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Crowdfunding: Your guide to launch a project

November 14, 2019 Village ReporterCrowdfunding, Entrepreneurs, Opinions & Feature, Special Reports

Years ago, a young man by the name of Blake Mycoskie traveled to Peru. He was struck by the poverty and particularly the fact that so many children had no shoes. He made a commitment to do something about that. The end result was the founding of Toms Shoes – a for-profit company with a higher purpose. Mycoskie began to… Read More

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DR Congo: Johnson & Johnson Ebola vaccine rolled out

November 14, 2019 Village Reportercentral africa, DR Congo, Ebola, Ebola Vaccine, Health & Environment, Johnson&Johnson, News

The second model of an Ebola vaccine has now been introduced in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Johnson & Johnson manufactured vaccine has been introduced to compliment that of Merck. The Merck manufactured vaccine was introduced this year and administered to thousands of people. That vaccine has been administered to over 250,000 people since the start of the outbreak… Read More

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Nigeria: Couples suspend planned marriages over wedding tax

November 14, 2019 Village ReporterCouples, News, Nigeria, Tax, Wedding, west africa

Several couples in the Nigerian state of Kano have halted their plans of getting married following the imposition of a wedding tax. The tax imposed by the chief of the Kera village some four months ago requires grooms to pay 137,000 naira ($377, £294). Prior to the imposition of the wedding tax grooms were required to provide furniture and kitchen… Read More

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SA Airways cancels weekend flights over workers’ strike

November 14, 2019 Village ReporterNews, South Africa, South African Airways, Southern Africa, Strike, workers

South African Airways (SAA) has cancelled all domestic and international flights scheduled for Friday and Saturday. The cancellation is taking place due to a planned workers’ strike this weekend. The South African Cabin Crew Association and National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa on Wednesday said that the airline staff will go on strike starting on Friday. The workers… Read More

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Over $39 million earmarked by UN-backed fund to combat effects of climate change in Nepal

November 13, 2019 Village Reporter

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been working with the Government in developing this first-ever national bid to go before the Fund. Co-funding the initiative, Nepal’s Ministry of Forests and Environment (MoFE) is adding another $8 million for a total of more than $47 million, which will see the project to fruition over the course of seven years. Communities… Read More

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Kenya census results on intersex persons and implications

November 13, 2019 Village ReporterCensus, east africa, Intersex, kenya, News, Religion & Culture

The 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census results has revealed that there are 1,524 intersex persons in the country. The census was conducted in August 2019 by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and themed “Counting Our People for Sustainable Development and Devolution of Services.” Though the standard practice of population dada collection was followed in this year’s exercise, the… Read More

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Australia wildfires: communities must stay vigilant, urges UN weather agency

November 12, 2019 Village Reporter

In Geneva, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) noted that dozens of fires are raging, effecting around six million in eastern New South Wales state, and southeast Queensland, amid reports that three people lost their lives in the fires at the weekend. “Apart from the immediate physical threat…when authorities issue a message of catastrophic fire danger, the message there is basically,… Read More

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Ghana signs $600mln cocoa deal with Credit Suisse

November 12, 2019 Village ReporterAfrica Investment Forum, Business, Cocoa, Cocobod, Credit Suisse, Ghana, west africa

Ghana has signed a $600 million deal with Credit Suisse for the improvement of current state of processing and value addition for its cocoa. The deal was signed on the sideline of the 2019 Africa Investment Forum in South Africa. The $600 million will cover a 7 year period and would go into helping to upskill farmers, develop warehousing, and… Read More

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Ghana secures $2.6bn deal for SkyTrain project

November 12, 2019 Village ReporterAccra, Africa Investment Forum, Business, Ghana, SkyTrain project, South Africa, Train project, west africa

Ghana on Monday signed a concession deal with South African-based African Investment SkyTrain consortium to develop its train system. The deal is meant to cover a project called the Accra SkyTrain Project. A memorandum of understanding was signed last year. On the sidelines of the ongoing African Investment Forum in Johannesburg, officials from Ghana and the South African based consortium… Read More

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Commonwealth group in Sri Lanka ahead of election

November 12, 2019 Village ReporterCommonwealth group, elections, Sri Lanka, World

A group deployed by the Commonwealth to observe the presidential election in Sri Lanka has called on stakeholders to demonstrate commitment to a “peaceful, transparent, credible and inclusive” poll. The Commonwealth Observer Group (COG), whose members are drawn from various Commonwealth regions with backgrounds ranging from political, electoral, civil society and human rights as well as legal fields, was invited by… Read More

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