SAP GROW launched to accelerate small & medium businesses’ cloud adoption across South Africa

<div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1940707673layout yiv1940707673layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1940707673column yiv1940707673column--1 yiv1940707673scale yiv1940707673stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1940707673text yiv1940707673text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1940707673text_content-cell yiv1940707673content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlz9ojDVtuviWpnoiioCnSc-RrkbMamGAUJM9tCbLYCKEGU7OrkZzv90rzg16Vdqy7IufW1sm_u6cOzdtrDp26ATUH3FyOdkbDUMumOzbP_m4DHiRt48Oo3rd7w7BAVz32wa5B-btrN933JurIbIK2YaQ-E2mROikz5BPAx7bXC8LyuWiIUpR1E_sVE-1J/s1024/mail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlz9ojDVtuviWpnoiioCnSc-RrkbMamGAUJM9tCbLYCKEGU7OrkZzv90rzg16Vdqy7IufW1sm_u6cOzdtrDp26ATUH3FyOdkbDUMumOzbP_m4DHiRt48Oo3rd7w7BAVz32wa5B-btrN933JurIbIK2YaQ-E2mROikz5BPAx7bXC8LyuWiIUpR1E_sVE-1J/s320/mail.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />SAP Africa announced the South African launch of GROW with SAP, a new offering to help midsize customers adopt cloud ERP that enables speed, predictability and continuous innovation. GROW with SAP customers get the same best practices powering the world’s industry leaders, while benefiting from rapid deployment and frictionless updates. </span><p></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“SAP’s ERP offering has long enabled end-to-end transparency across the business for the world’s leading companies,” says Evert-Jan Tromp, Vice President Solution Sales Mid-Market EMEA South. “With GROW with SAP, we’re taking this to the next level for midsize companies, with a tailored offering that helps them grow their business. Being able to support many businesses on the continent with an agile, affordable and scalable offering. GROW with SAP provides the agility and innovation midsize companies need not just today, but for their success in years to come.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">For 50 years, SAP has been working hand in hand with customers across every industry and using this expertise to benchmark and define best-in-class, industry-specific processes. GROW with SAP provides these preconfigured best practices that midsize companies can immediately adopt. Embedded artificial intelligence (AI) and automation capabilities mean customers see rapid results. The GROW with SAP offering also brings together SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition, with accelerated adoption services, a global community of experts and free learning resources, helping customers go live in as little as four weeks.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1940707673layout yiv1940707673layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1940707673column yiv1940707673column--1 yiv1940707673scale yiv1940707673stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1940707673image yiv1940707673image--padding-vertical yiv1940707673image--mobile-scale yiv1940707673image--mobile-center" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1940707673image_container yiv1940707673content-padding-horizontal" style="outline: none !important; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="yiv1940707673image_content" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.constantcontact.com%2Fd917b230401%2F8c999b65-9a3b-4071-ab6d-1c5d4a0c4be6.png%3Frdr%3Dtrue&t=1693414923&ymreqid=55d738a2-f71a-ca11-1c70-430021013200&sig=iwTvR3QTsB9LDiq_inCfvw--~D" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; outline: none !important; text-indent: -9999px;" width="402" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1940707673text yiv1940707673text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1940707673text_content-cell yiv1940707673content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Evert-Jan Tromp, Vice President of Cloud and Innovation Sales Mid Market & Channels EMEA South at SAP</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1940707673layout yiv1940707673layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1940707673column yiv1940707673column--1 yiv1940707673scale yiv1940707673stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1940707673text yiv1940707673text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1940707673text_content-cell yiv1940707673content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Rob Coombe, Group IT Manager at Royal Eswatini Sugar Corporation, says: "Our SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud deployment drives greater efficiency across our business by allowing us to leverage best-practice standards that keep processes running smoothly while unlocking significant cost savings. The power and scalability of the platform can also support our business as we enter new product segments and markets, allowing us to quickly and efficiently bring new processes and business capabilities online."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">GROW with SAP also includes SAP Business Technology Platform, so customers can define their own processes in a cloud-native way using SAP Build. With SAP Build solutions, business users can create enterprise apps, automate processes and design business sites without writing code, an important asset for those closest to the business who can create the solutions they need.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">SAP’s vibrant partner ecosystem will also engage with customers around GROW with SAP and support their digital transformation needs. Research conducted by SAP Africa found that digital transformation specialists were in-demand at 48% of African organisations, indicating a potential skills gap for companies wishing to scale into the cloud.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">IDC research shows that many midsize businesses find themselves growing rapidly and need their technology to grow with their business as they encounter the same issues related to global complexity as larger enterprise businesses.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“With GROW with SAP, SAP recognised they need to better fit the business and technology requirements of midsize companies looking for a cloud ERP solution,” IDC enterprise software group vice president Mickey North Rizza said. “This offering reengages the market with a refreshingly new opportunity to unlock the proven strength of SAP’s long-time understanding and leadership in the ERP space in the cloud.”</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1940707673layout yiv1940707673layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1940707673layout yiv1940707673layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1940707673column yiv1940707673column--1 yiv1940707673scale yiv1940707673stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1940707673text yiv1940707673text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1940707673text_content-cell yiv1940707673content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">Distributed by </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001iJvQiYniBp9o2lH1Y-ZI-nzA-LJyT0OiAvy9OZNJXObzNtOj_aRkbyfdn16hhzfWDF6kaKhYL1bvBA_4-YH4P8cNJKlJd-OoPxhp8wbqhYusD-v63qbWlj2hHAeY6srBqyMeZlFiiW2Dvkdkzy-Eq_TrDwdW3U_JnoLxyYSJ2ypv8zfT8Xrqq4xo5mRrZJtea1VtNXBmZpRRIczYFaWfSJ4vF8H27Uza&c=fUm1ZrcpPMhl_XLcueQrv5UDSkQ_hXPVDItm6DG5qPPR3loYlLNckQ==&ch=tFkn7BnuGL37QPAmsUjBaPndMdUjj9yGbKucJVuY-JIZswvrLjfkiA==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">African Media Agency (AMA)</a><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;"> on behalf of SAP Africa.</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

SAP GROW launched to accelerate small & medium businesses’ cloud adoption across South Africa

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Corporate Council on Africa Announces John Olajide To Serve as Board Chairman

