These Tips Will Keep Your Business Ahead
Your primary responsibility as a CEO is to create a culture – the place to drive innovation. Yes, you’ll focus on product and sales and metrics, but one of your most important roles is to create the teams that will best move your company forward. A thriving culture is inclusive, and you can create this […]
Emmanuel Macron Wins French Presidency
France on Sunday shrugged off the siren call of right-wing populism that enchanted voters in the United States and United Kingdom, rejecting anti-E.U. firebrand Marine Le Pen and choosing as its next president Emmanuel Macron, a centrist political neophyte who has pledged to revive both his struggling country and the flailing continent. The result brought to […]
Joannne Wilson Inspires Entrepreneurs Through Her Story
I was thrilled to have the opportunity to sit down with Joanne Wilson, one of the most prominent and prolific angel investors in the startup space to discuss how she’s championing women entrepreneurs through her podcast. W2: What inspired you to start the Positively Gotham Gal podcast? I have been writing a blog post every […]
Justice Department Opens Criminal Probe Into Uber
The Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into Uber’s use of a secret software that was used to evade authorities in places where its ride-hailing service was banned or restricted, according to a person familiar with the government’s probe. The investigation is in its early stages, but deepens the crisis for the embattled […]
Malawian Pupils Suspended for Sexual Activity Take Their Ordeal To Court
A group of Malawian school pupils have taken their case to the High Court in Mzuzu after being suspended from school, fined, and, in some cases, jailed for falling pregnant. By MARELISE VAN DER MERWE. Malawi’s draconian school pregnancy laws have come under scrutiny as over a dozen pupils await a High Court ruling that […]
Woman Crushed Four Days To Her Wedding In Abaji, Abuja
A 20-year-old woman, identified as Rukayyat, whose wedding was slated for Saturday this week, was crushed to death by a hit and run driver on Tuesday evening in Abaji, on the Abuja- Lokoja road. A witness, Aliyu, said the deceased, was on a commercial motorcycle when the front tyre of the bike blew out, saying […]
South Africa: Newborn Baby Found Alive In Toilet At Mall
A newborn baby was found alive in a toilet at a mall in Krugersdorp on Friday, paramedics said. ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said in a statement that paramedics were at the mall tending to a separate incident when they were alerted to the baby girl. “Paramedics assessed the baby and found that she had sustained […]
Police Arrest ‘Pastor’ With Human Skull In Ibadan
A self-acclaimed pastor, Alimi Isaiah, who claims to be the founder of the C&S Idapomimo Zion, located at Alagbado, Lagos, has been caught with a dry skull, a buffalo horn and charms. He was arrested by operatives of the Federal Highway patrol of the Oyo State Police command during a routine stop and search. The […]
Somalia: Somali Minister Shot Dead Near Presidential Palace
Bodyguards for Somalia’s auditor general shot dead a government minister in an apparent accident near the presidential palace in Mogadishu on Wednesday evening, police said. Auditor general Nur Farah’s bodyguards opened fire on a car carrying Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji, the public works and reconstruction minister, near a checkpoint close to the palace, said police […]
Nigeria Loses N780bn To Oil Thieves Daily
Nigeria is losing about N780 billion daily to the illegal activities of oil thieves in the country, a don has said. Dr Dahiru Usman, a lecturer in the Department of Public Law, Bayero University, Kano, disclosed this in a paper he presented at the unveiling of the new NIPOST anti-corruption stamps in Kano on Thursday. […]
Uganda: Mother Dies In Labour Over Negligence
The passing on of another expectant mother who allegedly failed to get medical attention from health workers at Kasambya Health Centre III in Kakumiro District has caused outrage among residents. Residents have threatened to stage a demonstration in protest of what they described as negligence and unexplained alleged absenteeism of health workers at the health […]
10-year Boy Killed For Blaspheming In Pakistan
A 10-year boy was killed and five others were wounded Thursday when a mob attacked a police station in an attempt to lynch a Hindu man charged with blasphemy in southwest Pakistan, officials said. It was the third major vigilante attack linked to accusations of insulting Islam in less than a month, as law enforcement […]
Support Women In Mines By Protecting Their Rights
Members of Parliament and human rights activists have asked government to enforce the laws in the mining sector to protect the right of women in the sector. The MPs and other stakeholders said women in the minerals sector face a lot of challenges, which need to be addressed. The call was made during the National […]
Zimbabwe’s Central Bank Offers Reward To Whistleblowers
Zimbabwe’s central bank is offering a 5 percent reward to whistleblowers reporting on individuals, traders and firms hoarding, selling or illicitly funneling cash out of the country, governor John Mangudya announced on Wednesday. The southern African country, which adopted the use of foreign currencies predominantly the United States dollar — in 2009 to tame hyperinflation, […]
Women Must Be A Part Of The Health Sector In Africa
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) disproportionately affect women and girls. Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) alone causes severe pain, bleeding, and lesions in more than 16 million women and girls in Sub-Saharan Africa. Beyond causing widespread physical suffering, NTDs have a severe long-term socioeconomic impact on millions of women and girls. Women who have been scarred or […]