Comprehensive Approaches to Build Peace Governance

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5LCR7GmrSCA/WfzSZKd2QeI/AAAAAAAAHZg/zIj9NNsVb3Q5V29TsISy8JgnnA2D5h2vQCLcBGAs/s1600/HWL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5LCR7GmrSCA/WfzSZKd2QeI/AAAAAAAAHZg/zIj9NNsVb3Q5V29TsISy8JgnnA2D5h2vQCLcBGAs/s400/HWL.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </span><span style="font-size: large;">In september 2017, the 3rd annual commemoration of the WARP summit was hold in Seoul, Korea.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The aim of this summit is to plan and outline the projects which concerning with the considering local level and also to discuss the role of religious and political leaders, women, civil society in achieving peace in the world</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Establishing collaborative governance" for peace-building has been discussed with world leaders at 3rd Annual Commemoration of the September 18th World Alliance of Religions’ Peace (WARP) Summit held by Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) under the UN ECOSOC in Seoul, Republic of Korea. On the third day of the summit, September 19th, sessions were held to focus on the region and sector-based peace projects.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">At the 3rd International Religious Leaders' Conference, around 300 religious leaders who worked for interfaith dialogues gathered to promote harmony of religions. The participants shared the progress reports of interfaith meetings through HWPL’s WARP offices aiming to enhance mutual understanding and develop peacebuilding by religious leaders.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Rev. Acharya Prem Shankaranand Tirth, Hindu High Priest of Shree Geeta Ashram of Delhi, emphasized the value and importance of the interfaith dialogue based on the scriptures by mentioning, “The WARP Office taught us how to make religions one. The true discussion for harmony is not just comparing the knowledge of each other but it is a discussion in finding one complete truth.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">In addition, Mr. Man Hee Lee, Chairman of HWPL, stressed on the role of the religious leaders in the current global situation and the importance of their mission for world peace. He urged religious leaders to take the lead in realizing religious reconciliation and religious peace through communication.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> “Religious leaders have to become the just and righteous scale measuring all religious scriptures. They gather all religious scriptures and work to define the trustworthy scripture with a legitimate standard at the WARP Office. Everything that religious leaders discuss must clearly be based on what is written in the scripture, which needs to be comprehensively analyzed and studied for the true alliance of religions.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">At the Region-Specific Discussion for the Implementation of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW), experts in various fields such as government officials, civil society leaders, and media discussed how implement the peace projects in each region.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The participants conceived peace projects in accordance with local conditions, such as implementing peace education and cultural programs, activating ‘Legislate Peace’ campaigns which are supportive signing campaigns for the DPCW, establishing a peace network, and setting up a road map for peace policy during the roundtable discussion by country or continent. Also, they wrote proposals and signed agreements to implement the projects systematically in their country.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The DPCW, drafted by HWPL advocating international cooperation for global peace, appealed to the participants in terms of inventing peace-specific policy making in countries for the legal foundation to promote peace. “The DPCW serves as a framework of a robust, global infrastructure built by sovereign states on a foundation of tolerance, mutual understanding, and dialogue developed to resist conflict. I believe that we will be able to find out ways to cooperate together with all stakeholders to work toward promoting peace in each of our respective country.” said H.E. Chin Malin, Undersecretary of State of Ministry of Justice.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Representatives of women's organizations carrying out active peace movement from 53 countries shared the role of women leaders in the enactment of the effective international law for peace and the importance of networking for urging the DPCW in cooperation with International Women‘s Peace Group (IWPG) at 2017 IWPG Network Forum.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Ms. Nam Hee Kim, Chairwoman of IWPG, said “Let us all support the implementation of an international law in order to protect our children from the suffering caused by violence and aggression and instead nurture them in an environment of peace. Peace education should start from within the family. We should become the mothers who can proudly say that we work hard to inherit the world of peace.” urging for the power of the world's 3.6 billion women in achieving world peace and their role in each field for the purpose of international law enactment.</span></div> </div>

Comprehensive Approaches to Build Peace Governance

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Kubanda alianza mziki akiwa mtoto

