Huawei has launched a tech mentorship program for Kenyan women aiming at increasing their skills to venture into digital entrepreneurship. The initiative is called Women in Technology Huawei Initiative (WITH) which was launched on Friday, September 30th, 2019. According to CEO of Huawei Kenya, Stone He, the program is hoped to eliminate the gender gap in digital literacy, not limited to only in …
Ghana Starts Largest Medical Delivery Scheme Using Drones
Hundreds of drones have started delivering life-saving vaccines, blood and medicines to patients in Ghana this week in the largest scheme of its kind, the global vaccine alliance GAVI said on Wednesday. Medics will place orders by text message when supplies run dry, said GAVI chief executive Seth Berkley. Drones will then fly in from four distribution centres, hover over …
US Considers New Travel Ban That Affects 7 African Countries
The United States is considering stricter travel restrictions for countries whose nationals frequently overstay their visas, according to a Department of Homeland Security official. African countries including Chad, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Eritrea, Liberia, Somalia, and South Sudan, have the highest rates of overstaying temporary visas for short-term tourist and business visas. While president Donald Trump has been relentless in his …
Sudan Military Arrests Bashir Appointees, Protesters Assured Of Security
Bashir detained, the military council takes overSudan’s defence minister said on Thursday that President Omar al-Bashir had been detained “in a safe place” and that a military council would run the country for a two-year transitional period, confirming a long-anticipated coup by the armed forces. In a statement broadcast on state TV, Defense Minister Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf said …
Dehlia Umunna becomes first Nigerian to be appointed a Professor at Harvard Law School
She started working at Harvard Law School in 2007 and she is also Deputy Director and Clinical Instructor at Harvard Law School Criminal Justice Institute (CJI). Martha Minow, Dean of Harvard Law School has since said, “Dehlia’s students revere her; her colleagues at HLS and nationally look to her as an exemplary advocate, teacher, and mentor. “From her unprecedented win …