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  SA Teens Build 1st African Space Satellite To Fight Food Insecurity

  Caroline Theuri

  Sesam Mngqengqiswa (pictured center) is a part of a group of South African girls who are defying tradition by doing the unusual: building a private space satellite. On Tuesday, 16-year-old Sesam and...

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  Google Launches YouTube Sub-Saharan Africa Creator Awards

  Caroline Theuri

  American technology company, Google, through its video-sharing website, YouTube, launched the first-ever “YouTube Sub-Sahara Africa Creator Awards” on Friday. Held in Johannesburg, South...

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  Canada Urges Ethiopia To Observe Rights During State of Emergency

  Caroline Theuri

  The Canadian Foreign Affairs minister, Stephane Dion,  is urging Ethiopia to undertake timely and meaningful reform in order to benefit all citizens during its state of emergency. According to...

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  Real Estate Market Transparency Improves in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Caroline Theuri

  Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has continued to make advances in real estate transparency over the last two years according to a new report authored by real estate management company Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)....

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  U.S. Hedge Fund Loses $400 Million in Moroccan Oil-Refinery Deal

  Caroline Theuri

  A hedge fund owned by a U.S. investment firm has admitted to losing $400 million that it invested in a Moroccan oil-refinery deal last year. According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), “a hedge fund...

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  Haile Gebrselassie Wins 2016 AIMS Lifetime Achievement Award

  Caroline Theuri

  Retired Ethiopian long-distance runner Haile Gebrselassie has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) as part of the AIMS...

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