<div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1882553279layout yiv1882553279layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1882553279column yiv1882553279column--1 yiv1882553279scale yiv1882553279stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1882553279text yiv1882553279text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1882553279text_content-cell yiv1882553279content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) is pleased to announce the election of John Olajide as the new Chairman of the Board, effective January 1, 2024. He will succeed Dr. Jeffrey L. Sturchio, who has served as CCA Chairman since April 2016 and will continue as a CCA Board member. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Mr. Olajide is an entrepreneur, investor, care at home innovator, civic leader, global community builder and philanthropist. He is the Founder and CEO of Axxess, a leading healthcare technology company, and Chairman of Cavista Holdings Limited, a diversified holding and investment company with interests in technology, agriculture, hospitality, fintech, energy and other sectors. Since its founding in 2007, Axxess has grown under Mr. Olajide’s leadership to have a presence in the U.S., Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Through Axxess and Cavista Holdings, he is helping improve access to healthcare globally and creating tens of thousands of jobs in various industries.  </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Mr. Olajide has served as a Vice Chair of the CCA Board of Directors since 2022, and brings a wealth of visionary leadership experience to his new role, including serving as the youngest-ever Chair of the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee, which has helped attract businesses to the most prosperous region in the United States. As CCA Chairman, Mr. Olajide will play a pivotal role in guiding CCA's mission and initiatives and will undoubtedly steer CCA toward new heights in growing its membership, serving CCA member companies and other stakeholders, and enhancing trade, investment, and business partnerships between the United States and African nations.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"I am delighted to announce John Olajide as the new Chairman of the CCA Board," said Florizelle Liser, President and CEO of CCA. " John's remarkable journey as a young Nigerian-American entrepreneur to a prominent, visionary leader of a rapidly growing multi-sector, global business is a testament to his dedication and innovation. His innovative mindset, leadership acumen, and deep commitment to improving the lives of people and communities in the United States and across Africa align perfectly with CCA’s goal to build on our 30-year history as the premier U.S. business association solely focused on Africa’s economic and business relationships with the United States."</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Mr. Olajide expressed his enthusiasm as the baton of CCA Board Chair passes to him from Dr. Sturchio at the beginning of 2024.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"I am honored to take on the responsibility of Chairman of the Board at Corporate Council on Africa,” Mr. Olajide said. “I look forward to continuing to collaborate with Jeff and to working with all the members of the CCA Board of Directors as well as with the remarkable team at CCA, U.S. and African government and private sector leaders, and other stakeholders to accelerate economic development, foster transformative partnerships between the U.S. and Africa, and improve the lives of people both here in the U.S. and across the continent."</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) extends its heartfelt gratitude to outgoing chairman Dr. Sturchio for his invaluable contributions during his two separate terms as Chairman of the Board (2008-2009, 2016-2023). Under Dr. Sturchio’s leadership, CCA has made significant strides in advancing U.S.-Africa business relationships, promoting policy dialogue, and creating platforms for multi-stakeholder collaboration in key sectors contributing to growth and prosperity on both sides of the Atlantic, including, most recently CCA’s Health Security and Resilience Initiative.  </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"I am proud to have served as CCA’s Chairman through an important period of transformation under Florie Liser’s leadership,” Dr. Sturchio said. “Together with our member companies and partners, we have had a meaningful impact on trade and investment opportunities between the U.S. and Africa. I am confident that CCA will be in good hands with John Olajide as the new Chairman. His broad-based experience and impressive accomplishments will serve CCA well in his new role. I look forward to working with John, Florie, and CCA’s diverse and multi-talented Board and staff on the transition over the coming months.”  </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As Mr. Olajide assumes the role of Chairman of the CCA Board of Directors at the beginning of 2024, Corporate Council on Africa eagerly anticipates a new chapter of transformative leadership, collaboration, and progress under his guidance.</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1882553279layout yiv1882553279layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1882553279column yiv1882553279column--1 yiv1882553279scale yiv1882553279stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1882553279text yiv1882553279text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1882553279text_content-cell yiv1882553279content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">Distributed by</span><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;"> </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001qQ8smN_0z8U3TC16nWJ9MpT_41dgdDUz0ftDM_lWvBOk6pX5YL2a94s44noG0HPRSsYQ10tPU9NUycFxsB5H37Bmc9SXSli0Coh12dhHrS0xaTBvC1v0MweuZV3brLtx_BwV9bJTAtIWOhP7FqVVU4WIw83XEJr6&c=na7KXnmpHi0sSlF3Z0EUOqOTJryzOJQ73vZZWOvCa0pk4r-eJ3NBgw==&ch=JulnnlWvI_FO7YVSq_yw5GL6KWfsTb2Vire4gxoterf7Q2M2PT5kZg==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #2961d9; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">African Media Agency</a><span style="color: #2961d9; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;"> </span><span style="color: #1a191a; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">on behalf of </span><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">Corporate Council on Africa</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

Corporate Council on Africa Announces John Olajide To Serve as Board Chairman

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Bybit Invests in Future Tech Leaders: Announces AED 1M Sponsorship Details for Top Performing Students at AUS

<div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv7612814160layout yiv7612814160layout--1-column" style="min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" class="yiv7612814160column yiv7612814160column--1 yiv7612814160scale yiv7612814160stack" style="outline: none !important; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv7612814160text yiv7612814160text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="left" class="yiv7612814160text_content-cell yiv7612814160content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Bybit, the world’s third most visited crypto exchange, is pleased to announce that it has awarded scholarships to 38 high-achieving students at the American University of Sharjah (AUS) as part of its continued commitment to supporting education and crypto adoption in the UAE. This is the second announcement following Bybit's partnership with AUS, announced in June this year. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The scholarship aims to support deserving students receive the best education they deserve and encourage their studies and research in the fintech and blockchain fields. After reviewing applications based on the student’s academic standing, grade point average, and need, a total of 38 recipients have been selected for the AUS-Bybit Fund Scholarship, which has a total funding pool of AED 1 million. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The scholarship will cover 25 percent of tuition fees for both the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters. Recipients include 29 currently enrolled students who will each receive a 25 percent tuition reduction, and 9 new first-time students who will also each receive a 25 percent tuition reduction. The selected students mainly major in computer engineering and computer science.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“As a center of excellence and research and a catalyst for change, AUS is mindful of its important role in producing professionals who possess the skills and technical knowledge that allow them to grow in dynamic markets and evolving industries. We also believe in the importance of working closely with our industry partners to meet their needs and bridge any gaps between academia and businesses. Our partnership with Bybit and the establishment of the AUS-Bybit Fund Scholarship will empower our students in the fintech and blockchain fields in a digital world that is constantly growing,” said Dr. Fadi Aloul, Dean of the College of Engineering at AUS. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“We could not be more thrilled to finalize details of our scholarship fund to support bright minds at AUS,” said Ben Zhou, co-founder and CEO of Bybit. “We are also honored that over the past few months, AUS and Bybit have nurtured a shared vision of empowering the next generation of fintech and blockchain pioneers. The trailblazing spirit of the 38 recipients reminds me of my own beginnings. I hope this fund can fuel their journeys of discovery and unleash a wave of innovation from the UAE that will shape the future of digital assets globally.”</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #202020; outline: none !important;">Bybit is also contributing an additional AED 100,000 to sponsor the first AUS-Bybit Inter-College Hackathon themed </span><span style="color: #202020; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">Artificial Intelligence in Crypto</span><span style="color: #202020; outline: none !important;"> for current university students in the UAE ecosystem. The hackathon will be held at the AUS College of Engineering in November.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv7612814160layout yiv7612814160layout--1-column" style="min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv7612814160layout yiv7612814160layout--1-column" style="min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" class="yiv7612814160column yiv7612814160column--1 yiv7612814160scale yiv7612814160stack" style="outline: none !important; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv7612814160text yiv7612814160text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="left" class="yiv7612814160text_content-cell yiv7612814160content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">Distributed by </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001XK47ULfVr1iT4JuOl_JnblRk8h8pn05wAn1GmARPVCsyBixpR9dz-QDJLnzJ7skDVcN_c6vjxiNVohZ-U_fFESq4jrtHlmZkWGylxY7ao3qkfnnwL3yCbxGeV6VgLWu5DXufDtXPb9N4dfSSylVnRCjy68yCbbgZsOl4C0BbWSr87vdZzpF_zrkNoJEVJrqiaTDPjICZ7Eh34KoK9HiOphwrNT49wXD8&c=8D6PyHv4UrBXOcm0JqailudqBFIYrjL-iG0t2ghQYn8kso_uV-jr-g==&ch=E20O9lwIczy114AeXIpbZjaHFQmrdS6-pfkK0BV7P23vKopxCcUhgQ==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">African Media Agency (AMA)</a><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;"> on behalf of Bybit.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></p><p style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br style="background-color: white; outline: none !important;" /></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

Bybit Invests in Future Tech Leaders: Announces AED 1M Sponsorship Details for Top Performing Students at AUS

  Bybit, the world’s third most visited crypto exchange, is pleased to announce that it has awarded scholarships to 38 high-achieving studen...

