Six months before the contest begins, every family chooses one unmarried man to prepare for the challenge. He goes into a hut where he drinks cow’s blood and milk, and he must not have sex while he prepares for the contest. He drinks blood at sunrise quickly before it coagulates, but this is not a...
102-Year-old woman says avoiding gossip is the key to a long life
She made this intriguing remark during her birthday celebration, and this comment made her a national celebrity in the USA. Taken aback by all the attention, she said she was only doing what her mother had taught her since childhood. “My mother always told us it takes six months to tend to your business. And...
Africa’s future mobile money agents face uncertainty, why?
Their numbers are growing faster than the transactions they handle. A decade ago, Jackeline Muheirwe was the only mobile-money agent in her patch of Kampala, the Ugandan capital. These days there are ten others within a minute’s walk, taking in and giving out cash from shopfronts or colourful kiosks. “You can’t make money out of...
Best African countries for entrepreneurs in 2022: Top 10 rankings
South Africa has been recognised as the most entrepreneurial country, followed by Rwanda and Morocco in second and third place, respectively. The 2021 rankings placed Kenya fourth ahead of Nigeria in fifth place. A new report compiled by the CEOWORLD magazine has found the best African countries to become an entrepreneur. The Entrepreneurship Index evaluates 100...
Top 10 fastest growing cities in Africa 2022
Urbanization, Industrialization, population, and job opportunities promote rapid growth in any place in the world. Similarly, as the population of Africa has increased over the years, cities with high levels of Industrialization, urbanization, and economic activities experience immigration and a fast-growing rate. According to Brahima Coulibaly, director of Brookings’ Africa Growth Initiative, “About half of...
You will be amazed, here are 5 African countries with the best roads
Africa is one of the fastest-growing continents in the world. The continent has been bedevilled with infrastructure projects, but some African countries are currently bent on developing by investing heavily in infrastructural projects. Some infrastructural development includes roads. The citizens know how essential roads are to access quality and important services such as health care,...
3 easy ways you can make money on Instagram
You can do more than photo sharing on Instagram, check these tips and see how you can monetize your Instagram account. Some of the guys who post the videos and pictures you see are not posting on the app to display their talents. They are also making money off their posts and followers. You’ll make...
5 amazing benefits of eating pork
It is one of the most common types of red meat consumed worldwide, though it is against the law of some religions- including Islam and Judaism- to eat Pork. Like red meat, Pork has a reputation for being unhealthy. However, being high in protein and rich in many vitamins and other essential nutrients, also when...
Why fuel shortages are spreading across Africa?
In Burundi, drivers are so desperate for fuel that they sleep on forecourts of petrol stations. Senegal has so little jet fuel that Air France’s flight from the capital, Dakar, to Paris has been stopping in the Canary Islands to fill up. Johannesburg has the same problem, which has caused United Airlines to cancel some...
Students returned home from Ukraine to be enrolled in local Universities.
PM, Kassim Majaliwa, has directed students brought back home from Ukraine after the surge of war due to Russia’s invasion should visit the Tanzania Commission of Universities (TCU) for evaluation to be enrolled in other universities in Tanzania to proceed with their education. Prime Minister made those remarks at the Parliament in Dodoma yesterday while...