Florence Chaurura would you like to introduce yourself to Shout-Africa readers, please? It is my pleasure to be welcomed and interviewed by your very useful and informative platform. 1. What does this nomination at the Zim Achievers awards mean to you and your business? Being nominated is honour and a privilege to know that I have obviously somehow imparted on some people’s lives out there hence it has become the fuel of my passion. 2. Are you familiar with some of the other nominees in your category and the other categories? Yes I am .In fact I have met some of them... Continue Reading
…Network Established, New Leadership Elected – By: WASH R&E Network-Liberia – Civil Society Organizations across Liberia involved in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector of the Country, have ended their first General Assembly in Monrovia with the adoption of several recommendations and measures including the change of name from the Liberia CSOs WASH Working Group to the Liberia Civil Society Organizations WASH Network. The Network is to lead a sustained advocacy in the WASH sector of Liberia and provide support to the poor, marginalized and vulnerable people to access safe drinking water, improved sanitation and good hygiene by using... Continue Reading
By Emeka Umejei – Grahamstown, South Africa – Nigeria recorded another milestone at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa over the weekend, when the country accounted for five doctorate degree graduates among the 55 that the University graduated in 2012. All the five doctorate graduates emerged from the faculty of Science of Rhodes University, with four from Chemistry department, and one from Botany. The five doctorate graduates include Arowolo Folake temitope (Chemistry); Idahosa Kenudi Christiana (Chemistry); Jimoh Mahboob Adekilekun (Botany); Olomola Temitope Oloruntoba (Chemistry); and Sobola Abdullahi Owolabi (Chemistry). According to Rhodes University, a total of 2233 degrees were conferred on... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa Nigeria Correspondent – Sunny Ofehe is the coordinator of Rotterdam, Netherland-based Hope for Niger Delta Campaign (HNDC). He has been in the forefront of campaign against pollution and gas flaring in the region by International Oil Companies (IOCs). Ofehe hit National limelight when he mobilised Dutch MPs on a visit the Niger Delta as part of his international campaign to attract attention to the damaging explorative activities of IOCs in the region. Ofehe has been threatened, arrested, and persecuted for campaigning for a better Niger Delta, but has remained resolute in his belief that a Niger Delta devoid of gas... Continue Reading
Rampele Morewane, Chief Director for the District Health System for the National Department of Health, on Tuesday 27 March 2012 delivered an address on behalf of the honourable Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, on the issue of South Africa’s under-five child mortality rate. Morewane served as the keynote speaker at the launch of Dettol South Africa’s Health for More Life campaign which was held at the Bathokwa Primary School in Saulsville, Pretoria. As part of the campaign, Dettol donated R1 million to the Children’s Hospital Trust, fundraiser for the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and Paediatric Healthcare in... Continue Reading
