LinkedIn CEO explains Why he Sold the Company to Microsoft
Microsoft announced Monday that it would acquire professional networking site LinkedIn for $196 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 billion. In an email to LinkedIn employees, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner explained why he decided to sell the company to Microsoft. Weiner mentions Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s leadership as a driving factor. “The […]
Oscar Pistorius Back in Court to Be Sentenced for Murder of Reeva Steenkamp
South African Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius faces at least 15 years in jail for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The athlete has no legal right to appeal the sentence. The original judge in the case, Thokozile Masipa was set to begin hearing the pre-sentencing arguments at Pretoria High Court on Monday. The […]
Tribute To An Amazon AT 53: Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
Long before Gender mainstreaming and Gender Equality became concept for political correctness, a few had being sticking their neck out to make a case for African women out of sheer conviction and clarity of purpose that all humans are born equal and deserve equal opportunities. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi is one of those women who have cut […]
Why Is It So Hard for Young Women in Africa to Carry a Condom?
When Esther Namanya (20), a student at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, went to a supermarket to buy a condom she could not find the type she wanted. She had to enquire at the counter if they had the type of condom she was looking for. Overhearing her enquiry, some people in the supermarket […]
Tiwa Savage, Don Jazzy Meets Jay-Z in New York Over Management Deal
Songstress, Tiwa Savage and Don Jazzy met with Jay-Z at the Roc Nation office in New York over the signing of a management and distribution deal for Tiwa Savage. The deal has been in the works since Jay-Z’s cousin Brian “Bee-High” Biggs visited the Mavin Headquarters in Lagos last year. It will be recalled that […]
Nollywood Actress, Wife of Jide Kosoko, Henrietta Kosoko Is Dead
The entertainment industry has just lost an actress and wife of Jide Kosoko, Henrietta Kosoko. The actress died on Monday afternoon after she slumped and was rushed to the hospital. Henrietta (Nee Onovosa) was said to be in coma and sadly, she eventually gave up the ghost. The actress who started her career decades ago […]
Cancer Survival Day: A tale of blessed cancer survival against odds
Early detection of cancer and support are the most effective tools in fighting it, say survivors After finding a lump in her breast in November 2013, it took three months for Dubai-based Indian expatriate Umaima Tinwala to seek the advice of her doctor back home in India. “No matter how aware you think you are […]
Cancer Survival Day:Drug combination may extend pancreas cancer survival, trial finds
Nearly a third of patients with pancreatic cancer can survive for five years on a combination of two drugs which are off-patent and have been used separately for years, an important charity-funded trial has shown. Twenty years ago, all those diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas died within 12 months. But an international team of […]
South African Taxi Drivers Force Uber Passenger Out of Car
Whereabouts of Uber driver unclear as cabs close road to Cape Town Metre taxi drivers have closed the road to Cape Town International Airport and forced passengers out of Uber cars. Uber drivers have reacted by going offline. They are fearful of violent attacks and that their cars will be burnt. Police vans blocked the […]
Ugandan Young Girls Having Sex With Older Men for Sanitary Pads
In a desperate move to cope with menstruation, hundreds of girls in Uganda are forced to trade their bodies in exchange for money to buy pads in order to stay in school. This is according to the office of the Ambassador for Women and Girls, a non governmental organisation in Uganda. Esther Nakajjigo, the ambassador […]
Zimbabwean Women On Death Row in China
Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mr Joey Bimha yesterday said they had received reports of less than 10 Zimbabweans arrested in China over drug trafficking with about three women on death row in Beijing. Mr Bimha’s assertions put paid to claims by Goromonzi National Assembly member, Cde Beata Nyamupinga, who told the National Assembly on Tuesday […]
Why We Urgently Need New Models to Grow Future African Leaders
The glue that will cement Africa’s rising prosperity is good leadership, which demands robust education institutions. A new model is needed to develop efficient higher education policies and systems. Good leaders do not fall from the sky. The experience of successful nations, the world over, emphatically points to the centrality of strong education institutions, and […]
Church Crusaders: Fighting for gender justice from the inside
A couple of years ago, I attended the opening night of the documentary God Loves Uganda, which detailed how American evangelicals have sowed homophobia in Uganda to devastating effect. The film left me with a lingering sense of hopelessness. How do we stop these “missionaries” spreading hatred when they have such an unshakeable belief that […]
Wizkid to Join Chris Brown On His European Tour
Nigerian Afrobeats artist and founder of Africa’s latest star-studded record label Starbwoy Entertainment Worldwide, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun better known as Wizkid will join American RnB Superstar Chris Brown on his One Hell of A Night European Tour this year. Although official dates for the European tour have not been announced yet, the hit-maker made the […]
Women Demand Role in South Sudan Govt
South Sudanese women’s rights activists are calling on the leaders of the Transitional Government of National Unity to include more women in the various branches of government that are to be formed. The women made the call Wednesday at the start of a two-day national conference in Juba. Zeinab Yassin, chairwoman of the South Sudan […]