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SMZ yakusudia kuwawezesha wananchi

<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; outline: none !important; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBM0hAERhMQZdeP_HAluCyAt4TFBgGZFmKX41HomFriX3ydyALAVIx27zelCNcccQ5wFUrCCunnImJM0wNMVxFPRs0SvrPUngksf6O-P0ZEygQrVoBJ4AaTGMiH36seNR9KL9zuCOs8OmLrqwhlLz9gcF8N2AI6-LLhYRk_g7aNxeZPWhgeC9FVpH-rpf/s1080/thumbnail%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBM0hAERhMQZdeP_HAluCyAt4TFBgGZFmKX41HomFriX3ydyALAVIx27zelCNcccQ5wFUrCCunnImJM0wNMVxFPRs0SvrPUngksf6O-P0ZEygQrVoBJ4AaTGMiH36seNR9KL9zuCOs8OmLrqwhlLz9gcF8N2AI6-LLhYRk_g7aNxeZPWhgeC9FVpH-rpf/s320/thumbnail%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: justify;">Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar imedhamiria kuwawezesha wananchi wake ili waweze kujishughulisha na shughuli mbali mbali za kijamii pamoja na kujikwamua kiuchumi.<br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Akizungumza na wanachama wa CCM na wananchi wa Jimbo la Nungwi na Jimbo la Kijini Mkoa wa Kaskazini Unguja Mjumbe wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya CCM Taifa Ndugu Hemed Suleiman Abdulla katika muendelezo wa ziara yake ya kukagua na kuimarisha chama.<br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amesema Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar kwa kusimamia dhana ya kukuza Uchumi wa Zanzibar kupitia Sekta ya Uchumi wa Buluu imetoa Boti zenye vifaa vya uvuvi kwa Wananchi ili waweze kujiajiri na kuzitumia katika kukuza Uchumi binafsi na Taifa kwa ujumla.<br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ameeleza kuwa Rais wa Zanzibar na Mwenyekiti wa Baraza la Mapinduzi Mhe. Dkt. Hussein Ali Mwinyi anaendelea kutekeleza Ilani ya Uchaguzi ya Chama Cha Mapinduzi kwa vitendo kwa kusimamia uwezeshaji wa wananchi kupitia shughuli mbali mbali.<br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mhe. Hemed ambaye pia ni Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar amesema Serikali ya Mapinduzi Zanzibar itahakikisha inaipatia ufumbuzi changamoto ya wanafunzi kutembea masafa marefu kwa ajili ya kufuata elimu kabla ya mwezi January 2024.<br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aidha amefafanua kuwa Serikali imekusudia kuzitatua changamoto zote ikiwa ni pamoja na Elimu, Afya, Miundombinu ya Barabara na maji safi na salama.<br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amesema Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar karibu itafunga Mkataba na kampuni kutoka Oman kwa ajili ya ujenzi wa miundombino ya maji safi na salama lengo ni kuhakikisha wananchi wa Mkoa wa Kaskazini wanapata huduma ya maji kwa uhakika.<br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mjumbe huyo wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu y CCM Taifa amefahamisha kuwa Chama Cha Mapinduzi kinathamini juhudi zinazofanywa na Mabalozi kuhakikisha wanakisimami Chama pamoja na kuimarisha uhai wa Chama kivitendo.<br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">V Mhe. Hemed ambae pia ni Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar amewahakikishia wananchi wa Mkoa wa kaskazini kuwa huduma za Afya zitaendelea kuboreshwa ili wananchi waweze kupata huduma bora ambapo kwa sasa serikali imetenga Zaidi ya Shilingi Bilioni ishirini (20) kwa ajili ya ujenzi na ukarabati wa vituo vya Afya nchini.<br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sambamba na hayo Mhe. Hemed ametilia mkazo suala la wanachama kulipa ada kwa wakati ili Chama Cha Mapinduzi na Jumuiya zake zizidi kuimarika na kufikia maelekezo yaliyomo katka Ilani ya CCM. <br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amewataka viongozi wa Chama Cha Mapinduzi Mkoa wa Kaskazini unguja kuhakikisha wanawasimamia vijana wote waliofikisha umri wa miaka 18 waweze kutafuta kitambulisho cha Mzanzibari Mkaazi kitakachowasaidia katika shughuli mbali mbali ikiwa ni pamoja na kujiandikisha katika daftari la kudumu la mpigia kura ili waweze kushiriki katika uchaguzi Mkuu ujao wa mwaka 2025 na kukiwezesha Chama Mapinduzi kuendelea kushikilia Dola.V ha Mapinduzi jambo ambalo litapelekea CCM kuendelea kushinda katika kila Chaguzi zote.<br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amesema Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar itaendelea kuitunza na kuilinda kwa nguvu zote Amani iliyopo Nchini sambamba na kuimarisha umoja na mshikamano, haki na usawa kwa watu wote.<br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nae Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Kaskazini Unguja Mhe. Ayoub Muhamed Mahmoud ameeleza kuwa Ziara ya Mjumbe wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya CCM Taifa imelenga kuimarisha chama pamoja na kuonana na wananchi na kutatua changamoto mbali mbali zinazowakabili.<br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amesema Mkoa wa Kaskazini Unguja umebahatika kupata miradi mingi inayowagusa moja kwa moja wananchi ikiwemo ujenzi wa Madarasa, vituo vya afya, huduma za maji safi na salama pamoja na ujenzi wa miundombinu ya barabara.<br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nao viongozi wa Majimbo hayo wameeleza faraja yao kwa maamuzi ya Rais wa Zanzibar na Mwenyekiti wa Baraza la Mapinduzi Mhe. Dkt. Hussein Ali Mwinyi kwa kujengea miradi mbali mbali ya maendeleo ikiwemo ujenzi wa Madarasa ambayo yamepunguza uhaba wa eneo la kusomea na uchimbaji wa Visima vya maji safi na salama.<br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aidha wamemuhakikishia Mjumbe huyo wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya CCM Taifa kuwa wataendelea kuimarisha Chama hicho kwa kusimamia maelekezo aliyoyatoa ili Chama hicho kiendelee kukuwa zaidi.<br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">Katika ziara hiyo Mhe. Hemed amepokea Taarifa za utekelezaji wa Majimbo hayo, ameweka Jiwe la msingi na kupanda Mti Tawi la CCM Kivunge ‘’B’’ pamoja na kushiriki ujenzi wa Tawi la CCM Jungu Kuu.</span></span></span></div>

SMZ yakusudia kuwawezesha wananchi

  Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar imedhamiria kuwawezesha wananchi wake ili waweze kujishughulisha na shughuli mbali mbali za kijamii pamo...

