of their online presence, providing a face-to-face forum for networking and discussion on parenting in the 21st century, with the theme – “What Are You Balancing“.

It started with a networking and mingling session followed by an introductory remark delivered to a full house by Labi Williams. He mentioned his joy at seeing Lagos Mums, which started as an idea, continue to grow as a community helping parents on their journey, and in the process make positive impact.

The moderator – Tomi Aluko, kicked off the interactive session with an introduction of the panelists – Abolaji Osime (CEO/Founder, Global International College) who is very passionate about educating Nigerian children to ensure they become globally competitive; Nimi Akinkugbe, who through her Monopoly Board Games and her new book – ‘A-Z of Personal Finance‘, provides frank, practical insights to create a greater awareness and understanding of personal finance and wealth management issues; Lanre Olusola, recognized as one of Africa’s premier life, mind, emotions and behavioral change coaches, and works with individuals to be all that they can be; and Dakore Akande, a celebrated artist, actress, stage performer and producer, while juggling being a mother.

Highlights from the speeches by the panelists are as follows:

– “Women need to manage their finances and diversify their base of wealth, do not invest only in Naira. Be creative and use your talents to earn. Do not follow the jones, they are broke.” – Nimi Akinkugbe

– “You are a parent, not a friend – friendship is a tool you use as a parent. Many times parents are the problem not the children.” – Lanre Olusola

– “Children spell love as T.I.M.E, so spend quality time with your children it is critical and important.” – Bolaji Osime

– “Parents need to create time for their children, strive to have power over your time. Do not get carried away with the hustle and end up not knowing your children.” – Dakore Akande

The question and answer session enabled a lot of LagosMums to share their personal struggles raising their children and get advice from the panelists. Everyone could relate and discussed the challenges when it comes to balancing their many roles. A real life case study was discussed, where a child was being pressured in school to take part in something that made her uncomfortable – the situation was discussed and strategies offered on how to help a child deal with peer pressure and the allure of popularity.

The raffle draw segment of the event had the audience eager for the fantastic prizes that were up for grabs, which included luxury hampers, spa treatments at WheatBaker Hotel, brunch at Southern Sun, Ruff N Tumble shopping voucher, coaching sessions with Lanre Olusola, gifts from Bestman Games and other exciting gifts.

The event was rounded off by Yetty Williams (Founder, Lagos Mums), who thanked the attendees, speakers and sponsors of the event. She shared her joy at the growth and impact that LagosMums is having as a platform for parents helping each other on the parenting journey. The attendees were encouraged to download and use the LagosMums app on Play Store for android devices to read posts, track their pregnancies and immunization schedules.

The speakers received gifts courtesy of R & R Luxury. The platinum sponsors of the event, MumsWorld and The Audrey Pack had their representatives in attendance. The event was closed officially and all attendees were given goodie bags that had a variety of products courtesy of sponsors like Honeywell, CIS, Olori Beauty Products, Aweni Organics, Lego, Zaron Cosmetics, TW Magazine& Motherhood In Style. The event was covered by media partners  Guardian News, EbonyLive TV and FlyTime TV, photography was by FotoLight House.

Yetty Williams (Founder LagosMums) and her husband, Labi Williams

LagosMums received glowing feedback regarding the event from attendees, panelists, and the press. There is demand for more regular events and plans are underway for the next editions of the LagosMums Parenting and Networking Event, including coaching and mentorship sessions, which will commence in 2016.

LagosMums would also like to thank all the supporters and voters in the recently concluded ELOY 2015 Awards, which saw LagosMums emerge as the winner for the Social Media/Online Editor in the Exquisite Lady of the Year Award hosted by Exquisite Magazine.

South Africa Retains Ranking in 2015 Mo Ibrahim Foundation Index of African Governance

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South Africa has retained its position in the 2015 Ibrahim Index on Africa Governance. In the 2015 Index, South Africa has retained its rank of 4 of 54 countries assessed in the Index.