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W3h4KaZuY94/WfzOZb2YFWI/AAAAAAAAHZU/xIw8INYVDrQzRb0VUNa7SDyh5_YLQryggCLcBGAs/s1600/12901421_832002556911568_5390606674400856617_o.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="266" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W3h4KaZuY94/WfzOZb2YFWI/AAAAAAAAHZU/xIw8INYVDrQzRb0VUNa7SDyh5_YLQryggCLcBGAs/s400/12901421_832002556911568_5390606674400856617_o.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Na,Jumbe Ismailly-Singida </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">YOHANA KUBANDA ni mwanamuziki wa nyimbo za injili aliyeanza kupenda muziki huo alipokuwa na umri wa miaka 8 tangu kuzaliwa kwake.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Naitwa Yohana Kubanda ni mkazi wa Mtaa wa Bomani mjini Singida ni mwanamuziki wa nyimbo za injili Tanzania niliyezaliwa katika Kijiji cha Igoma,Hospitali ya Bugando, iliyopo Mkoani Mwanza,Okt,10,1986”hivyo ndivyo Kubanda alivyoanza kusimulia historia ya maisha yake.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mwanamuziki huyu ambaye ni mtoto wa tatu wa familia ya watoto saba wa Mzee Leonard Kubanda anasema alianza kuupenda muziki wa kizaire wa nyimbo za bolingo tangu alipokuwa darasa la tatu,mwaka 1994.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anasema alianza darasa la kwanza katika shule ya msingi Ikizu 1993 hadi mwaka 1999 ambapo mwaka 2002 hadi 2006 alijiunga na masomo ya sekondari katika shule ya Lake iliyopo Sahara jijini Mwanza.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Alizitaja sababu za wazazi wake kumpiga vita za kukiendeleza kipaji chake kuwa ni pamoja na wazazi wake kutokuwa na mwamko wa elimu,kutokupenda mtoto wao kusoma zaidi ya kufanyakazi za nyumbani kama vile kuchunga ng’ombe. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Nilianza kuupenda muziki tangu mwaka 1994 wakati huo nikiwa darasa la tatu nilianza kucheza muziki wa bolingo wa kizaire na kutokea kupendwa na mwalimu wangu wa darasa, mwalimu Syilivester Komanya ambaye kwa sasa ni marehemu na mungu ailaze roho yake peponi,(amina)”alisema Kubanda.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anawataja ndugu zake wengine kuwa ni pamoja na Farida Kubanda (FID Q) aliyesoma hadi kidato cha nne,Emanueli Kubanda,Mashimba Kubanda,Alfa Kubanda,Sundi Kubanda Edina Kubanda na Joyce Kubanda.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anasema wakati akiwa darasa la tatu,alipoanza kucheza muziki wa nyimbo za kizaire,wazazi wake (baba na mama) waliupinga mpango wake huo kwa kudai kuwa ni uhuni japo kwake yeye kucheza nyimbo za kizaire zilimfanya ajipatie mahitaji mbali mbali ya shule kwa kuwa alikuwa akisoma katika mazingira magumu sana.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anazitaja sababu za kupenda muziki kwamba tangu akiwa mdogo shuleni alikuwa akishirikishwa sana katika mashairi na kwaya shuleni chini ya usimamizi wake mpendwa,mwalimu Komanya ambaye kwa hivi sasa ni marehemu. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anafafanua kuwa wazazi wake walimzuia kudansi na kuimba nyimbo za kizazi kipya wakisema kuwa ni uhuni,wakati mziki wa injili hakuzuiliwa na mtu yeyote yule kwani alikuwa tayari alishajitegemea katika maisha ya mtaani.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anafafanua kwamba ilipofika mwaka 1996 wakati Taifa lilipopatwa na msiba wa ajali ya MV Bukoba na kwa kuwa mwalimu Komanya alikuwa ni mwandishi wa nyimbo za mashairi na ngonjera pale shuleni,alitunga wimbo ambao alikabidhiwa yeye pamoja na wenzake watatu.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anasema mwalimu Komanya aliwafundisha wimbo huo kama kwaya wakashindwa kukariri vizuri na anakumbuka baada ya kushindwa walichapwa viboka visivyokuwa na idadi kwani kwa wakati huo shuleni kulikuwa hakuna idadi ya viboko vya kuchapwa kama ilivyo kwa sasa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anasema baada ya kichapo hicho wenzake hawakuweza kurudi tena shuleni lakini yeye alirudi kwa kuwa aliona akibaki nyumbani ni lazima wazazi wake wangemuambia aende kuchunga mifugo,wakati yeye alikuwa akipinga kabisa kazi hiyo isiyokuwa na faida kwake zaidi ya masomo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Mwalimu Komanya aliniomba niimbe hilo shairi peke yangu nashukuru Mungu nilifanikiwa,na baada ya hapo tukatamatisha maombolezo kwa wimbo huo na hapo ndipo nilipoanza kuupenda muziki toka moyoni mwangu kwa kuwa baba na mama yangu hawakupenda kudansi wala kuimba” alisisitiza Kubanda.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anasema kutokana na msimamo mkali wa wazazi wake alikuwa akishiriki kudansi kwa siri kubwa sana na kujipatia fedha kwa ajili ya mahitaji yake shuleni.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anaweka bayana Kubanda kwamba siku moja ambayo haitatokea kuisahau ni baada ya kudansi kwenye tamasha la CocaCola na kujipatia zawadi nyingi na za kutosha na aliporudi nyumbani akawakuta wazazi wake,walikuwa tayari wameshapata taarifa kuwa kijana wao anafanya uhuni majukwani.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anasema kufikishwa kwa taarifa hizo kuwa yeye anashirikiana na vijana waliotoka mjini kufanya uhuni majukwaani hapo ndipo alipigwa kipigo cha mbwa mwitu na hivyo kumfanya awaulize wazazi wake swali kwamba hawaoni kuwa hawamtendei haki?</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Niliendelea kuwauliza kuwa mimi nakwenda shule nakanyaga chini sina viatu,nguo za shule zimetoboka mabegani, nikawaambia toka mnipeleke shule hata daftari hamninunulii na wakati mifugo mnayo,kalamu na daftari siku zote nilikuwa nikipewa na mwalimu wangu’alisisitiza.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anasema baada ya kuona mateso hayo anayopata kwa wazazi wake aliamua kutembea kwa miguu umbali wa kilomita 65 kutoka Kijiji cha Magu kuelekea Bunda mjini na Kijiji cha Nyamuswa kuelekea Bunda mjini kwenda kwa mjomba wake,Sweya Petro ambaye kwa sasa pia ni marehemu ambapo hata hivyo hakufanikiwa kumkuta.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anasema baada ya kumkosa mjomba wake Bunda mjini alilazimika kulala kwa siku mbili kwenye kituo cha mabasi cha Bunda na ndipo baada ya kuzidiwa na njaa alimkumbuka mjomba wake mkubwa na alipomuuliza mdogo wake amekwenda wapi,alikamatwa na kurudishwa tena kwa wazazi wake.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anabainisha kwamba baada ya kufikishwa nyumbani kwa wazazi wake na mjomba wake mkubwa ndipo wazazi wake walimpa adhabu ya kwenda kuchunga mifugo na kulima,ndipo alipoamua kurudi tena shuleni kuendelea na masomo baada ya kuombewa msamaha na mwalimu wake aliyemtaja kwa jina la Komanya.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anafafanua kuwa baada ya kumaliza masomo ya darasa la saba wazazi wake walishindwa kumsomesha aliamaua kutoroka nyumbani na kwenda mjini kuanza maisha ya mtaani huku akiendelea kusoma biblia kumuomba zaidi mungu ili aweze kumsaidia katika maisha yake,licha ya kwenda katika ofisi za serikali kuwaomba msaada wa masomo ya sekondari,ambapo hata hivyo hakufanikiwa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Siku moja kulikuwa na Tamasha la CRDB Bank mjini Musoma kama kawaida yangu nilishiriki na kufanikiwa kushinda Akaunti ikiwa na fedha taslimu shilingi 50,000/= bahati nzuri Muhasibu wa Benki mwaka 2000 akaniita na kuniuliza maswali kadhaa kisha akanichukua na kuamua kuishi na mimi na huku nikirudi shule kwa gharama zake mwenyewe hadi nikamaliza elimu ya sekondari mwaka 2004”alifafanua.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anasema Kubanda kwamba alibahatika kurekodi albamu yake ya nyimbo za kidunia iliyokuwa ikiitwa “Mapenzi sio pesa” albamu hiyo ilimpa shoo nyingi na kumfanya afurahie kipaji chake kwa kuwa Baba yake mlezi hakumzuia kuimba wala kudansi na alimuunga mkono kwa kila hatua.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anasema mwaka 2005 akiwa mjini Singida alikutana na Mhandisi mmoja mwenyeji wa Nchini Uganda aliyetambulika kwa jina la Jonathan na anakumbuka ilikuwa ni katika shoo ya Miss Singida na baada ya kushuka jukwaani alimwita na kumpa fedha na kumtaka aimbe nyimbo za kidini na kumshauri aachane na nyimbo za kidunia.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anaweka bayana kuwa japo alikubali kwa shingo upande kwa kuwa alikuwa akilipwe fedha akakubali kurekodi albamu hiyo ambayo ndiyo ya kwanza inayoitwa “Raha ya Moyo” na baada ya kumaliza kurekodi albamu hiyo ndipo Mhandisi Jonathan kila wakati alimuomba aachane na muziki wa kidunia.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hata hivyo Kubanda alisisitiza kwamba ilikuwa ngumu sana kwake kwa kuwa kichwani alikuwa ameshasuka nywele tayari kwa ajili ya sho za kidunia.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anasema baada ya hapo ndipo alipomuuliza swali mtumishi huyo kutokana na kuwa na nywele hizo akiamua kumtumikia Mwenyezi Mungu je kanisa halitamtenga ambaye alimjibu kwamba kama amebatizwa na anamjua Mungu naye pia anamuomba amtumikie Mwenyezi Mungu kwani sauti yake inafaa aimbe nyimbo za Mungu atabarikiwa sana.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anasema mwaka 2010 kupitia Albamu yake ya Raha ya Moyo ilimpa nguvu na kumfanya atoe albamu yake ya pili ilikuwa ikiitwa “Mpende Bwana Mungu wako” na anashukuru albamu hiyo iliungwa mkono na viongozi wake wa dini na kufanikiwa kufanya uzinduzi na kuzinduliwa na Naibu Spika kwa wakati huo alikuwa Bwana Job Ndugai ambaye kwa sasa ni Spika wa Bunge na anamshukuru sana kwa yeye kumuunga mkono.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hata hivyo Kubanda anaweka bayana kwamba kwa sasa ana albamu mpya iitwayo “Narudi Nyumbani” ambayo ilizinduliwa na Mbunge wa jimbo la Ubungo,Saed Kubenea na kwamba albamu hiyo imegharimu shilingi milioni saba ambayo ameshutia Nairobi,Dar-es-Salaam,Zanzibar pamoja na baadhi ya maeneo ya Singida.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kubanda hata hivyo anazitaja changamoto anazozipata katika muziki wake ni uhaba wa vifaa vya muziki wa bendi,watu kutokubali kuimba akiwa na nywele nyingi kichwani wakidai kuwa ni muhuni pia,wakati anavyojua mtu anayemjua mungu huwa hana alama na mwenyezi mungu kaamua kumtumia kupitia kipaji chake.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Kwa kuwa sina menejimenti yeyote inayonisaidia zaidi ya kupata sapoti kutoka kwa viongozi wake wa dini na kanisa lake kwa ujumla,kuna wakati fulani nilikata tamaa lakini nilipewa moyo na Padre Edward Mapunda wakati ule kabla hajawa askofu kwani kwa sasa ndiye askofu wetu wa jimbo letu la Singida mjini”anasisitiza.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Anafafanua msanii huyo kwamba wakati askofu Mapunda akiwa nje ya nchi masomoni alimzawadia gitaa aina ya Galatone lenye thamani ya shilingi 350,000/= hivyo askofu wake alimtia moyo mpaka leo anaendelea kumtumikia Mwenyezi mungu.</span></div> </div>

Kubanda alianza mziki akiwa mtoto

Na,Jumbe Ismailly-Singida  YOHANA KUBANDA ni mwanamuziki wa nyimbo za injili aliyeanza kupenda muziki huo alipokuwa na umri wa miaka ...

