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Ruth First and activist research: the legacy of a South African freedom fighter
The Conversation
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July 3, 2025
Ruth First, born 100 years ago, was a South African freedom fighter, journalist and scholar who worked against the racist system of apartheid during white minority rule. She was assassinated by apartheid forces in her office at the Eduardo...
Udeme Ufot to Chair QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit
This Day
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July 4, 2025
Mighty Media Plus Network Limited, publishers of the online newspaper QEDNG, has announced Udeme Ufot as Chairman of the inaugural QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit. Ufot is the Group Managing Director of SO&U, one of Africa’s foremost marketing...
Nigeria’s Casino VIP programs: The new status symbol for serious online gamblers?
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 2, 2025
As Nigeria’s digital economy evolves, so does the way its citizens gamble—and for a growing number of online players, standard bonuses and free spins no longer cut it. Now, a new wave of interest is emerging around casino VIP programs, especially...
‘Mark failed Otukpo, Amaechi buried Nigeria in debts’ — Wike taunts ADC coalition leaders
The Cable
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July 3, 2025
Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), has launched a scathing attack on leaders of the coalition that assumed control of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). On Wednesday, members of the coalition formally unveiled the...
South Africa's consumers brace for rising prices as inflation returns
IOL
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South Africa’s consumer inflation rate is expected to climb above the lower bound of the Reserve Bank’s 3% to 6% target range in July, after remaining below it for three consecutive months. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in at 2.8%...
Park Hyatt emerges in South Africa
Travel & Tourism News Middle East
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Hyatt Hotels has announced the opening of Park Hyatt Johannesburg, marking the luxury brand’s third destination in the African region. Set within the vibrant Rosebank district, celebrated for its cultural richness and urban vitality, Park Hyatt...
TETFund pursues academic publishing development plan, inspects Yola facility
Daily Post
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July 3, 2025
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has inspected the Academic Publishing Centre of the Modibbo Adama University, MAU, Yola. The Technical Advisory Group from TETFund carried out the inspection, indicating that the exercise is in pursuance...
Parish Church in Lubumbashi Archdiocese, DR Congo, Closed after Desecration, Tabernacle “vandalized”, Hosts Burned
ACI Africa
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July 2, 2025
“Prayer can no longer be organized in an environment or in a church that has been desecrated. It is the Archbishop who must come to celebrate the Mass here, in order to open the Church for worship,” Fr. Mumba said. He added, “These criminals think...
Serving the Lord “is a great thing”: 87-Year-Old Nigerian Catholic Reflects on Eucharistic Devotion, Faithful Service
ACI Africa
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July 2, 2025
“I’ve pulled off drips when I’m sick just to attend Mass. As soon as I see the priest enter my room with the Eucharist, I say, ‘Lord, I am not worthy,’ and I kneel. After receiving, I feel stronger,” he told ACI Africa Reflecting on Catholics in...
Registration open for African American Museum of Iowa’s Freedom School
The Gazette - Iowa
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The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — A new weeklong summer learning program called Freedom School at the African American Museum of Iowa aims to immerse middle school...
Sony Music expands African footprint with Lusafrica, Africa...
Music in Africa
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July 3, 2025
Founded in 1988 by José Da Silva and now led by his daughter Élodie Da Silva, Lusafrica is best known for introducing Cape Verdean icon Cesária Évora, the “barefoot diva”, to global audiences. Évora rose to international prominence later in life,...
Niger Declares State of Emergency on General Hospital Minna
News Central TV
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July 2, 2025
Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State has declared a state of emergency on the General Hospital in Minna, emphasising the urgent need for a complete renovation of the aging facility. The announcement was made on Tuesday in Minna through a...
Weekly museum and gallery guide: Emirati and African artists in the spotlight
The National News
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Trees bent by time, still standing as resilient metaphors of transformation. Photography as a measure of healing. Papier-mache tracing the arc from night to day. This week’s exhibitions explore how people and places weather change. The...
Banks Write Off SME Loans Worth Sh8.8 Billion as Kenya’s Small Businesses Collapse Under High Interest Rates
TechTrendsKE
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July 3, 2025
By the time 2024 closed, over 95,000 loan accounts held by Kenya’s small businesses had disappeared—wiped clean from the books of banks and micro-financiers. It wasn’t a clerical error. It was a write-off. According to new data from the Central...
From Durban to Lusaka: Minnie Dlamini's stylish sojourn celebrating African culture
IOL
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Even with her travels as a celebrated presenter and radio host, South Africa’s very own diamond, Minnie Dlamini, remains deeply connected to her roots and the vibrant continent she proudly calls home. Dlamini shared her latest escapade in Lusaka,...
Teaching children to think – not cram – is the KEY to Nigeria’s future
Business Day
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July 3, 2025
Our classrooms are stuck in the past. The average Nigerian child spends their formative years memorising definitions and copying notes off the board, preparing for exams that don’t test understanding, just recall. By the time they graduate, they...
Nigeria PMI slows to 7-month low at 51.6 amid high business confidence
Nairametrics
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July 2, 2025
The Nigerian private sector showed a slight deceleration in growth in June, with the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropping to 51.6 from 52.7 in May. This is according to the latest Stanbic IBTC Bank Purchasing Managers’ Index™ (PMI) report....
ATSS: Michael Scofield, “The Rise & Fall of Adventist Publishing”
Adventist Today - Oregon
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July 3, 2025
2 July 2025 | The Adventist publishing “industry” is 170 years old. Publishing was vigorous even before Adventist education and healthcare began to expand. In an effort to reach the whole world “in this generation,” publishing houses and journals...
Chelsea signs 13-year-old South African Camden Schaper for record R17 million fee
IOL
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July 3, 2025
Sensational football talent Camden Schaper has signed for Chelsea in a deal that has seen the youngster become the most expensive signing ever for a 13-year-old. The deal, according to The Sun UK, is said to be worth R17 million. The club has not...
New Global Book On Migration Launched At Cambridge By Dr Natalya Din Kariuki, Professor Shubha Mukherji And Rowan Williams
Africa.com
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July 4, 2025
A powerful new book that offers a fresh perspective on migration, identity and creative expression was launched yesterday at the University of Cambridge. Titled Crossings: Migrant Knowledges Migrant Forms, the book is co-edited by Kenyan academic...