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Strengthening resilience in nutrition and food security in Africa

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For too long, nutrition, food security, conflicts, climate change, ecosystems and health have been treated as separate issues. But these global challenges are deeply interconnected. Conflict creates hunger. The climate crisis amplifies conflict. Economic insecurity is heightened by the pandemic and by inequalities in resources allocated for recovery. These problems are systemic; and they are […]

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Ooni of Ife promises to support private African centre for Arts, Culture

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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has promised to commit his resources to the development of private art and cultural village, Foluke African Centre for Arts and Culture in Atosin-Idanre, Ondo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the village is the efforts of Princess Foluke Ogunlowo, daughter of Oba Gilbert Ogunlowo,

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International WeLoveU Foundation hosts large clean-up in Joe Slovo

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The foundation’s Cape Town branch assistant manager Lutho Mayeko said Joe Slovo had long struggled to end its illegal dumping problem. The International WeLoveU Foundation hoped to assist the community with this clean-up while raising awareness of World Environment Day on June 5. He said the Clean World Movement was an advanced environmental initiative that

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HIS ORGANIC GINGER BUSINESS HELPS FARMERS AND PROTECTS THE LAND

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Sairus Kiggundu’s unwavering commitment to saving the environment and creating entrepreneurial solutions for the climate stems from his childhood experiences working on ginger farms. Sairus presenting his ginger product Kibajjo Enterprises  for various stakeholders and entrepreneurs at the Ye! Rise Summit 2022  in Uganda. A 2021 Mandela Washington Fellowship alum, Sairus grew up in Butambala, a rural district and prominent ginger

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How AI helped deliver cash aid to many of the poorest people in Togo

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The big idea Governments and humanitarian groups can use machine learning algorithms and mobile phone data to get aid to those who need it most during a humanitarian crisis, we found in new research. Togo is a small West African nation. Encyclopedia Britannica/Getty Images The simple idea behind this approach, as we explained in the journal Nature on March 16, 2022,

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THE TONY ELUMELU FOUNDATION (TEF) WAS FOUNDED IN 2010 BY TONY O. ELUMELU, C.O.N; AN ENTREPRENEUR, INVESTOR AND PHILANTHROPIST WHO IS PASSIONATE ABOUT AFRICA’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

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The Tony Elumelu Foundation is the leading champion of entrepreneurship in Africa. Our objective is to empower women and men across our continent, catalysing economic growth, driving poverty eradication and ensuring job creation. We believe the private sector’s role is critical for Africa’s development and that the private sector must create both social and economic

THE TONY ELUMELU FOUNDATION (TEF) WAS FOUNDED IN 2010 BY TONY O. ELUMELU, C.O.N; AN ENTREPRENEUR, INVESTOR AND PHILANTHROPIST WHO IS PASSIONATE ABOUT AFRICA’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Read More »

UNICEF improves access to education for 102,859 children in N/East in 3 yrs– Official

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The United Nations Children Education Fund, (UNICEF ) says it provided access to inclusive, equitable and quality education for 102,859 children in Borno within the last three years. The Education Manager of UNICEF, Maiduguri Field Office, Paola Ripamonti, stated this during a news conference in Maiduguri, on Tuesday. Ripamonti said that UNICEF supported 29,985 out

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