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Angola Cables collaborates with Microsoft to drive digital transformation in Africa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tp8ADpmxQgU/WfzNIFUf3jI/AAAAAAAAHZI/N42FE1_JhDwWBCahCtcgoSAbq9w7NTbGwCLcBGAs/s1600/ang.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="250" height="374" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tp8ADpmxQgU/WfzNIFUf3jI/AAAAAAAAHZI/N42FE1_JhDwWBCahCtcgoSAbq9w7NTbGwCLcBGAs/s400/ang.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Angola </span><a href="http://www.angolacables.co.ao/" style="font-size: x-large;">Cables</a><span style="font-size: large;"> announced today that it has become a Microsoft ExpressRoute </span><a href="http://apo.af/RTFQBj" style="font-size: x-large;">partner </a><span style="font-size: large;"> to meet the needs of Africa-based organisations migrating business applications and IT infrastructures to the cloud and accelerating digital transformation on the continent. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Taking advantage of the </span><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/?v=17.14" style="font-size: x-large;">Microsoft Azure cloud platform</a><span style="font-size: large;"> , Angola Cables has created ACloud Connect to provide dedicated, high-quality connections to a worldwide network of 42 Azure regions offered by Microsoft, and connectivity to </span><a href="https://www.angolacables.co.ao/products/?lang=en" style="font-size: x-large;">Angonap</a><span style="font-size: large;"> Angola Cables’ data centre located in Luanda.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Predictable Performance </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">As one of the world’s most trusted and flexible enterprise-grade cloud computing platforms, Azure allows organisations to extend on-premises networks into the cloud over a private connection. Because ExpressRoute connections do not go over the public internet, customers experience reliable, fast and more predictable connectivity than conventional connections.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Offering dedicated Ethernet links between customers’ infrastructures and Azure’s data centres– as well as running one of the world’s most advanced IP / MPLS backbones – Angola Cables ACloud Connect will interconnect Africa and the rest of the world. Expected to be available in November 2017, Angola Cables will initially concentrate on servicing Angola and South Africa-based organisations with ACloud Connect.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“We see ACloud Connect as a natural extension of customers’ own IT infrastructures,” said Antonio Nunes, CEO at Angola Cables. “In addition to benefiting from the scale and economics of Microsoft Azure, Africa-based customers should also look forward to low latency services.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Complementing NAPAfrica in South Africa – offering peering across sub-Saharan Africa – the Azure cloud platform will help protect organisations’ online assets as they look to expand globally, while maintaining ‘data residency’ on the African continent.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Microsoft’s enterprise experience and approach to the cloud addresses customers’ needs in a differentiated way. Our unique approach to the cloud spans three areas that, when combined, give customers the most choice and flexibility with the cloud: enterprise capabilities, global cloud infrastructure, and comprehensive hybrid solutions,” said Laurence Janssens, Country Manager, Microsoft Southern Africa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Through the partnership with Microsoft, Angola Cables seems to be making all the right moves to become a key enabler of cloud adoption on the continent,” said Lehlohhonolo Mokenela, Industry Analyst for the Digital Transformation Practice at Frost & Sullivan Africa. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“The impact on latency and the cost of bandwidth will make cloud an even more viable option for enterprises across Africa. This will also see greater demand from small and medium enterprises (SMEs), a segment of the market that typically drives cloud adoption in some of the more developed countries. With SACS due to go live in 2018, Angola is well-positioned to become an important technology hub in the region.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mokenela further notes that economies with relatively more mature technology adoption such as South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria, are already witnessing a growing transition towards the cloud. “These types of partnerships, along with the impending arrival of new cables like SACS, can provide the platform for greater cloud uptake across the rest of the continent as well.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Angola Cables.</span></div> </div>

Angola Cables collaborates with Microsoft to drive digital transformation in Africa

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Rais atowa msaada wa vitanda

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TRRVX4R_3MI/WfzL0u_ibsI/AAAAAAAAHY4/e5qGl2pa0iIz0P0MLPyI01cZIfiYxIjkACLcBGAs/s1600/k.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TRRVX4R_3MI/WfzL0u_ibsI/AAAAAAAAHY4/e5qGl2pa0iIz0P0MLPyI01cZIfiYxIjkACLcBGAs/s400/k.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Na,Jumbe Ismailly-MANYONI </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">RAIS wa Jamuhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania,Dk.John Pombe Magufuli ameupatia Mkoa wa Singida msaada wa vitanda 14 vitakavyosambazwa katika vituo vya kutolea huduma ili kusaidia kupunguza msongamano wa wajawazito kulala wawili wawili katika kitanda kimoja.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Akikabidhi msaada wa vitanda hivyo kwenye viwanja vya Hospitali ya Mkoa wa Singida kwa Mkuu wa Mkoa huo kwa niaba ya Rais,Mbunge wa viti maalumu Mkoa wa Singida,Aysharose Mattembe licha ya kumshukuru rais kwa niaba ya wanawake wa Mkoa huo,vile vile alitumia wasaa huo kumwombea kwa Mungu amjaalie baraka,afya na nguvu tele ili aendelee kuwatetea wanyonge. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hata hivyo mwakilishi huyo wa wananchi aliweka bayana pia kwamba Rais Magufuli amekuwa mstari wa mbele kuhakikisha kwamba raslimali za nchi hazitumiwi ovyo na kisha kutoa mfano wa mazungumzo yaliyofikiwa muafaka kati ya Kampuni ya madini ya ACASIA na serikali kwa kampuni hiyo kukubali kulipa fedha walizokuwa wakidaiwa na serikali. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Nyote ni mashahidi mmeona Kampuni ya Acasia wamekubali kutulipa na hizi zote ni juhudi za Rais John Pombe Magufuli kuhakikisha kwamba raslimali za nchi zinatumika ipasavyo na raslimali za nchi zinakuwa chini ya Watanzania wote wanyonge”alisisitiza Mattembe. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kwa mujibu wa Mbunge huyo wa viti maalumu Mkoa wa Singida ni ukweli usiopingika na wote ni mashahidi kwamba uwajibikaji umeimarika katika maeneo mbali mbali,huku akiwahurumia watumishi wa sekta ya afya kutokana na kufanyakazi zao katika mazingira magumu. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kwa upande wake Kaimu Mganga Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Singida,Dk.Emmanuel Kimario aliweka bayana kwamba katika kipindi cha kuanzia mwezi Julai,hadi Sept,mwaka huu jumla ya wanawake 12,431 wamejifungua Mkoani Singida,ambapo kati yao,wanawake 268 wamejifungulia nyumbani na kwa wakunga wa jadi. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Kwa data tulizonazo za kujifungua katika kipindi cha robo ya pili ya mwaka huu kwa Mkoa mzima wa Singida jumla ya akina mama waliojifungua ni 12,431”.alisisitiza Kaimu Mganga mkuu huyo wa Mkoa. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Aidha Kaimu Mganga mkuu huyo alifafanua kwamba kati ya akina mama hao,190 walijifungulia nyumbani huku akina mama 78 wakisaidiwa na wakunga wa jadi wakati waliojifungua kabla ya kufika katika vituo vya kutolea huduma walikuwa 258 na waliojifungulia katika vituo vya kutolea huduma walikuwa 11,905 na hivyo kufanya jumla ya akina mama 12,431 waliojifungua Mkoani hapa katika kipindi hicho. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Akitoa taarifa ya hali ya upatikanaji wa dawa pamoja na vifaa tiba,Afisa Huduma kwa wateja (MSD –Dodoma),Innocent Mgisha aliweka wazi kwamba katika kipindi hicho Mkoa huo umepokea kwa kila Halmashauri mashuka 50 yenye thamani ya shilingi 600,000/=,vitanda 20 vyenye thamani ya 596,000/=magodoro 20 yenye thamani ya 3,440,000/=,vitanda vya kujifungulia akina mama vyenye thamani ya shilingi 1,002,021. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kwa mujibu wa Mgisha vifaa vyote vilivyotolewa na MSD na kupokelewa vina thamani ya jumla ya shilingi 121,100,000/= na kwamba kila Halmashauri itakuwa imepata vifaa tiba pamoja na dawa vyenye thamani ya shilingi 17,700,000/=. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Akipokea msaada huo wa vitanda huku akisisitiza Halmashauri kuonyesha nia ya kumuunga mkono Rais,Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Singida,Dk.Rehema Nchimbi aliagiza kwamba kabla ya mwezi juni,2018,kila Halmashauri ihakikishe imenunua vitanda bora kumi vyenye thamani ya shilingi milioni 13 kwa ajili ya kujifungua akina mama wajawazito</span></div> </div>

Rais atowa msaada wa vitanda

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World Bank Doing Business report on Nigeria fantastic, & is proof that Buhari administration's reforms are working, says Osinbajo