This follows South Africa’s improved performance in the 2015/16 World Economic Forum’s annual Global Competitiveness Index which saw South Africa rise seven places from 56 to 49 of 140 countries.

The Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) measures the quality of governance in 54 African countries on an annual basis by looking at four areas: Safety and Rule of Law, Participation and Human Rights, Sustainable Economic Opportunity and Human Development.  South Africa’s performance in each of these areas earns it the position of 7 (up from position 8 in 2014), 4, 2 and 6 respectively on the continent.

Countries in the SADC region have also performed well in the 2015 Index.

Brand South Africa CEO Kingsley Makhubela (http://www.brandsouthafrica.com) said, “We welcome South Africa’s performance in the 2015 Ibrahim Index of African Governance particularly in areas where improvements have been noted.  The National Development Plan (NDP), together with various other instruments, will guide South Africa’s interventions to address other areas of concern including, amongst others, issues around personal safety.”

“South Africa commends countries in SADC, in particular, on their performance in the Index.  Although the 2015 IIAG indicates improved performance by countries on some indicators, we cannot under-estimate the urgency for the continent as a whole to implement Agenda 2063.”

“All countries on the continent should have national programmes to drive their social and economic development. These programmes by African states will collectively contribute towards Africa’s plan for holistic socio-economic development.”

“In this regard, we call on all South Africans in their different sectors to play their part in implementing the NDP which will be South Africa’s contribution to Agenda 2063.  Continuous improvements in the various pillars identified in the NDP will translate into better performance by South Africa in various indices that assess our competitiveness and attractiveness as an investment destination,” concluded Mr Makhubela.

Sustainable Development Goals to Stress More Citizen Participation

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To avoid the bad experience of MDGs (2010-2015) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be inaugurated in September by the United Nations in New York, are placing more emphasis on accountability and citizen engagement.

This also involves investing resources on intervention that have proved to have high impact.
Lack of accountability on financial and policy pledges by governments and development was noted during the recent 68th World Health Organisation Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland.

There is no way SDGs will be realized if accountability on commitments is not honored, said Lola Dare, chief executive officer (CEO) for Health Sciences Training Research and Development (CHESTRAD).

CHESTRAD is a global non state, not for profit organization established in 1992 tot employ evidence-based approaches to advocate for the development of equitable and sustainable health systems and youth empowerment. He called on developed countries to meet the commitment of 0.7 per cent of their Gross National Income (GNI) to aid for developing countries, make sure that ‘global talk and local walk of development partners align with recipient country priorities.’

The UK remains by far the largest EU donor for health in Official Development Assistance (ODA) in terms of volume and is also one of few OECD members to have achieved the recommended 0.1 per cent of GNI contribution to global health.

“Sweden and the UK are the only donors who have increased their ODA health grants or percentage of GNI in 2012,” reads part of a report. “African countries must demand for development partners’ accountability to country processes and institutions as a critical component of the accountability framework for SDGs,” Lola told The Guardian.

While most development partners have not honoured their commitment on health funding, African countries including Tanzania are far from honoring The Abuja Commitment health funding.

The commitment was made in 2001, which requires African countries to earmark 15 per cent of the country’s national budget on health.
Research by a Tanzania-based NGO, SIKIKA, shows the Abuja 2001 Declaration was later reinforced by the Maputo Declaration on Malaria, HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis (TB) and other related infectious diseases (ORID) in 2003.

To ensure SDGs target are realised there are a number of collaborations between government and citizens through Citizen Hearing so as to spur citizen action (demand better Reproductive Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health services) as well as government actions (response on demands from citizens).

SDGs will be inaugurated this September 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly.

Capturing Modern Africa: Enter the Agility Photo Contest to Win US$ 4000

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Agility, one of the world’s leading providers of integrated logistics, today launches a global photo competition to highlight the success of emerging Africa and reflect its increasing progress.