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Climate XChange:Youth Dialogues

<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3864479608layout yiv3864479608layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv3864479608column yiv3864479608column--1 yiv3864479608scale yiv3864479608stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3864479608text yiv3864479608text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv3864479608text_content-cell yiv3864479608content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6VcUuauScDGRqONpqsQfNC5S6LO0c1kBiKZl5XalkZ1xVuZeXYfGhsVK3ngWqYrhhiyZtl4uZP3ureyiyldODtZnHkIW0Uw3IAIH3j9t10g4D2QRvuxoDm3D2lPl-Ocqu9G55YU1biH1ygmShgQ9nfxzc01YftfrEQGOvNTQHcM0OZX-_aa_YDDLSF-G/s861/mail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="861" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6VcUuauScDGRqONpqsQfNC5S6LO0c1kBiKZl5XalkZ1xVuZeXYfGhsVK3ngWqYrhhiyZtl4uZP3ureyiyldODtZnHkIW0Uw3IAIH3j9t10g4D2QRvuxoDm3D2lPl-Ocqu9G55YU1biH1ygmShgQ9nfxzc01YftfrEQGOvNTQHcM0OZX-_aa_YDDLSF-G/s320/mail.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />In a landmark initiative, H.E. President William Ruto of the Republic of Kenya will spearhead a conversation on the urgent matter of climate change. Coinciding with the Africa Climate Summit 2023 in Nairobi, President Ruto will participate in a unique virtual event hosted by Africa.com, emphasizing the importance of including the youth in such vital discussions.</span><p></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"Climate XChange:Youth Dialogues" promises to be a vibrant event where young participants from across Africa and the Diaspora can pose questions and share their insights directly with President Ruto. The dialogue symbolizes President Ruto's dedication to an inclusive approach in policy-making, where the youth, being central to Africa's future, have a significant role to play.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Teresa Clarke, CEO of Africa.com, expressed her enthusiasm about the collaboration: "We're incredibly proud to host this pivotal conversation. The youth represent not just the future of Africa, but its present. By providing them with a platform to engage directly with leaders like President Ruto, we are ensuring that their voices play a central role in shaping the continent's response to climate change."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">During the session, President Ruto will explore Kenya's climate initiatives and articulate his vision for a greener continent. The virtual platform ensures accessibility and inclusivity, enabling young voices from every corner of Africa to participate and collaborate.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Event Details</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">- Event: Climate XChange:Youth Dialogues with President Ruto</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">- Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2023</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">- Time: 4:00 PM East Africa Time (<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-kS4Wv86HPr_LQkDYLkt7swzCkyemfBJ7pEeAz3HZ24s8pEbMTEz7aB7WYBDEAW9Hc77z03vYdpAcvfzNhSkGrVDXfaLg7DQOIvGKWxcsavDRHgvguPSF3eQOVkwEVN-k5IsS2pLt8foaAhKurn3CpGgW3xG6HVZSflIs74two3Go4EYryJtw8nNr9U8MhE_w9knrVM-2IgORfIDfrfpOdV7HlMjn1UFOqLiUvs3tqtlexdCD0spLss1fjZK9HuTakDq5KbMvyUl2-JHXd4MJaF-jj0ohD-Njl4OEKeaEHHnrfoyuap6wNL7uRekKT8A67AGGVZmmQ4dvfc37edZlQ==&c=2S5sIN_xkf3GpaRf50tvxT1mO8ryo9gxgeoaraFX3MnFaip5mowJnA==&ch=aA7uxCm7SQ6nOwh1Ol3FkxBZMQKUgdJyLG3HOLLiuwCuM1YpqXvdxg==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">Check your time zone here</a>)</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">- Platform: Africa.com </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">- Registration: <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-kS4Wv86HPr_LQkDYLkt7swzCkyemfBJ7pEeAz3HZ24s8pEbMTEz7S4X7G_ICQRmOKdfnvk8n_1avrYdD9_LZnjPHWAlj48w9RsV5sQVj8IvQk96f2cvaAkBbI6pi8kEOocsXLrL4pc8QCdOyLNpRg==&c=2S5sIN_xkf3GpaRf50tvxT1mO8ryo9gxgeoaraFX3MnFaip5mowJnA==&ch=aA7uxCm7SQ6nOwh1Ol3FkxBZMQKUgdJyLG3HOLLiuwCuM1YpqXvdxg==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: #315fc3; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">https://events.africa.com/</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Africa Climate Summit 2023, hosted in Nairobi, is expected to be a watershed moment in the continent's battle against climate change. The inclusion of a dedicated youth-focused dialogue with President Ruto, virtually facilitated by Africa.com, ensures that the event will resonate with generations to come. </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3864479608layout yiv3864479608layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3864479608layout yiv3864479608layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv3864479608column yiv3864479608column--1 yiv3864479608scale yiv3864479608stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3864479608text yiv3864479608text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv3864479608text_content-cell yiv3864479608content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">Distributed by </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-kS4Wv86HPr_LQkDYLkt7swzCkyemfBJ7pEeAz3HZ24s8pEbMTEz7YBHLkrFbodQeT6frjf96NaTglgA8B1Wa_HjP2aBRh-KEKkTEIRwYOZmMDT4KRc6TZJRLWcZFeof2XlO8iBcLK8YYkrY2Ntf7NKw1F09v4MourFObv_dwKwvrCn1M_WjFzfZ3YXsoC44uniT-GxZpK6hE90ZIhkMDgeAe-iEUF_d&c=2S5sIN_xkf3GpaRf50tvxT1mO8ryo9gxgeoaraFX3MnFaip5mowJnA==&ch=aA7uxCm7SQ6nOwh1Ol3FkxBZMQKUgdJyLG3HOLLiuwCuM1YpqXvdxg==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">African Media Agency (AMA)</a><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;"> on behalf of Africa.com.</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

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Bybit's World Series of Trading (WSOT) Soars to New Heights with Over 100,000 Users Signing Up