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4ydZ314Ogbg/WfzKCAFAF-I/AAAAAAAAHYs/IYuuiQCw0bUKJeIcmvrJqYpB-guOBkF7gCLcBGAs/s1600/250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="250" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4ydZ314Ogbg/WfzKCAFAF-I/AAAAAAAAHYs/IYuuiQCw0bUKJeIcmvrJqYpB-guOBkF7gCLcBGAs/s400/250.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“The present administration remains focused on making necessary even if dramatic policy shifts in this sector to grow, deepen and open up the business and opportunities in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Sector” – VP Osinbajo.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Despite Nigeria’s latest impressive ranking in the World Bank’s latest ‘Doing Business’ report, the Buhari administration will continue to actively pursue its reform agenda to keep improving the nation’s economy, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Prof. Osinbajo further said the oil and gas industry in Nigeria stands to benefit greatly from the administration’s Ease of Doing Business reforms. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">He said this in his speech on Thursday to mark the 55th anniversary of the Oil Producers Trade Section (OPTS) of the Lagos Chambers Of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos, with the theme: Nigeria: An Investor Friendly Destination.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Vice President noted that Nigeria’s latest ranking in the World Bank’s report was an indication that the Buhari administration’s reforms were producing results.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“On Tuesday, the World Bank released its latest report, in which Nigeria achieved the unprecedented step of climbing 24 places in the rankings, and earning a place on the list of 10 most improved economies in the world.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“This is fantastic news, but by no means an excuse for us to slow down. Instead we’re taking it as the very reason why we need to ramp up our reforms, for the benefit of Nigeria. There is still work to be done in reducing bureaucratic bottlenecks in the award of contracts and generally in obtaining approvals. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">"It is for this reason – the creation of a business environment that catalyses business activity and investment - that this year alone we have issued an Executive Order focusing on improving the business environment, and launched two National Action Plans designed to be short-term interventions aimed at implementing specific business environment reforms. The second National Action Plan is ongoing, and we expect that it will yield results across every sector of the economy, including the OPTS.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Prof. Osinbajo further said the Federal Government, through its sector road map launched in October 2016, is making inroads towards reforming and repositioning the nation’s oil and gas industry.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">He added that the administration has developed and obtained the approval of the Federal Executive Council for a new National Oil Policy and a new National Gas Policy. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Prof. Osinbajo said, “The roadmap has very specific time-focused targets and like the many bold steps we have taken in this sector since the inception of the present administration, we remain focused on making necessary even if dramatic policy shifts in this sector to grow, deepen and open up the business and opportunities in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Sector.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“In 2016, the Nigeria upstream sector of the oil and gas industry was challenged by the menace of upstream assets vandalism. From a peak production of over 2.30 Million barrels per day recorded at the beginning of 2016 we witnessed a decline to an almost all-time-low of about 1.0 Million barrels per day per day due to incessant vandalism. Many indigenous producers suffered perhaps more than other players in the industry.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Thankfully due to our sustained engagements with the Niger Delta, our production has ramped up to about 2.1 million barrels per day from our 2016 crude oil production average of about 1.80 million barrels.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">While calling for more private sector participation in the oil and gas infrastructure development projects, the Vice President emphasised that the Buhari administration will continue to address development in the Niger Delta through its New Vision for the region.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“We will continue to address Niger Delta issues and build a peaceful and prosperous Niger Delta, with emphasis on job creation for our teaming unemployed youths, investment in infrastructure, energy and promotion of sustainable livelihood,” he said. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Office of the Vice President of Nigeria.</span></div> </div>

World Bank Doing Business report on Nigeria fantastic, & is proof that Buhari administration's reforms are working, says Osinbajo

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Askofu awataka waumini wake kubadilika

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FJSNOsAoHIk/WfzJUE0pddI/AAAAAAAAHYk/2pOenq-CL7ELMSNG27vQat6d8iLKXIlmQCLcBGAs/s1600/DSCN0081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FJSNOsAoHIk/WfzJUE0pddI/AAAAAAAAHYk/2pOenq-CL7ELMSNG27vQat6d8iLKXIlmQCLcBGAs/s400/DSCN0081.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Na,Jumbe Ismailly -MANYONI </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">MHASHAMU Baba Askofu Jimbo Katoliki Singida,Edward Mapunda amewataka waumini wa madhehebu hayo kuondokana na tabia ya kutegemea wafadhili wakati wa utekelezaji na ukamilishaji wa miradi mbali mbali ya maendeleo na kuwataka watambue kuwa bwana bure amekufa na aliyebakia kwa sasa ni bwana kujitegemea peke yake.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mhashamu Baba Askofu ametoa wito huo kwenye misa takatifu aliyoiongoza wakati wa maadhimisho ya sherehe za Jubilee ya miaka 50 tangu kuanzishwa kwa Parokia ya Kupaa Bwana Manyoni iliyofanyika katika viwanja vya Kanisa la Parokia hiyo mjini Manyoni. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Lakini ninachotaka kusisitiza jambo moja la kujitegemea,jambo moja la kujitegemea..enh tumesikia wazee wetu hapa walichanga hela,wazee wetu walichanga hela….wazeeeeee mlichanga hela sasa na sisi tunataka kuchanga hela ninyi mbona mlichanga tunataka kujenga Parokia.”alisisitiza baba Askofu Mapunda. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Aidha Kiongozi huyo mkuu wa Kanisa hilo alisisitiza kwa wakazi wa wilaya ya Manyoni kwamba suala la kujitegemea halina budi kupatiwa kipaumbele katika shughuli za kukamilisha ujenzi wa majengo ya makanisa pamoja na vigango. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Akifafanua zaidi Baba Askofu huyo aliweka bayana kuwa jukumu la kukamilisha ujenzi wa makanisa ni la waumini wenyewe na wenye moyo ambapo hata hivyo aliwatoa hofu waumini wa Manyoni kwa kuweka wazi msimamo wake kuwa anaamini kabisa waumini wa Manyoni ni waumini wenye moyo wa dhati wa kukamilisha majengo hayo. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kutokana na moyo huo walionao wana Manyoni,Baba Askofu huyo alitumia wasaa wa maadhimisho hayo ya miaka 50 ya Jubilee kwa kuwataka waumini wa Jimbo hilo la Manyoni wajitoe bila kujibakiza,ili mipango na mikakati waliyojiwekea katika Jubilee hiyo iweze kufanikiwa zaidi. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Namkumbuka sana Askofu Balina,askofu Balina alikuwa wa jimbo Katoliki la Shinyanga tunamuombea kwa Mungu ametangulia kwa Mungu lakini alikuwa anawaambia wasukuma wenzake maneno mazuri sana,na mimi nataka niwaambie hayo wana Manyoni kwa sababu mikakati hii ni mizito,mipango hii ni mizito,maazimio haya ni mazito tusipojitoa yote yatakwama”alisema huku akishangiliwa na waumini. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kwa mujibu wa kiongozi huyo wa madhehebu ya Kikatoliki askofu Banila alikuwa akiwaambia wanashinyanga kwamba bwana bure amekufa na kwa kutokana na kauli hiyo naye Baba Askofu Mapunda alitumia pia kauli hiyo kwa kuwaasa waumini wa jimbo hilo kwamba bwana bure amekufa na bwana misaada yupo taabani na hivyo aliyebakia ni bwana kujitegemea. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hata hivyo Askafu Mapunda aliwatahadharisha waumini wa jimbo hilo kwamba suala la kujitegemea lina umuhimu wake na kwa hali hiyo hawana ujanja wa kulikwepa jukumu hilo la kuondokana na utegemezi na kwenda kwenye tabia ya kujitegemea wenyewe kutokana na changamoto nyingi zinazowakabili Mapadrii zikiwemo changamoto za kutokuwa na vyombo vya usafiri. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Naye Paroko wa Parokia ya Kupaa bwana Manyoni Jimbo Katoliki Singida,Padri Thomasi Wambura alisema mwaka jana ulikuwa mwaka wa Jubilee ya 100 wa Mapadri Tanzania mwaka huu wao nao wanaadhimisha miaka 50 ya Jubilee ya Parokia yao na mwaka ujao wa 2018 wataadhimisha Jubilee ya miaka 150 tangu ukristo ulipoingia nchini Tanzania. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kwa mujibu wa Padri Wambura waumini wote wana wajibu wa kuyatekeleza yale yote waliyoaswa na Baba Asskofu kama mchungaji wao mkuu lakini hakusita kusisitiza kwamba wajibu walionao ni kuyatekeleza yale waliyoyapata katika ukrito. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kwa upande wao baadhi ya waumini wa Kanisa hilo,Elizabeth Mkyalu alishauri kwamba fedha zilizochangwa na waumini wa kanisa hilo hazina budi kuanza shughuli zilizokusudiwa za ujenzi wa majengo hayo huku akionya tabia ya kusubiri wafadhili kwamba kwa namna moja au nyingine hukwamisha miradi iliyoanzishwa pale wanapojitoa au kutochangia. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Naye Flora Lyimo kwa upande wake alisema kwamba njia pekee ya kujikwamua kiuchumi na kijamii na kuhakikisha maeendeleo endelevu yanapatikana ni kujiamini na kusimama wenyewe kwa miguu yao na siyo kusubiri kusaidiw a na watu wengine kwani endapo watasubiri misaada upo uwezekano wa malengo waliyojiwekea kutokamilika.</span></div> </div>

Askofu awataka waumini wake kubadilika

Na,Jumbe Ismailly -MANYONI  MHASHAMU Baba Askofu Jimbo Katoliki Singida,Edward Mapunda amewataka waumini wa madhehebu hayo kuondokana ...

