Rapelang Rabana’s lists of credits are piling up. The founding CEO of Yeigo Communications, a software development organisation based in South Africa, recently snagged a mention courtesy of CNN as one of Africa’s Marrissa Mayers and also stood as Ambassador and Juror for the United Nations Youth Summit Awards. Rapelang is also a fellow […]
The number of interns that pass through my office is often times worse than a revolving carousel in full speed. The space spits them out much faster than it swallows them. They do nothing, they learn nothing and in the end, leave with nothing. In fact they have become a part of the office fixture, […]
Often times I see the world as an eco system where everything is interconnected and the grand themes trickle down to affect the little ones. Through the course of my career as a story teller both on radio and in writing, I have always had a deep affection for the smaller stories, those that are […]
African Health Magazine is an online resource that aims to promote healthy living and general wellness targeted at Africans and Africans in diaspora. They are currently looking for passionate and enthusiastic writers for their online magazine. If you are passionate about healthy living and are very good at writing original content that informs and […]
Talking Drum Entertainment, a UK based Film distribution company are giving away a pair of tickets to commemorate the UK cinema release of Tango with Me. The date of the premiere is Thursday, August 16 2012, at the multi-million pound newly refurbished Odeon IMAX Cinema, Bugsbys Way, Greenwich SE10 0QJ. Red Carpet starts from 6.30pm […]
The Schwab Foundation is looking for outstanding social entrepreneurs. Are you one of them? The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship identifies a select community of social entrepreneurs and engages it in shaping global, regional and industry agendas that improve the state of the world in close collaboration with the other stakeholders of the World Economic […]
The BornTroWay Project (www.borntroway.org), a creative arts training initiative which is aimed at promoting individual self-confidence, self-expression, teamwork and integration among 35 youths (aged 15-25) in disadvantaged areas of Nigeria’s main cities, will hold in Lagos with auditions on August 10, 2012. According to the organisers of the project, this 4th edition of the training […]
SURVIVAL CONTINUES… CHINONYE Chinonye is a 26 year-old mother of two daughters. Chinonye is self employed, she runs a beauty and hair salon but her business profits outweigh the cost of cancer treatment. Chinonye walked into the Sebeccly Cancer Care and Support Centre’s (SCCSC) office on the 15th of November, 2011 requesting financial assistance in […]
The body; ephemeral, temporal, and transient. Though all words synonymous, these have been some of the terms used to describe its very nature but yet its characteristic to clutch at the very essence of ones being remains overwhelming. Glory Edozien and I have become very close friends just within a few years and in moments […]
I met Chizoba Imoka about a year ago when she asked me to speak at the mentor-ship session at her Teenagers conference. A humbling and satisfying experience if I may add. Since then, we haven’t only become friends but collaborators and somewhat advisers to each others social change projects. Spilling over with passion, in the […]