<div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3654682120layout yiv3654682120layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" class="yiv3654682120column yiv3654682120column--1 yiv3654682120scale yiv3654682120stack" style="outline: none !important; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3654682120text yiv3654682120text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="left" class="yiv3654682120text_content-cell yiv3654682120content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXAhxgo3bDYA6g3rwLezP3C0UMN5WJ5vblkajqFk5tIBRklJ77TMHbZxAfhtDmc5mUnGNzWFOq7YffqTdzaCl8z1RHXxe27eYVOPfikPz2I_JaRD_v_WhuYY_JoVSS5VOw7DXaA_G-PwuBAPy1qv5Y7-MwNG6ux7Wh_ig7TJS_LnfkbeMyWXBGiUcUr2k/s1000/mail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="1000" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXAhxgo3bDYA6g3rwLezP3C0UMN5WJ5vblkajqFk5tIBRklJ77TMHbZxAfhtDmc5mUnGNzWFOq7YffqTdzaCl8z1RHXxe27eYVOPfikPz2I_JaRD_v_WhuYY_JoVSS5VOw7DXaA_G-PwuBAPy1qv5Y7-MwNG6ux7Wh_ig7TJS_LnfkbeMyWXBGiUcUr2k/s320/mail.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />Bybit, the world’s third most visited crypto exchange, is thrilled to announce the successful start of its annual trading competition, the World Series of Trading (WSOT). </span><p></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The WSOT so far has shattered all expectations by attracting over 100,000 enthusiastic participants, marking a remarkable year-on-year growth of 46.5%. This surge in interest underscores Bybit's commitment to fostering a vibrant and engaging trading community.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Over 857 squads are now competing head-to-head, showcasing their trading prowess in an intense battle for the highest team Profit and Loss (PNL). This year's squad participation has nearly doubled, boasting an incredible YoY growth of 85.5%.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The grandeur of the WSOT is further amplified by its staggering $8 million prize pool that has yet to be claimed so there’s plenty of time to still enter and get involved ahead of the grand finale where Bybit will give away a Lamborghini and Rolex on a live stream, scheduled for Aug. 24.  </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">“We're absolutely stoked about the success of this year's WSOT so far,” said Ben Zhou, co-founder and CEO of Bybit. “The incredible increase in new and experienced traders joining in speaks volumes about our users' dedication and the buzz surrounding the event. It's a real source of pride for us to offer a platform that not only gives traders an edge but also creates a space where they can collaborate, learn, and trade with a global community.”</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #202020; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As the WSOT continues to capture the imagination of traders and crypto enthusiasts, Bybit remains steadfast in its mission to elevate the crypto-trading experience, fostering a thriving ecosystem of innovation, camaraderie, and skill.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3654682120layout yiv3654682120layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3654682120layout yiv3654682120layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="center" class="yiv3654682120column yiv3654682120column--1 yiv3654682120scale yiv3654682120stack" style="outline: none !important; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv3654682120text yiv3654682120text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td align="left" class="yiv3654682120text_content-cell yiv3654682120content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">Distributed by </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001w7denr5VNn_R23TiqAnPgVHukpPK9WbJqxZ4X1DPecALYzXzcVA6gxMIdRFDZ6q5csttk5yAaj3FdsyhOabx0BkCm6_YRM99Sy0JH3HgLaJCyEjbeu2na1w4q8R1QqhlNBJZEX4zR9DD9Jil70H8jLn-4RGW5SbngFwE0YUm4_ZJ4Tkc_7WHw4SiE9U0oni8CTbDicsX0K5Cx4i0SmKnkV_JfE0gAugq&c=Vhq7ji_ZsMseBO_3nPSlvCAOeUu9Eow04GnyDhu1GGgYfAqvDTjAsA==&ch=lRLCkj3HgoUgIkPDfC3MTGGkc2FG6ew6GkRx85yxlPUe3hkjIkZI6Q==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">African Media Agency (AMA)</a><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;"> on behalf of Bybit.</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

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The END Fund appoints Tsitsi Masiyiwa as Board Chair

<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1900693086layout yiv1900693086layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1900693086column yiv1900693086column--1 yiv1900693086scale yiv1900693086stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1900693086text yiv1900693086text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1900693086text_content-cell yiv1900693086content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNfRieOtAbr4jIP2-1Ilp7pbPxXuFRZUE1R-zUxvm9s4Q7bLoiW_4F6-upHkqewhDLUZxrXY9wsBbbx_Ant4BcgEeT9oB5cHcZw1qaugvct-mGHOeA-izfTSH7Ke8JITFEseLZY-CCk8lpQN3gF0CuvtnGhOGHt-m3ma5Lo62_nmg4l2j5IxkYbGncjZp/s225/mail.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="92" data-original-width="225" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNfRieOtAbr4jIP2-1Ilp7pbPxXuFRZUE1R-zUxvm9s4Q7bLoiW_4F6-upHkqewhDLUZxrXY9wsBbbx_Ant4BcgEeT9oB5cHcZw1qaugvct-mGHOeA-izfTSH7Ke8JITFEseLZY-CCk8lpQN3gF0CuvtnGhOGHt-m3ma5Lo62_nmg4l2j5IxkYbGncjZp/s1600/mail.png" width="225" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />The END Fund, a leading collaborative philanthropic fund dedicated to ending neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), today announced the appointment of Tsitsi Masiyiwa as Board Chair. She succeeds William (Bill) Campbell, appointed in 2012 as inaugural Board Chair by the organization’s founders, Legatum. Under his leadership, the END Fund has mobilised resources from more than 6,400 donors to deliver over 1.5 billion treatments through locally-driven NTD programs in 31 countries targeting intestinal worms, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, river blindness, trachoma, and visceral leishmaniasis.</span><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1900693086layout yiv1900693086layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1900693086layout yiv1900693086layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1900693086column yiv1900693086column--1 yiv1900693086scale yiv1900693086stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1900693086image yiv1900693086image--padding-vertical yiv1900693086image--mobile-scale yiv1900693086image--mobile-center" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1900693086image_container yiv1900693086content-padding-horizontal" style="outline: none !important; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="yiv1900693086image_content" src="https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.constantcontact.com%2Fd917b230401%2Fd353341f-94a2-4a50-b5ea-a91f23957cbe.jpg%3Frdr%3Dtrue&t=1692467305&ymreqid=55d738a2-f71a-ca11-1cc4-2f002501f500&sig=DJT6vDz5ki9tL0Bkqt6NZA--~D" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; outline: none !important; text-indent: -9999px;" width="408" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1900693086layout yiv1900693086layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1900693086column yiv1900693086column--1 yiv1900693086scale yiv1900693086stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1900693086text yiv1900693086text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1900693086text_content-cell yiv1900693086content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Tsitsi Masiyiwa, The END Fund Board Chair</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1900693086layout yiv1900693086layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1900693086column yiv1900693086column--1 yiv1900693086scale yiv1900693086stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1900693086text yiv1900693086text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1900693086text_content-cell yiv1900693086content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Speaking on behalf of the END Fund, Campbell said: <span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">“Tsitsi Masiyiwa is a deeply respected philanthropist and social entrepreneur, well known for her effective advocacy and exemplary leadership, particularly through her role as Chair and Co-Founder of Higherlife Foundation. The END Fund’s growth and impact has been one of my life’s biggest achievements and there is no one better placed to entrust this to than Tsitsi. Her vision, experience, and networks will accelerate and focus the END Fund’s ambitions, and enable us to deepen our impact in new ways. I believe having Tsitsi’s voice at the forefront of the conversation on NTDs will increase the urgency and prioritization of this issue among key decision makers, from heads of households to heads of state, and finally bring an end to NTDs in our lifetime.”</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Tsitsi Masiyiwa has been an integral part of the END Fund's journey since its inception in 2012. Over the past six years, she has served as a member of the END Fund board, before stepping up to the position of Co-Vice Chair in 2022.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">NTDs affect over 1.7 billion people worldwide, with over 40% of the global NTD burden concentrated in Africa. As Board Chair she will champion the importance of African leaders owning and leading the agenda on addressing the NTD disease burden which, according to the World Health Organization, costs African economies billions of dollars every year in lost revenue.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">“It’s an honour to be appointed as Chair of the END Fund,”</span> Tsitsi Masiyiwa said. <span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">“Having witnessed the incredible impact of the organisation first-hand, I’m excited to lead our efforts towards even greater sustainability by empowering affected communities to take the lead in eliminating NTDs. We are all responsible for ending NTDs. I look forward to working with governments to highlight their efforts and encourage greater ownership so we can end the scourge of NTDs for good.”</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The END Fund’s Chief Executive Officer, Ellen Agler, shared her perspective on how meaningful Mrs. Masiyiwa’s appointment is: <span style="font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">“As a long-standing supporter and friend to the END Fund, Tsitsi has been an inspiring champion and activist ensuring that African governments, philanthropists, and private sector leaders are in the drivers’ seats of the disease elimination agenda. She knows how to effectively connect her work with communities to conversations on the global stage to accelerate progress to end the suffering caused by these ancient diseases. I couldn’t be more excited by the opportunity to serve with her in her new role as END Fund Board Chair.”</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Over the past two decades, Tsitsi Masiyiwa has become a leading philanthropist and advocate for gender equality. In 1996 she co-founded the Higherlife Foundation with her husband Strive. Higherlife Foundation fosters thriving individuals, communities, and sustainable livelihoods through investments across four pillars – health, education, climate-smart agriculture, and disaster preparedness and recovery. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In addition to her role as Chair of the END Fund, Tsitsi Masiyiwa is Chair of Higherlife Foundation, Delta Philanthropies and Co-Impact.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1900693086layout yiv1900693086layout--1-column" style="color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; min-width: 100%; outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1900693086column yiv1900693086column--1 yiv1900693086scale yiv1900693086stack" style="outline: none !important; text-align: center; width: 600px; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1900693086text yiv1900693086text--padding-vertical" style="outline: none !important; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td class="yiv1900693086text_content-cell yiv1900693086content-padding-horizontal" style="color: #403f42; display: block; line-height: 1.2; outline: none !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: left; word-break: normal;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;">Distributed by </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001YGenVWpGD-x2O6BfJ-HnmmbL8HmOHO7mN4r3kzTPPvKPbfEjIdpnw8mk3GzkIzctCjP9iconmYFyYC3Oz5D__TH08ldjvii-VbIXMPX8CCI-hkZOYnD1CE-0v_PmrLthAzPRP8EUY70FXuNvkqhz3eiQn2h2t0R7jOORqjcvKxoD7lPHkrWsM75cfB2Q9zNkNZElTHNNchS5OTcWrSD69N72oLTlZNlx&c=IpBsPGs9rLkDRt94vXlxGL02lpCz7S6GWMBSQ5bkHBVmcVW5-v9ePg==&ch=ojbTs_E44LQGQTUBUJ3UsvfKHwQtepv2redie3-e_Jyn4yoXdxOPUA==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">African Media Agency (AMA)</a><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; outline: none !important;"> on behalf of The END Fund.</span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