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Zanzibar Records Slight Decline in Urban Poverty

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wElRvUUW0sM/WfzH8f1Ah4I/AAAAAAAAHYU/3dfguZ_eYVsms97XYLZFiHKH79B97NzSACLcBGAs/s1600/bank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="75" data-original-width="375" height="80" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wElRvUUW0sM/WfzH8f1Ah4I/AAAAAAAAHYU/3dfguZ_eYVsms97XYLZFiHKH79B97NzSACLcBGAs/s400/bank.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Zanzibar achieved a modest reduction of 4.5 percent in its basic needs poverty rate and a one percent decrease in extreme poverty between 2010 and 2015, with the urban Unguja island being the main driver behind these reductions, according to the latest World Bank Poverty Assessment for Zanzibar. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">With a total population of about 1.3 million, the Zanzibar archipelago consists of several islands. Unguja, the largest of them has a population of about 900,000, followed by Pemba with over 400,000 people, per the 2012 census.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The World Bank assessment which analyses data from the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar’s Household Budget Survey (HBS) as well as the Integrated Labor Force Survey (ILFS), reports that the basic needs poverty rate in the archipelago stands at 30.4 percent in 2015 when the assessment was conducted, compared to 34.9 percent in 2010. Unguja is the main urban center and it registered the most decline from 26 percent in 2010 to 18.4 percent in 2015. This downward trend in poverty was also only reflected in other urban centers and rural areas related to Unguja with a decline of 11 percent for the former and 3 percent in the latter. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“The contribution of educational levels of household heads and their spouses to the reduction in Unguja is significant as it underscores the importance of strong investment in the human capital of citizens to eradicate poverty,” said Bella Bird, the World Bank Country Director for Tanzania, Malawi, Somalia and Burundi. “Nevertheless, the negative poverty trends for Pemba highlight the urgent need to address the wider issue of regional inequality by driving to ensure more equitable access to basic services across the country.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">While there were modest changes in Unguja, the assessment reveals contrasting trends for Pemba, with the island’s poverty rate increasing from 48 percent to 55 percent between 2010 and 2015. Eighty-three percent of the Pemba population resides in rural areas, underscoring the underdevelopment of the island’s urban sector as the core contributor to the increased poverty. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The report which was launched today in Stone Town shows the poverty reduction in Unguja was occasioned by increases in returns to household businesses; improved productivity in the nonfarm sector and in agriculture; as well as improvements in the levels of education achieved by heads of household and their spouses. And, while having larger families was a constraint, their burden appeared to have been offset where spouses were engaged in nonfarm activities from which they experienced returns. Improvements in ownership of assets, particularly mobile phones, also contributed to the reduction in poverty and welfare improvement.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Despite the positive trends in pay-offs from educational attainment in Unguja’s urban areas, the report authors note that unemployment of educated youth in these areas remained very high. This discrepancy could be related to the quality of education in Zanzibar which has been declining with the substantial expansion of the system’s capacity over the past decade, similar to trends witnessed on Mainland and most of Sub-Saharan Africa. On the other hand, the analysis of the relationship between education returns and poverty reduction focused around the educational attainment of household heads who were more likely to be older than the population’s average and therefore more likely to have received an education of better quality.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Among other key findings, the assessment shows improvements in households’ living conditions, but despite these positive changes, a large part of the Zanzibar population remains clustered around the poverty line and could easily fall back into poverty at the slightest shock. Conversely, small increases in their incomes could bolster a significant proportion of people over the poverty line. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“There is a lot of work ahead to improve the living standards of all people in Zanzibar,” said Carolina Sanchez, Senior Director for Poverty and Equity at the World Bank. “The report released today can form the foundation for more effective development programs that can improve the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable, especially those whose situation has gotten worse in recent years.”</span></div> </div>

Zanzibar Records Slight Decline in Urban Poverty

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Asilimia 12 ya wanawake duniania ni waathirika waukatili wakijinsia

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AoJxWmjpF3w/WfzHKwWwt3I/AAAAAAAAHYM/3i34jjr3JMA8_Q8pxT55UaAG3wiLMLcywCLcBGAs/s1600/DSCN0134.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AoJxWmjpF3w/WfzHKwWwt3I/AAAAAAAAHYM/3i34jjr3JMA8_Q8pxT55UaAG3wiLMLcywCLcBGAs/s400/DSCN0134.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Na,Jumbe Ismailly-IRAMBA </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">KITUO cha Msaada wa kisheria kwa Wanawake (WLAC) kimesema ukatili wa kijinsia ni tatizo kubwa kiulimwengu na kwamba utafiti uliofanywa na Shirika la Afya Duniani (WHO) unaonesha kuwa kati ya asilimia 12 mpaka 25 ya wanawake duniani wamefanyiwa vitendo vya ukatili,aidha wa kiuchumi,wa kingono na ama wa kimwili. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mratibu wa mradi wa kuelimisha jamii kuhusu masuala ya ukatili wa kijinsia na ukeketaji kutoka Kituo cha msaada wa Kisheria kwa wanawake na Watoto,Viviani Kweka aliyasema hayo kwa nyakati tofauti katika Kijiji cha Maluga na Ng’ang’uli vilivyopo katika kata ya Maluga wakati wa kuutambulisha mradi wa kuelimisha jamii kuhusu masuala ya ukatili wa kijinsia pamoja na ukeketaji. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Aidha Kweka aliweka bayana kuwa mraddi ulianza kutoa elimu hiyo kwa wasaidizi wa kisheria,Maofisa Ustawi wa jamii,Maofisa Maendeleo ya Jamii,jeshi la polisi kupitia dawati la jinsia,makundi ya vijana na wanawake pamoja na shule za msingi kwa ufadhili wa Shirika lisilokuwa la kiserikali la The Foundation For Civil Society. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kwa mujibu wa Mratibu huyo kwa takwimu za mwaka 2016 zilizofanywa na UNICEF zinaonesha kwamba katika tafiti zilizofanyika katika nchi 30 duniani,takribani wasicha milioni 200 wamefanyiwa ukeketaji na kati ya nchi hizo,27 zipo Afrika na Tanzania ikiwa mojawapo. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Kwa hiyo tunaweza kuona kwamba ukatili wa kijinsia bado ni tatizo kubwa sana hapa nchini kwetu”alisisitiza Kweka. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kuhusu nini kifanyike kukabiliana na hali hiyo,Mratibu huyo alibainisha kuwa njia pekee ni kutoa elimu kwa wananchi itakayosaidia kuwabadilisha,wakafunguka na kubadilisha mitazamo yao waliyokuwanayo dhidi ya wanawake na watoto. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Hata hivyo Kweka ambaye pia ni Wakili kutoka WLAC alitumia mafunzo hayo kutoa wito kwa wananchi wanaofanyiwa vitendo vya ukatili huo kujenga utamaduni wa kuvunja ukimya na kufunguka na kutoa taarifa kwenye sehemu husika kama vile wajumbe wa mashina ya nyumba kumi,wenyeviti wa vijiji na vitongoji,maofisa watendaji wa kata na vijiji. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kwa mujibu wa Vivian kinachosababisha ukatili wa kijinsia katika Kata ya Maluga pamoja na sehemu nyinginezo ni watu kukumbatia mila potofu,ambapo mila na tamaduni kwa kiasi kikubwa zinasababisha ukatili wa kijinsia sambamba na uelewa mdogo kwamba ukatili wanaofanyiwa watu ni kinyume cha sheria. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Kwa upande wao Wawezeshaji wa mafunzo hayo,Mwanasheria kutoka WLAC,Robert Chuwa aliwashauri wananchi wa kata hiyo kujenga utamaduni wa kuandika wosia ambao kwa kiasi kikubwa utawasaidia sana wanawake ambao ndiyo waathirika wakubwa pale inapotokea mmoja anapofariki. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Naye Wakili wa Kujitegemea,Benjamin Kalume alisema ukatili unaofanyika katika Kijiji cha Maluga ni ukatili wa kimwili ambao ni kinyume kabisa na sheria zilizopo Tanzania na vitendo vya ukatili vinavyofanywa katika Kijiji hicho ni vya kipigo kwa wanawake.</span></div> </div>

Asilimia 12 ya wanawake duniania ni waathirika waukatili wakijinsia

Na,Jumbe Ismailly-IRAMBA  KITUO cha Msaada wa kisheria kwa Wanawake (WLAC) kimesema ukatili wa kijinsia ni tatizo kubwa kiulimwengu na...