The competition seeks to highlight the often unreported side of a continent of many contrasts. It calls for photographers to capture an Africa booming with tech-savvy, youthful consumers, fast-paced urbanization, and enormous long-term economic prospects.

“Much of the world’s perception of Africa is outdated,” said Geoffrey White, CEO of Agility Africa. “Today, seven out of 10 of the world’s fastest growing economies are in Africa. This photo competition is intended to highlight a dynamic market with opportunity. Too frequently, the world reports only the bad news from the Continent, when there is so much that is impressive that Africa can be proud of. We hope this photo competition will demonstrate some of the positives revealing the real progress and development that Africa is making.”

Agility is investing in Africa and is committed to building new logistics capacity, infrastructure and access for businesses and consumers across the Continent. The company’s strategy also includes a strong social and environmental program, focused on education, training and health.

“The photo competition is an engaging way to encourage amateur and professional photographers to present modern, fast-changing Africa through images that show its successes,” White said.

“We want to capture images reflecting the robust modernization happening every day, from sustainable farming to manufacturing to oil and gas production. We hope, as a result, perceptions of Africa will become more balanced, and they will come to see Africa as a significant contributor to the world economy.”

The competition, open to amateur and professional photographers, will take place from June 1 – September 1, 2015. Agility will award a $2,000 cash prize to the winner of each category, as well as a $4,000 grand cash prize to the photographer who shoots the overall winning image that best captures the development and growth across Africa. The winning photographs will be shown on a CNBC Africa telecast and published in Forbes Africa.

For more information about the competition or to learn about Africa’s growth opportunity, visit www.africa2015.com

JOVAGO Partners With Africa Fashion Week Nigeria 2015

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Online hotel booking portal Jovago, has announced a strategic partnership with Africa Fashion Week Nigeria (AFWN) 2015 to give 25% discount off every hotel booked for AFWN 2015 through Jovago.

The African Week Nigeria scheduled for Saturday, May 23rd – Sunday, May 24th 2015 at Eko Hotel and Suites, aims to display the creativity and originality of African designers to the rest of the world, thereby creating a platform for African fashion designers to be appreciated and celebrated.

With the theme of the year being “Showcasing our Cultural Heritage through Fashion”, JOVAGO – a prominent African brand geared towards promoting hospitality, tourism and culture – will not only be put in a good position to reach more customers, JOVAGO will also foster the growth of Africa’s fashion industry.

The partnership is a strong strategic fit, leveraging the two leading organizations’ respective belief in equipping young and vibrant people for best results. AFWN plans to not only use their platform to create visibility for new talent, but also to launch the careers of the best emerging fashion designers in Nigeria and provide them with start-up funds.

Connecting Africa through Radio

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SOUTH AFRICA: East Coast Radio (ECR) has extended its reach into Africa, having just wrapped up an initiative that brought together four radio stations in KwaZulu-Natal – two of them from across the SA border.

Supported by Trade and Investment KwaZulu-Natal (TIKZN) and Tourism KwaZulu-Natal (TKZN),Connecting Africa was aimed at encouraging potential trade and investment from Zambia and Zimbabwe while promoting inbound African tourism to the Zulu Kingdom.

East Coast Radio’s Marketing Manager, Renée Burton, says, “Connecting Africa is more than just a project. It is about key stakeholders amplifying future opportunities within Africa. It’s the richness of all the cultures that are involved that also serves to set this initiative apart from other ventures.”

Now in its fourth year running, Connecting Africa saw representatives from Star FM in Lusaka and Phoenix FM from Harare joining ECR in Durban along with its sister station, Jacaranda FM from Gauteng. The teams spent a week from 8 May 2015 taking in KZN’s must-see spots as well as business ventures, before broadcasting live back to their respective audiences on 11 and 12 May 2015. Their experiences in and around Durban, the KZN Midlands and up north in St Lucia were shared with a collective audience of 13 million listeners.