The END Fund appoints Tsitsi Masiyiwa as Board Chair

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<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; outline: none !important; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWheEBAcJBqdVYKktWsRRnSz6vTEzW4Cyk2Aa9VbZxw41QTAvzRdmy2Oowyx2s_cDVjqQiQ13m9HHcI4SA8jCTPbbf0Hrn6EpqIU-t3bBWGRHo3FeKxHIGEYQRujtZ6dSB54AZqBER7jvYdwk9vU4iFxgqOJsHzumTPXh9l25p5g2lMvEPBfa7cPeTxcSn/s1080/thumbnail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWheEBAcJBqdVYKktWsRRnSz6vTEzW4Cyk2Aa9VbZxw41QTAvzRdmy2Oowyx2s_cDVjqQiQ13m9HHcI4SA8jCTPbbf0Hrn6EpqIU-t3bBWGRHo3FeKxHIGEYQRujtZ6dSB54AZqBER7jvYdwk9vU4iFxgqOJsHzumTPXh9l25p5g2lMvEPBfa7cPeTxcSn/s320/thumbnail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: justify;">Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar imeamuwa kujenga Miundombinu ya Barabara ili kurahisisha huduma ya usafiri pamoja na kuongeza kasi ya ukuaji wa Uchumi nchini.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Akiendelea na ziara ya kukagua uhai wa Chama Mkoa wa Kusini Unguja katika Majimbo ya Uzini, Chwaka na Tunguu Mjumbe wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya CCM Taifa Mhe. Hemed Suleiman Abdulla amesema Maamuzi ya Serikali ya Awamu ya Nane inayoongozwa na Rais Dkt. Hussein Ali Mwinyi ya kujenga Barabara zote za mijini na vijijini kwa Njia ya Lami ni kuwarahisisha wananchi huduma ya usafiri pamoja na kukuza Uchumi wa mtu mmoja mmoja na Taifa kwa Ujumla.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Mhe. Hemed amesema wananchi wa Mkoa wa Kusini Unguja wanajishughulisha na kazi za Kilimo na Uvuvi hivyo uwepo wa Barabara hizo kutasaidia mazao ya biashara kufika sokoni kwa wakati yakiwa na kiwango hatua ambayo itarahisisha kuongezeka Uchumi Binafsi na Taifa.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Mhe. Hemed ambae pia ni Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar amesema Mkoa huo ni sehemu moja wapo yenye shughuli nyingi za kitalii hivyo uwepo wa huduma mbali mbali kutapelekea kwa kiasi kikubwa kuongeza Idadi ya watalii sekta ambayo inasaidia kwa asilimia kubwa kukuza uchumi wa Zanzibar.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Sambamba na hayo Mjumbe huyo wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya CCM Taifa amewataka wanachama wa Chama Cha Mapinduzi kuendelea kuunga Mkono juhudi za Serikali kwa kutangaza maendeleo yanayofanywa na Viongozi kwa mujibu wa Ilani ya Uchaguzi ya CCM ya mwaka 2020-2025.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Amesema Serikali zote mbili zinaendelea kuwaletea maendeleo wananchi wake kwa kuzingatia sekta mbali mbali na kueleza kuwa wananchi wana kila sababu ya kuwaunga Mkono Marais wote wawili Mhe. Dkt. Samia Suluhu Hassan Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania na Rais Dkt. Hussein Ali Mwinyi Rais wa Zanzibar na Mwenyekiti wa Baraza la Mapinduzi na kuwachagua tena kwa kura nyingi ifikapo mwaka 2025.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Aidha Mhe. Hemed amewapongeza wabunge, Wawakilishi na Madiwani wa Majimbo hayo kwa kusimamia utekelezaji wa Ilani ya Uchaguzi kwa kumsaidia Rais Dkt. Mwinyi majimboni kwa kutatua Changamoto zinazowakabili wananchi katika maeneo hayo.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Nao viongozi wa Majimbo hayo wameeleza faraja yao kwa maamuzi ya Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Mhe. Dkt. Samia Suluhu Hassan kuelekeza fedha za Mkopo wa kupunguza athari za Uviko 19 kujengea miradi mbali mbali ya maendeleo ikiwemo ujenzi wa Madarasa ambayo yamepunguza uhaba wa eneo la kusomea na kupelekea wanafunzi kuingia kwa mkupuo mmoja kwa siku.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Kwa upande wao wajumbe wa Halmashauri Kuu ya CCM Taifa Ndugu Mvita Mustafa Ali na Makame Ramadhan Mbanja wamewataka wana CCM kuendelea kuimarisha Chama hicho kwa kusimamia maelekezo yaliyotolewa na Mjumbe huyo wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya CCM Taifa kwa maslahi ya chama hicho.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Katika ziara hiyo Mjumbe huyo wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya CCM Taifa amepokea zaidi ya wanachama wapya Elfu Moja na Mia tatu (1300) kati ya hao wanachama watano (05) kutoka vyama vya upinzani.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Akizungumza kwa niaba yao aliekuwa Mwenyekiti wa CUF Wilaya ya Kati Ndugu. Ali Mbarouk Mshimba ameeleza kuwa ameamua kurudi CCM kutokana na kasi ya utekelezaji wa Ilani ya Uchaguzi ya CCM ya mwaka 2020-2025 inavyotekelezwa na Viongozi wa Chama hicho.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Mapema Mjumbe huyo wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya CCM Taifa ameshiriki ujenzi wa Tawi la CCM Mgeni Haji na kukagua ujenzi wa Tawi la CCM Kikungwi pamoja na Ukumbi wa Mikutano Chwaka.</span></span><table border="0" cellpadding="0" class="yiv6688572089gmail-MsoNormalTable" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="outline: none !important; padding: 0.75pt; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></td><td style="outline: none !important; padding: 0.75pt; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 22.8267px; outline: none !important;">Abdulrahim Khamis<br /></span><span style="line-height: 22.8267px; outline: none !important;">Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar</span></span></div><p class="yiv6688572089MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; outline: none !important; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>