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Nigeria, Economic Community of West African States, Major World Economies Adopt Abuja Statement

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kh31l5Xyn4A/WfzFqVXExFI/AAAAAAAAHX8/0lCtKTLcGcEaF7brj0HUnGRGYl6lHX_9QCLcBGAs/s1600/nigeria.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="250" height="252" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kh31l5Xyn4A/WfzFqVXExFI/AAAAAAAAHX8/0lCtKTLcGcEaF7brj0HUnGRGYl6lHX_9QCLcBGAs/s400/nigeria.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Nigeria, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), World Trade Organisation (WTO), Friends of Investment Facilitation for Development (FIFD) and participants at the High Level Policy and Private Sector Trade and Investment Facilitation Partnership Forum today adopted a declaration titled “The Abuja Statement” at the close of the two-day event, which saw the participation of over 30 African countries as well as major world economies.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Forum was opened yesterday the 2nd of November by Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo with the support of the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Abuja Statement on “Deepening Africa’s Integration in the Global Economy through Trade and Investment Facilitation for Development” was unanimously adopted after two days of intensive deliberations between policy makers and the business community from around the world.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Statement reaffirmed that trade and investment are inseparable and remain indispensable “twin engines” for economic growth, modernization and development of Africa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">It reiterated the need to scale up investments in “connectivity” – infrastructure - ports, transport corridors and telecommunications networks to enable Africa participate and benefit from today’s integrated and digital global economy. It supported the ongoing Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) negotiations in Africa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Statement said: “One of the central objectives of the High Level Forum was to examine how the WTO could contribute to facilitating the required investment –as well as trade by developing multilateral approaches to improving transparent, cutting red tape, streamlining procedures and strengthening international cooperation with the aim of expanding sustainable pro-development investment.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Furthermore, the Statement noted: “Participants underscored the importance of enabling developing and least developing countries to increase their participation in global investment flows, including by mobilizing resources needed to address their technical and capacity constraints.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Statement called for a successful 11th WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires in December to strengthen the WTO as a global public good that remains central to the welfare, prosperity and development of all its members.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Statement further emphasized that policies, institutions and best practices are required for expanding the required investment in the domestic economies of African countries, the region and continent.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">In his reaction, Minister Enelamah said: “The new narrative of Nigeria out there: that the country is positive, pro-development, pro-business and pro-enabling environment for business.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">On his part, the Director General/Chief Negotiator of the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN) Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe stated that “This High Level Forum on Trade and Investment Facilitation held in Abuja, was an acknowledgment of Nigeria’s economic and trade policy leadership in West Africa, Africa and the global economy.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The High Level Forum was co-hosted by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and <a href="http://fmiti.gov.ng/">Investment</a> , ECOWAS in partnership with FIFD. Members of FIFD coalition are Nigeria, Argentina, China, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Hong Kong China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, Canada, the European Union and Qatar.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Other participants at the Forum were WTO DG Roberto Azevedo; Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Mukhisa Kituyi, African Union (AU) Commissioner for Trade and Industry Albert Muchanga, President of ECOWAS Commission Marcel Alain de Souza and CEOs and business leaders from Hauwei, Procter and Gamble, Vodacom, etc.</span></div> </div>

Nigeria, Economic Community of West African States, Major World Economies Adopt Abuja Statement

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Siemens signs agreements with Uganda and Sudan

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-265szLHYroU/WQwwm33IRHI/AAAAAAAAHXo/-RNuMnak5K4nV_IAZYCx4BqUKdVH23rKQCLcB/s1600/sime.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="65" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-265szLHYroU/WQwwm33IRHI/AAAAAAAAHXo/-RNuMnak5K4nV_IAZYCx4BqUKdVH23rKQCLcB/s400/sime.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.siemens.com/" style="font-size: x-large;">Siemens</a><span style="font-size: large;"> will work more closely with the African countries Uganda and Sudan in the areas of power supply, industry, transportation and healthcare. The African states signed the corresponding Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) at the World Economic Forum 2017 in the South African city of Durban. The documents were signed in the presence of Brigitte Zypries, German Federal Minister for Economics and Energy, Joe Kaeser, President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG and further high-ranking personalities.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Africa’s economies are gaining ground and can develop their full potential with the right partner. Siemens wants to support their sustainable development – with solutions and projects in Africa, for Africa. The agreements with our African partners are important steps along this path,” said Joe Kaeser, President and CEO of Siemens AG. “Our goal is to double our order intake in Africa to more than €3 billion by the year 2020.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Brigitte Zypries, German Federal Minister for Economics and Energy, said: “Africa is a continent with economic opportunities and the German industry is an outstanding partner for the countries of Africa to realize these opportunities. I am very pleased that with the agreements signed today, good progress is being made towards the goal of better infrastructure and thus more growth and employment. I particularly welcome the training program because well-trained skilled workers are a key pillar of prosperity and development. And it is precisely these elements that I also support with the ‘Pro! Africa’ plan.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Siemens is a company that invests for the long term, and we are interested in the long-term fundamentals of these markets and the diversification of their economies,” said Sabine Dall’Omo, CEO of Siemens Southern and Eastern Africa. “The opportunity for industrialization in Africa is now. It is estimated that Africa imports one-third of the food, beverages and other similar processed goods it consumers. The potential exists for Africa-based companies to meet this domestic demand and in so doing create sustainable revenue streams and opportunities for job creation.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Under these agreements, Siemens and its partners will develop solutions in the areas of power supply, transportation, industry and healthcare. Another key point in the agreements relates to continuing training programs for various technical fields in order to create a pool of well-trained local workers. Furthermore, Siemens is joining the “Make IT Alliance” of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development to promote start-ups and technology companies across the African continent. The agreement was signed in the presence of Guenter Nooke, German Chancellor's Personal Representative for Africa in the ministry.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Africa possesses vast economic potential with forecasted growth rates of up to five percent. Spending on African infrastructure has more than doubled to $80 billion over the last 15 years, and the aspiring urban centers offer growth opportunities for the entire continent. More than a billion people worldwide have no access to electric power, and half of those people live in Africa. In Uganda and Sudan, Siemens’ primary goal is to increase national power generating capacities and to connect the local population to the power grids. A reliable and extensive power supply system is the fundamental prerequisite for economic growth.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">African countries need infrastructure and industrial projects that generate sustained income streams to fully exploit their own economic potential. New financing concepts and long-term investment guidelines that will remain in effect for 30 years will create a stable investment climate for international investors and help to implement planned infrastructure projects.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Siemens has already developed financing solutions for its megaproject in Egypt and power plant projects in Nigeria and is supporting its African partners’ efforts to implement these major infrastructure projects. Siemens promotes economic growth in Africa through far-reaching partnerships in the competence fields of power generation, transportation and healthcare, as well as the digitalization of industry.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Siemens has been active in Africa for more than 157 years. Today, with more than 3,600 employees based in a total of 15 African countries, the company contributes decisively to the continent’s economic development. In addition, Siemens is investing an average of €10 million per year for training programs and is promoting programs to increase integrity in politics and society. In the spirit of Germany’s current presidency of the G20 group and the recently published Marshall Plan for Africa, Siemens is developing new projects for the continent, with the long-term goal of promoting the African economy and creating local jobs.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO on behalf of Siemens AG.</span></div> </div>