“Connecting Africa is a platform that enables the strategic promotion, branding and marketing of the province of KwaZulu-Natal as the premier investment, trade and tourism destination,” says Zamo Gwala, CEO of Trade and Investment KwaZulu-Natal. “This is an opportunity to further expand trade relations with Zimbabwe and Zambia.”

In addition to forging greater, mutually-beneficial socio-economic relationships with our neighbours,

Connecting Africa was also a learning exchange programme; a chance for the four radio stations to share intellectual property and cement cross-border collaborations.

Miss Zimbabwe 2015 Nude Pics Leaked!

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Okay this has got to stop. What! Another scandal? No institution can survive this much drama! I don’t know how far true this is, but courtesy of HMetro, news is going round that the current Miss Zim’s ex-boyfriend published her nude pics on a whatsapp group. And you know how stuff on whatsapp goes viral.

Owing to the fact that this piece of news has only been reported by the local tabloid and people are still asking questions, we cannot be sure of its authenticity. I didn’t get to read the article, only had time to capture a picture of the newspaper showing the attention grabbing headline. According to the headline, it looks like the judges seem to have a neck for choosing girls with issues – two times in a row??? (rolling my eyes)

And then the speculations begin. Will the new queen need to step down? Will there be a re-run then or will the 1st princess have automatic qualification. Looks like the new requirement for entering Miss Zim is going to be for one to have been single for the past five years, lol. But what’s up with these jealous exes? Like seriously?

Kachote, a 25-year-old financial adviser, had little to say about the allegations at the time. “I don’t know what this is all about. That is all I can say for now,” she said in an interview with the Herald.

This is not the first time a Miss Zimbabwe pageant queen has come under fire for claims of nude photos. Last year’s winning contestant, Thabiso Phiri, resigned amid allegations of leaked nude pictures even though the claims were never proven true.

“Thabiso Phiri was not dethroned; she resigned, and the reasons why she decided to resign were best known to her and up to now we do not know why she resigned,” Chirau said at the press conference last month. “We never saw the pictures, and even now if you go on [the] Internet, you will find Photoshopped pictures, not original pictures.”

#stopxenophobia: We Are Not Going to Attend Their Shows!!!

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It is very interesting how the South Africans lashing out at foreigners and Zimbabweans especially do not think about the kind of support we give their country. The best of our people are in South Africa contributing in no small way to their development in all sectors. When it comes to their products? Zimbabweans flock to South Africa for shopping and here in the Motherland, its mostly South African products too that are bought the most. And why are South African artists tripping over themselves coming here for shows? Because Zimbas love to party and spend and we give them loads of cash over here. And for all that what do we get? We are given demeaning names, treated worse than pigs and as if that is not enough they go on to even publicly declare their hatred towards us!

Tirikumbonyanyo nyengerera chii nhai maZimba? We can do without these people! Come on, we survived the worst when no one thought it possible, and even if we would rather be elsewhere besides home – have we not made it in virtually all parts of the world? And ever since things began to pick up, we have such variety in our shops that I doubt we should lose sleep over not having anything branded ‘proudly South African’. Proudly South African indeed!

There is nothing to be proud about really for a people who have enough courage to “kick down a statue of a dead white man, but won’t even attempt to slap a live one, yet they can stone to death a black man simply because he is a foreigner…” I was shocked this one time I visited my aunt in Vanderbijlpark and there was a salon we were told wasn’t for black people. To make their point, a super scary Afrikaans lady guard was blocking our entrance! Now instead of directing their frustrations at the actual people who are taking what is theirs they kill fellow black brothers. The ones who when during their time of need in the apartheid times we opened our doors to, today they treat us like so?

