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GE and Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship Partner with Social Entrepreneurs to Improve Maternal and Child Health Outcomes in Africa

GE and Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship Partner with Social Entrepreneurs to Improve Maternal and Child Health Outcomes in Africa

GE and Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship have announced a partnership that focuses on training and mentoring social entrepreneurs working on maternal and child health innovations in sub-Saharan Africa. The program enables more women to experience better health by improving the quality, accessibility, and affordability of care. The healthymagination Mother & Child […]

Stanford University Business Program Takes Root in East Africa

Stanford University Business Program Takes Root in East Africa

Building on the success of its program in West Africa, Stanford Seed, the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies, has announced the launch of the Seed Transformation Program in East Africa. In May, the first group of promising business leaders selected by Stanford Seed will gather in Nairobi to begin a 12-month transformational process […]

African policy-makers take stock at inaugural infrastructure meeting in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

African policy-makers take stock at inaugural infrastructure meeting in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

At the close of a week-long meeting in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, African policy- makers re-committed themselves to accelerating infrastructure development across the continent to further strengthen regional integration and boost economic growth. More than 150 participants including senior government officials, representatives from continental organizations and the private sector gathered in the Ivorian capital for the […]

Yaya Toure Abandons Ivory Coast: John Obi Mikel Not Selected For Nigeria

Yaya Toure Abandons Ivory Coast: John Obi Mikel Not Selected For Nigeria

IVORY Coast begins the defence of its African title this weekend without Yaya Toure after the team captain asked not to be selected while he considers his international future. So, Sunday’s 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone in neutral Nigeria is the start of new coach Michel Dussuyer’s reign, and possibly the […]

Ivory Coast President Ouattara Denies Mugabe Entry

Ivory Coast President Ouattara Denies Mugabe Entry

ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe said that African leaders have refused to recognise his leadership on regional bodies at the prodding of the French government. Mugabe told the central committee of the ruling Zanu-PF party on Friday that he’s been snubbed by regional leaders while serving as rotating chairman of the African Union (AU) and the […]

Sunday Oliseh appointed coach of Nigeria Football Team

Sunday Oliseh appointed coach of Nigeria Football Team

Former national team captain Sunday Oliseh has been appointed coach of Nigeria, the country’s football federation said on Wednesday. Oliseh takes over from sacked Stephen Keshi and is set to be unveiled in Abuja after impressing Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) bosses with his plans for the team. “On Tuesday evening, Oliseh and his assistants had […]

Nigeria sack coach Keshi for lack of commitment

Nigeria sack coach Keshi for lack of commitment

The topsy-turvy troubled relationship between the Nigeria Football Federation and their coach Stephen “Big Boss” Keshi has ended with the NFF sacking him because “he is not committed enough” to the job, the NFF said in a statement. The former Nigeria international, who coached his country to victory in the African Cup of Nations in […]

Suicidal Move: Stephen Keshi could quit Nigeria for Ivory Coast

Suicidal Move: Stephen Keshi could quit Nigeria for Ivory Coast

Nigeria football chiefs have said they will look into reports that Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi could be in the running for the vacant Ivory Coast manager’s job. “We will look into it. Let’s wait and see,” said Nigeria Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick. But Pinnick said he thought it would be “suicidal” for Keshi […]

Ivory Coast sports minister fired over CAN bonus row

Ivory Coast sports minister fired over CAN bonus row

Abidjan (AFP) – A row over around one million euros of unpaid Africa Cup of Nations winners’ bonuses for staff and players cost Ivory Coast sports minister Alain Lobognon his job on Wednesday. “The prime minister Duncan received me this morning. We talked about the end of my mission at the heart of Government, at […]

Ivory Coast and Ghana reached a deal on maritime border dispute

Ivory Coast and Ghana reached a deal on maritime border dispute

The presidents of Ivory Coast and Ghana reached a deal on Monday in talks on a maritime border dispute that had frozen new oil drilling in a contested area, mediator Kofi Annan told the press. “We have a deal,” the former U.N. secretary general told Reuters, as he wrapped up the talks in Geneva. He […]

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