Siemens signs agreements with Uganda and Sudan

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sY5lNPGg1a4/WQwvvNqxEUI/AAAAAAAAHXg/C_P8qieWHQIP2T4cwf3j22MONyYZxW8SACLcB/s1600/kul.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sY5lNPGg1a4/WQwvvNqxEUI/AAAAAAAAHXg/C_P8qieWHQIP2T4cwf3j22MONyYZxW8SACLcB/s400/kul.png" width="282" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The sixth annual Jozi Film Festival entry submissions opened on Monday 6th February 2017, and from today, all budding film makers have less than 27 days left to get their entries in. For those of you who missed it - this year, for the first time ever, the Jozi Film Festival (JFF) has partnered with Discovery Networks to launch a brand new category - the Discovery Channel Don't Stop Wondering Award.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">For this category, film makers need to develop a 2-5 minute documentary which showcases and celebrates unique African stories and captures Discovery's ethos of sparking curiosity. This is an Africa-wide search for filmmaking talent that carries a cash prize of $5,000 from Discovery Channel for the final winner to go towards their next filming project. Entry is free and multiple entries are welcome. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">"Discovery Networks is very excited to see the entries that will be received for this</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">competition as Discovery Channel has always been about satisfying curiosity, by breaking ground with high-quality factual entertainment programming that inspires and entertains audiences around the world," said Dilek Doyran, VP of Commercial Development and Country Manager of Africa and the Mediterranean. "So, if you are a naturally inquisitive film maker, then do not miss out on this opportunity and enter now before the closing date." </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">After the closing of the entries, the Top 10 films selected by a JFF and Discovery jury will be broadcast on Discovery Channel in July and August, and again at the sixth annual Jozi Film Festival in September. The winning film will then be selected by popular vote via the voting tool on Discovery's<a href="http://www.discoverychannelafrica.com/"> website</a>: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001CuwVdPqK5DH1hop8EAptotIgZ4VV3b1O5--6Wu8Jp2IVKjx2dv5AQSe_jiSeEhfdSMIrjm1OOzipPor2bc8PfadBRtZuMPZjzkHY2mGqUEUA1lHH79ozoE_-1_Jm_a48lT4zVG1e9XQQymgCUFlChCBMX32TMpuSswYmjaH3LAQ847o6j1oMIPGzx0FC4vLY&c=zQM4RJp8HZ-W93lcPPDPh4ArlbDaG4Hp_GD2xYPE0tkLrgcVEpsGgw==&ch=0bsHR7llYHLI-HMxtEqBFR942frqqrvqXCsaHRmh_BOGHqNscq0MDg=="> </a>and the winner will be flown to Johannesburg to receive their prize at the Jozi Film Festival awards to be held on 24 September 2017.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Entrants must be 18 years or older and must reside on the African continent. Don't miss out! Submit your work for this category -before the closing at 18:00 on 31 May 2017.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">For more information on how to submit to <a href="http://www.jozifilmfestival.co.za/">JFF2017</a>, please <a href="http://www.discoverychannelafrica.com/">visit</a> .You're just one short film away from your dream career! </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by African Media Agency (AMA) on behalf of Discovery Communications.</span></div> </div>

The last chance to stop wondering with Discovery Channel is now!

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GE to supply power generation technology for Ghana’s 400 MW Bridge Power project

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_gqlB4LhGiU/WQwu3I47q3I/AAAAAAAAHXY/KtbPG_YX6w4WN_NvvhPfftDSYvDRAQhRQCLcB/s1600/Kaz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="104" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_gqlB4LhGiU/WQwu3I47q3I/AAAAAAAAHXY/KtbPG_YX6w4WN_NvvhPfftDSYvDRAQhRQCLcB/s400/Kaz.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">GE (</span><a href="http://www.ge.com/" style="font-size: x-large;">NYSE: GE</a><span style="font-size: large;">) announced today that it will supply the power generation equipment for the Bridge Power plant project in Tema, Ghana. The equipment, which will be used in the first phase of the project, will collectively generate 200 MW of power. An additional 200 MW of power will be deployed in stage two of the project.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The equipment scope includes <a href="https://powergen.gepower.com/products/aeroderivative-gas-turbines/tm2500-gas-turbine-family.html">GE’s TM2500 gas turbine generator sets</a> and GE’s steam turbines in a combined cycle (CC) configuration. This will be the first time the TM2500 gas turbines will be used in a combined cycle configuration globally and marks a milestone for the technology, which was also <a href="http://www.genewsroom.com/press-releases/ge-announces-order-ae-energia-bring-fast-digital-power-angola-283734">selected this week for Angola’s ambitious electrification program</a> led by PRODEL.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“The Bridge Power plant successfully brings together the need for a cost-effective fuel solution, in this case liquefied petroleum gas, with an integrated power solution driven by GE’s latest flexible technology” said Leslie Nelson, CEO, GE’s Gas Power Systems for Sub Saharan Africa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The 400 megawatt (MW) Bridge Power and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) import, storage, and transportation infrastructure project will address Ghana’s long-term energy requirements by providing enough electricity for the equivalent of up to 17 percent of the country’s capacity. Upon completion, it will be Africa’s first LPG fired power plant and the world’s largest plant of its kind. The fuel-flexible plant will also be capable of being fueled by LPG, natural gas or diesel.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Bridge Power is being developed by the Early Power Limited (“EPL”) consortium under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Electricity Corporation of Ghana (ECG). The EPL consortium comprises of Endeavor Energy, a leading independent power development and generation company focused on Africa; Sage, a leading independent trading firm in Ghana; and GE (General Electric).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Bridge power plant project will bring much needed electricity to Ghana and is expected to have an immediate positive impact on the reliable operation of schools, factories, offices, other local businesses, hospitals, and households. The project is another example of how GE works with the government, corporate customers and other stakeholders in Ghana. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Together, GE and its customers in Ghana support economic growth through infrastructure development in the power, oil & gas and healthcare sectors. In March this year, GE opened a 5,600 square meter oil & gas facility in Takoradi, that will serve as a primary service center for deep-water offshore projects. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO on behalf of GE.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> </div>

GE to supply power generation technology for Ghana’s 400 MW Bridge Power project

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Kenyan President gives vote of confidence for the Huduma Card in driving financial inclusion

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mbCnNCpns88/WQmkDlQh4hI/AAAAAAAAHXI/o_VpQ2FZnPkYHSbTvJ1QBtDqFlaVT1iIwCLcB/s1600/Mastercard%2BHuduma%2BLogo.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mbCnNCpns88/WQmkDlQh4hI/AAAAAAAAHXI/o_VpQ2FZnPkYHSbTvJ1QBtDqFlaVT1iIwCLcB/s400/Mastercard%2BHuduma%2BLogo.PNG" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Kenyan Government has provided a vote of confidence in the implementation of the Huduma Card in the country, and its role in driving financial inclusion. The announcement was highlighted during the 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa, and is in line with the events focus on showcasing how Africa is ensuring its citizens are empowered through inclusion. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Research done by the World Bank indicates that financial inclusion is progressing well in Kenya, where <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001fr13ZOd08v1PU9yYhi_edPXhz6APBPzi4SCacEo4ytkZ61zs5zlH08SRlTisLpbMNu6OCU2M3OgIYGGyA8oSzw_58BtwMK-qYxxZj7WKIxbUNbSRxdrGK4hq5THgCLXAEPW4b2VLSF8XXwg64qXPOjQ-D657Bf3fL3UTtELyVwkRz6dYDBIQMM3yT2W2LKU5bzocssbchvFd8r94W_LTBDRq4M_XI4d-l2FTIbO508U=&c=f9GzVxkj4WHo2q-w-rbolLxTto_vXuO0T8V3G5WBHhThaFFbDMP2sw==&ch=2HUIKXhFxSutP8AMHIrTCHtZeMLSxua5w3Ikkm3uTHuYvrsS0QSFIw==">75 percent of adults have an account</a> - however, a core pillar of Kenya's Vision 2030 is improving the efficiency and transparency of public services and payments to bring even more Kenyans into the financial ecosystem. This is key to the sustainable growth of any economy.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mastercard, as one of the official technology partners to Huduma, ensures that the card offers a secure and convenient way for citizens to transact. The company is driven to displace cash, and is committed to financially empowering 500 million people worldwide by 2020. The Huduma partnership forms a key part of the strategy in reaching this goal. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">"With a successful pilot under our belt, we are confident that the national roll out of the Huduma Card will be successful, meeting the expectations of the Kenyan Government and the needs of all Kenyans. The road to achieving our long term goal of reaching 13 million citizens over a period of seven years is well underway," says Dennis Mutuku, CEO Huduma Kenya Secretariat.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Mutuku pointed out that as part of the roll out strategy, the Huduma team are exploring various options to drive usage of the card. One such example he highlighted was the recent launch of the Public Transport pilot in partnership with Matatu operators. He noted that given the country's dependence on public transport, the introduction of a transit payment solutions will help to reach more people with the greatest need in a meaningful and practical way. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">"The Huduma story in Kenya can be held up as a leading example across the rest of the continent of how technology, innovation and collaboration between public and private sector partners can be harnessed to implement flexible and safe payments that facilitate inclusive growth," says Daniel Monehin, Division President and Financial Inclusion Lead for International Markets, Mastercard. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Continued collaboration between partners in both the public and private sector is key to implementing these large scale initiatives that aim to develop strong financial ecosystems. This is a core theme at WEF Africa, where sharing knowledge in creating a digital continent is seen as being vitally important. Kenya is at the beginning of its journey with the implementation of the card, but already the potential of the prepaid card solution is evident. Mutuku reinforced that it is a journey, mentioning that in order to ensure the roll out is successful key implementation steps cannot be overlooked.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">"Providing citizens across the continent with more seamless solutions to engage with and access government services remains a core priority of ours and we will keep partnering and collaborating with market leaders to make sure that Africans benefit from continued innovation that will deliver more inclusive economic ecosystems," Monehin concluded.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">More about the Huduma Card</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The multi-purpose prepaid Huduma Card can be obtained easily at various Huduma Centre's nationwide and the four partner bank branches (CBA, DTB, EQUITY, KCB) - and because applicants do not require a credit check or bank account to apply, it allows Kenya's un- and under-banked citizens in particular to benefit from being financially included and able to pay for and receive critical government services. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">With its chip and PIN technology, the Huduma Card also enables citizens to make and receive social payments safely, conveniently and without cash in store, online, by phone anywhere Mastercard is accepted worldwide. Chip and PIN technology is a global standard to guarantee that money is protected even if the card is stolen or lost - this added protection ensures beneficiaries can receive their funds conveniently and securely.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Integrating state services on the system ensures that all Kenyans benefit from vital public initiatives such as the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) and National Social Security Fund (NSSF) among others. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by African Media Agency (AMA) for Mastercard Worldwide.</span></div> </div>