We have already said there is not much we can do about this because South Africa is their country and they are allowed to not want foreigners in their homeland. They are allowed to have whatever perceptions they have. I mean, if the letter from some institution that went viral on WhatsApp is anything to go by where they claim that in 2011 they were 7million in Joburg and now they are at 13million, it is understandable that we have in fact just become too many in that country. What I and everyone else maintain however, is that torturing and killing our people is not the way! And if any Zimba there sees that the end result is going to be death anyway, GO DOWN SWINGING and kill those good for nothing pieces of ungratefuls!

And here in Zimbabwe, while there isn’t much we can do about this, we can most definitely show support to our kinsmen in distress by NOT ATTENDING ANY SOUTH AFRICAN SHOW in this country. Come on, they treat us like s**t and have the nerve to want to come and take our dollars too? And expect us to dance to their music as if all is well? ALL IS NOT WELL! And until there has been a change, anything South African should not even be an option – WE SIMPLY WON’T DO!

Even if you love their music, even if the artists claim to not be one with their people, AS LONG AS YOU ARE A ZIMBABWEAN show some pride and patriotism and stop supporting the people disrespecting our people! Matter of fact, Immigration should just stop them before they even set foot on Zimbawean soil. If they could stop Freshlyground from coming last year, I don’t see why Casper Nyovest, Big Nuz and the rest of the team set to come here this month shouldn’t be afforded the same treatment? But let’s say their hands are tied and they do manage to enter our beloved country PLEASE ZIMBABWEANS – DO NOT ATTEND THEIR SHOWS!

Until they stop this unjustified cruelty against our people – DO NOT SUPPORT ANYTHING SOUTH AFRICAN!

Xenophobia in S.A – What should we do about it?

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We have already established that a good number of South Africans in South Africa are sick in the head – lazy, unfeeling and plain barbaric! How else could we explain their blatant declarations that they will kill anything foreign simply because they feel threatened. If they got themselves some education and worked hard when they did in fact get those jobs would they not have an upper hand?

I am getting frustrated by the fact that nothing seems to be happening about actively protecting our peoples in that part of Africa. Nothing being said to reprimand such behavior and attitudes, no legislation being put in place and not even any sort of demonstrations both in and out of the country. For how long are we going to continue to keep silent as our brothers and sisters continue to be treated as animals?

Sure one might argue and say lots is being said on the social networks. Yesterday I saw Zvirikufaya nakedha is trying to mobilize people to sign a petition of some sort. In my opinion, its just not enough! This is warfare that is going on. People are being necklaced, stoned, burnt alive – and it doesn’t matter their age. Their crime? Simply because they are not South African. And then we respond to that by tweets and petitions!?!

Do not get me wrong, I am not trying to incite a civil war or reverse hatred, but something just HAS to be done! Our kinsmen are living in terror whilst we keep silent. For many, they are the bread winners of families back home. And here in Zim when things were especially unbearable, they kept us sane by lending a hand every now and then. When it is now their hour of need shall we ignore and leave them to their dire fate?

Shall we demand that they come back home? Come home to what though? Most of them have already built lives over there. Do we continue with this soft cyber appeal we seem to be comfortable with? But to what avail? The scums terrorizing our people don’t even seem like the kind savvy enough for social networks other than WhatsApp. And the ones talking trash online – if they are bold enough to sink that low do you figure simply telling them they are being evil will move them?

Would they change their ways if we gave them a taste of their medicine? But that would be sinking down to their level and of course we are better than that. Then what? Serious demonstrations in and out of South Africa? Both violent and non violent? But that might just escalate to a series of civil wars.

Firm public statements from their president? But statemented with no actions backing them are meaningless. Legislation? This is their country – we can hardly force other people to put legislation favoring other people can we?

What solution then is there for this because one is needed like yesterday. Because this is about a mindset that needs changing. And as long as there are no serious consequences for such brutality, our people will continue to be in danger. To think they even have the nerve to protest against a statue of oppression when they are worse than Rhodes himself and all that he stood for.

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