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Kusini Unguja yaongozwa 2022 kimasomo

<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; outline: none !important; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_vQb9TYDtPjubB2mALdpO9oo_Xko0iQb83-5e-aq79nXBQ92b8_JLDR2X7aDF6G_yT19WQilXcGVgdBPZ-j45ZNU1aLS-SGtpZLLmqCvhKEpmm1mF-_IDlkKYm7MtGNkkbEarDNgcBK1Zl7OFh9MOH9z3vtoUUfh4bl_kqXmq0z_WqJkjxCbmh2yG5-w/s6720/hemed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4480" data-original-width="6720" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_vQb9TYDtPjubB2mALdpO9oo_Xko0iQb83-5e-aq79nXBQ92b8_JLDR2X7aDF6G_yT19WQilXcGVgdBPZ-j45ZNU1aLS-SGtpZLLmqCvhKEpmm1mF-_IDlkKYm7MtGNkkbEarDNgcBK1Zl7OFh9MOH9z3vtoUUfh4bl_kqXmq0z_WqJkjxCbmh2yG5-w/s320/hemed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: justify;">Mjumbe wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya CCM Taifa Ndugu Hemed Suleiman Abdulla amesema kukuwa kwa ufaulu Mkoa wa Kusini unguja kumetokana na juhudi zinazochukuliwa na Viongozi wa Mkoa huo kwa kuzingatia maelekezo ya Ilani ya Uchaguzi ya CCM ya mwaka 2020-2025.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Mhe. Hemed ameyasema hayo wakati akiwasalimia wanachama wa Chama Cha Mapinduzi Jimbo la Paje na Jimbo la Makunduchi katika muendelezo wa ziara yake ya kukagua uhai wa Chama Mkoa wa Kusini Unguja.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Amesema kwa mwaka wa masomo 2022 Mkoa wa kusini Unguja umeongoza kwa ufaulu kutokana na juhudi za Makusudi zilizochukuliwa na Jumuiya ya Mwanamke Initiative Foundation (MIF) kwa kushirikiana na Jumuiya ya Umoja wa Vijana wa Chama Cha Mapinduzi (UVCCM).<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Mjumbe huyo wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya CCM Taifa ambaye pia ni Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar amesema Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar imechukua jitihada za kuanzia masomo ya Kidato cha Tano na kidato cha Sita Skuli ya Hasnuu Makame ili kupunguza masafa kwa wanafunzi kufuata elimu hiyo.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Aidha Mhe. Hemed amempongeza Rais wa Jamuhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Mhe. Dkt. Samia Suluhu Hassan kwa kuelekeza zaidi ya Bilioni 230 fedha za Mkopo wa Uviko 19 ambazo zimeelekezwa kwenye miradi mingi ya maendeleo ikiwemo ujenzi wa Hospital za Wilaya na Mkoa, Skuli za Ghorofa pamoja na madarasa.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Aidha amewakumbusha wananchi na wanachama wa CCM kuendelea kudumisha Amani na Utulivu iliopo na kuwataka kuwa na umoja na mshikamano baina yao.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Nae Katibu wa Siasa na uhusiano wa Kimataifa Khadija Ali Salum amesema Wanachama wa Chama Cha Mapinduzi Mkoa wa Kusini Unguja wana kila sababu ya kumuunga mkono Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania na Rais wa Zanzibar na Mwenyekiti wa Baraza la Mapinduzi kwa kuelekeza miradi mingi ya Maendeleo Mkoani humo pamoja na kuwapongeza Wabunge, Wawakilishi na Madiwani kwa kuwatumikia wananchi wao.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Kwa upande wake Mjumbe wa Kamati ya Siasa Mkoa wa Kusini Unguja Mhe. Rashid Hadid ameeleza kuwa Serikali ya Awamu ya Nane inayoongozwa na Rais Dkt. Hussein Ali Mwinyi imeelekeza miradi mingi ya maendeleo Mkoa wa Kusini Unguja na tayari Serikali imeahidi kujenga Tenki kubwa la maji mkoani humo ambalo litamaliza changamoto ya upatikanaji wa huduma ya Maji safi na Salama Mkoani humo.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Katika ziara hiyo Mhe. Hemed ameweka Jiwe la Msingi ujenzi wa Ofisi ya Jumuiya ya Maendeleo na urekebishaji wa maadili Bwejuu (JUMAMABWE) ambapo ameipongeza Jumuiya hiyo kwa juhudi zake za kusaidia kurekebisha tabia katika jamii hiyo.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Aidha ameeleza kuwa eneo hilo limezungukwa na mahoteli ya Kitalii na kuwataka wana Jumuiya hiyo kuhakikisha wanatoa elimu ya kuzingatia Maadili, silka na tamaduni kwa wenyeji na wageni wanaofika maeneo hayo.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Akisoma taarifa ya ujenzi huo Katibu wa Jumuiya ya Maendeleo na urekebishaji wa maadili Bwejuu Bwana Hassan Simai Issa ameeleza kuwa Jumuiya hiyo imeanzishwa mwaka 2018 na kupatiwa usajili mwaka 2019 ambapo ujenzi huo unaendeshwa kwa nguvu za wananchi na wadau mbali mbali wa Maendeleo waliozunguka kijiji hicho.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Amefafanua kuwa kuwepo kwa Jumuiya hiyo kutazalisha fursa mbali mbali kwa vijana, kuweka jamii katika Mila, Silka na Tamaduni, pamoja na kuinua uchumi wa Zanzibar.<br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="outline: none !important;">Katika ziara hiyo Mhe. Hemed ameshiriki Ujenzi wa Ofisi ya CCM Jimbo la Paje, ameweka Mawe la Msingi Tawi la CCM Bwejuu Kusini, Ujenzi wa Ofisi ya Jumuiya ya maendeleo na urekebishaji wa maadili Bwejuu, Tawi la CCM Sheba, na nyumba ya maendeleo Shehia ya Kajengwa.</span></span><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv2874313499gmail-MsoNormalTable" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important;"><tbody style="outline: none !important;"><tr style="outline: none !important;"><td style="outline: none !important; padding: 0in 12pt; width: 33pt; word-break: normal;" valign="top" width="44"></td><td style="outline: none !important; padding: 0in; width: 712.5pt; word-break: normal;" width="950"></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Abdulrahim Khamis<br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar</span></span></div>