Kenyan President gives vote of confidence for the Huduma Card in driving financial inclusion

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Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) Unveils 2017 Honorees for Business and Entrepreneurship at World Economic Forum on Africa, May 3-5, 2017

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QlPbXZ8OaPk/WQmjbaDpZLI/AAAAAAAAHXA/D1qNhypNl5kK3oQ87RDpYSjtf-zx4TNYwCLcB/s1600/MIPAD%2BLOGO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QlPbXZ8OaPk/WQmjbaDpZLI/AAAAAAAAHXA/D1qNhypNl5kK3oQ87RDpYSjtf-zx4TNYwCLcB/s400/MIPAD%2BLOGO.jpg" width="272" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">M<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZVSlq4a0z3u0XHZ9FMIRstK7vWxA44YptjQx8a4waLddpdZ7m52FhiMn1G81_EE6apgDXh6yGOAV15Bbr9gV2ZHdHtH2WG7CS7UVwLdj_RFDm1vqr30PP6-ECHYS-MTK1LIVRAhF2fzLUF-srhqcxpR2D_kJffhw&c=Pbos0A_GLzgf4KZRBJyDnd43ppI6BJpGStKUuQ4v3iNOjEjsnWvbgw==&ch=aYuUQO9AbkeizhfaDX82xRbZJN03WokeHrpmWTgbsFbmX7N3NMevOg==">ost Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD)</a>, a global civil society initiative whose efforts emanate from the International Decade for People of African Descent, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, will unveil its 2017 honorees in the Business and Entrepreneurship category during the World Economic Forum on Africa taking place between 3 and 5 May in Durban, South Africa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">MIPAD is a unique global list that identifies 200 high achievers, under the age of 40, of African descent in public and private sectors worldwide, 100 inside Africa, and 100 outside Africa in the Diaspora. From Eldrick "Tiger" Woods the most successful golfer of all time to the highest paid CEO in Africa, James Mworia, Managing Director and CEO, Centum Investments, Kenya. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">"Our mission with MIPAD is to build a progressive network of civil society actors who come together and support the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent. In proclaiming this global initiative, the international community is recognizing that people of African descent represent a distinct group whose contributions and human rights must be promoted and protected", said Kamil Olufowobi, Founder of MIPAD.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">MIPAD gathers these young leaders and their mentors twice a year around prestigious events held both in Africa, in March and the United States, in September. The Awards Dinner in honor of the 'MIPAD Class of 2017' is slated for September 26th, 2017 in New York City, following the opening of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly. Former U.S. President Barack Obama and current UN Secretary-General António Guterres are invited to attend as keynote speakers.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">This year's MIPAD Business and Entrepreneurship category will honor 76 top achievers from Africa and the Diaspora. The selection panel considered the contributions and impact of these individuals through their business ideas, successful enterprises, innovative thinking, net worth and commitment to diversity and inclusion. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">"I am honored and humbled to have been selected by MIPAD, it is an extremely inspiring initiative. I am a firm believer that this is our time as Africans and Africa. In order to take things to the next level we must truly enable, empower and inspire our young entrepreneurs and women entrepreneurs across the continent, we as Africans are not playing to catch up we are going to lead the way," says Ashish J. Thakkar, Founder, Mara Group & Mara Foundation, one of the 2017 honorees in Business & Entrepreneurship, inside Africa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">In addition, other high achievers are recognized under three other categories as follows; Politics and Governance, Media and Culture, and Religion & Humanitarian endeavors.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">There are around 200 million people identifying themselves as being of African descent who live in the Americas. Many millions more live in other parts of the world, outside of the African continent. Whether as descendants of the victims of the transatlantic slave trade or as more recent migrants, they constitute some of the poorest and most marginalized groups. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">In many cases, people of African descent still experience discrimination in their access to justice, and face alarmingly high rates of police violence and racial profiling. Furthermore, their degree of political participation is often low, both in voting and in occupying political positions.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The promotion and protection of human rights of people of African descent has been a priority concern for the United Nations. The International Decade for People of African Descent, proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 68/237 and to be observed from 2015 to 2024, provides a solid framework to underline the important contributions made by people of African descent around the world and to propose concrete measures to promote their full inclusion and to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">If you meet any of the MIPAD honorees in Durban during the 2017 WEF Africa, please extend a hand of congratulation for their contributions to societies around the world and for their resilience and strength in the face of adversity.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by African Media Agency (AMA) on behalf of Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD).</span></div> </div>

Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) Unveils 2017 Honorees for Business and Entrepreneurship at World Economic Forum on Africa, May 3-5, 2017

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Clitoraid Announces Its First Clitoral Restorative Surgeries for FGM Victims in Kenya

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SnsX22TMD6w/WQmixCXcAdI/AAAAAAAAHW4/XeCPJHge81E-L63vMcJDQgbRIul9BD6rACLcB/s1600/aid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="83" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SnsX22TMD6w/WQmixCXcAdI/AAAAAAAAHW4/XeCPJHge81E-L63vMcJDQgbRIul9BD6rACLcB/s400/aid.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">From May 2 to May 13, the U.S.-based, non-profit organization </span><a href="http://www.clitoraid.org/" style="font-size: x-large;">Clitoraid</a><span style="font-size: large;"> will launch its first humanitarian mission in Nairobi, Kenya, offering clitoral restorative surgery to victims of female genital mutilation (FGM).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">According to Clitoraid Spokesperson Nadine Gary, this new mission is part of the multiple actions planned during the month of May, the month of Clitoris Awareness.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Dr. Marci Bowers, Clitoraid’s gynecological surgeon, will operate on 40 women in Kenya. Clitoraid partners with the Kenyan non-governmental organization Garana and Dr. Abdullahi Adan, a plastic reconstructive surgeon in this endeavor.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Dr. Bowers will restore sexual pleasure to 40 patients,” Gary said. “But those having surgery next week are only a few of the many FGM survivors who have contacted us, desperately seeking to be made whole again.” (According to a 2013 UNICEF report, a quarter of all Kenyan women are victims of the barbaric custom of FGM, also known as “cutting.”)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Gary said Bowers will also train local surgeons during her stay in Kenya.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“She’ll present the clitoral restorative technique developed by French urologist Dr. Pierre Foldes,” Gary explained. “Clemence Linard, our clinical sexologist in France, will also participate, offering counseling to patients and sharing her expertise with Kenyan sexologist Dr. Tammary Esho, who volunteered to assist.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Clitoraid's humanitarian mission began in 2004.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“International spiritual leader Maitreya<a href="http://rael.org/"> Rael</a> during one of his visits to West Africa in 2003, learned of the gruesome practice of mutilating girls’ genitals,” Gary said. “He launched Clitoraid not just to launch an educational campaign against FGM but to provide the surgery that repairs the damage inflicted on its victims.” </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Gary said Clitoraid has already operated on over 250 FGM survivors, mainly in the United States, where 500,000 victims reside today.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Among our former patients is Jaha Dukereh, a U.S. resident born in the Gambia,” Gary said. “Last year she was named one of Time Magazine's ‘100 Most Influential People’ in recognition of her anti-FGM activism. She calls her restorative surgery through Clitoraid ‘a life-changing experience’.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile, Clitoraid’s first hospital dedicated to FGM victims and their medical needs in West Africa is still awaiting licensure in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">“Corrupt male politicians and greedy doctors prevented our 2014 opening, oblivious to the anger and despair of countless local FGM patients,” Gary said.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Distributed by APO on behalf of Clitoraid.</span></div> </div>

Clitoraid Announces Its First Clitoral Restorative Surgeries for FGM Victims in Kenya

From May 2 to May 13, the U.S.-based, non-profit organization Clitoraid will launch its first humanitarian mission in Nairobi, Kenya, ...

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