Kusini Unguja yaongozwa 2022 kimasomo

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Waumini watakiwa kututumia miskiti kwa shughuli za mbali mbali

<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; outline: none !important; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: justify;">Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Mhe.Hemed Suleiman Abdulla amewataka waumini wa Dini ya Kiislamu kuitumia Misikiti kwa shughuli mbali mbali ikiwemo kuanzisha masomo na Darasa ili kupata</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; outline: none !important; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: justify;">jamii iliyo bora.<br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Mhe.Hemed ameyasema hayo wakati akiwasalimia waumini wa Masjid Tawheed Fuoni uwandani alipojumuika nao katika Ibada ya Sala ya Ijumaa.<br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Amesema ni wajibu wa waumini kuitimia Misikiti kwa kuelimishana masuala mbali mbali hasa kukumbushana kuhusu maadili mema na kusimamia kitabu kitukufu Qur-an ili kupata fadhila za mwewnyezi mungu hapa duniuani na kesho akhera.<br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Aidha, Mhe.Hemed ameeleza kufurahishwa kwake kuona baadhi ya jamii hutumia Misikiti kukusanya takwimu za wana kijiji hasa wenye mahitaji maalum ili kujua namna bora ya kuwasaidia kuondokana na changamoto ambazo zinazowakabili.<br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Sambamba na hayo Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar amewakumbusha wazazi na walezi kusimamia malezi ya watoto wao ikiwemo kuwapatia elimu ya Dini na elimu ya kidunia na kueleza kuwa mtoto mwenye elimu na maadili mema hujenga jamii iliyosalimika na vitendo viovu.<br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Aidha ameeleza kuwa Serikali ya Mapinduzi ya Zanzibar inayoongozwa na Rais Dkt. Hussein Ali Mwinyi inaendelea kufanya mageuzi makubwa katika Sekta ya Elimu ikiwemo kuanzisha kampeni ya kuwarejesha Skuli watoto walioacha kusoma ili kuwapatia haki yao ya msingi ya elimu.<br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar amewakumbusha waumini hao kudumisha Amani na Utulivu iliopo nchini ili kutoa fursa kwa Serikali kuweza kuwaletea maendeleo endelevu <span style="outline: none !important;"> </span>wananchi wake.<br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Akitoa Khutba katika Sala ya Ijumaa Sheikh Suweid Ali Suweid amewakumbusha waumini wa Dini ya Kiislamu kuwatendea wema wazazi wawili walio hai na kuwaombea Dua waliofariki kama Uislamu ulivyoeleza.<br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Amesema kuwatendea wema wazazi kunajenga mapenzi baina ya wazazi na watoto pamoja na kujenga jamii bora yenye maadili mema.<br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Abdulrahim Khamis<br /></span><span style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Ofisi ya Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar</span></span></div>

Waumini watakiwa kututumia miskiti kwa shughuli za mbali mbali

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Jamii yahimizwa kuendelelea na malezi bora kwa watoto wao

<p> </p><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="SW">RAIS wa Zanzibar na Mwenyekiti wa Baraza la Mapinduzi, Dk. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, ameihimiza jamii kuendeleza malezi bora kwa watoto na vijana ili kulinusuru Taifa na mporomoko wa maadili.<br /></span></b><span lang="SW"> Dk. Mwinyi</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="SW"> </span></b><span lang="SW">alitoa nasaha hizo kwenye Msikiti wa Polisi Bomani, Mkoa wa Mjini Magharibi, alikojumuika pamoja na waumini wa dini ya Kiislamu kwenye ibada ya sala ya Ijumaa.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="SW">Alisema, siku hizi maadili yamepotea, jamii zimekithiri vitendo visivyo na maadili mema kwa vijana ikiwemo wizi, watumiaji wa dawa za kulevya, tofauti na zamani, hivyo aliwahimiza wazazi/walezi kuwalea vijana kwa hofu ya kumuogopa Mwenyezi Mungu (S.W).<br /></span><span lang="SW">Alieleza, ndani ya jamii kuna mmong’onyoko wa maadili, hivyo aliendelea kuiasa jamii kushirikiana kwenye malezi ya pamoja ili kuwanusuru vijana na janga hilo.<br /> </span><span lang="SW">Alieleza wazazi/ walezi wanawajibu wa kuhakikisha makosa na mporomoko wa maadili hayafanyiki kwa vijana wao kwa kuendelea kuwa wasimamizi wazuri kwao badala ya kusubiria vyombo vya ulinzi na usalama kuchukua hatua za kisheria, hivyo aliwahimiza kuendelea kuchukua tahadhari mapema.<br /></span><span lang="SW">Katika hatua nyengine, Dk. Mwinyi aliisa jamii kuendelea kuvumiliana na kuendeleza amani ya nchi licha ya tofauti za kisiasa na imani zilizopo.<br /></span><span lang="SW" style="color: black;">Alisema, ndani ya nchi yenye watu wenye mitazamo na fikra tofauti haiwezekani wote wakakubaliana kwa kila jambo, lakini kikubwa katika hayo ni kuvumiliana na kuelewana.<br /> </span><span lang="SW">Aidha,Dk. Mwinyi aliwaomba wanasiasa wa vyama mbalimbali kupitia viongozi wa dini na waumini wao, kuendelea kubakia na amani na uvumilivu kwani wakati mwengine kumekua kukijitokeza viashiria vya uvunjifu wa amani kwa kutovumiliana kwenye jamii.<br /></span><span lang="SW">Katibu Mtendaji kutoka Ofisi ya Mufti Zanzibar,<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Sheikh </span>Khalid Ali Mfaume aliwataka waumini wa Dini ya Kiislam kuendelea kumuombea na kumtakia kheir Al hajj Dk. Mwinyi kwani tokea ameingia madarakani maekua na ushirikiano mkubwa kwenye jamii kwa kuendeleza utaratibu wake wa kushirikiana na jamii kwenye masuala ya khairati ikiwemo kujumuika nao pamoja kwa sala za Ijumaa kupitia misikiti ya maeneo mbalimbali ya nchi.<br /></span><span lang="SW">Akihutubu kwenye sala hiyo, Khatibu Sheikh Salum Othman</span><span lang="SW"> Malolo aliiasa jamii kujiepusha na zinaa ya macho kwa kuangalia na ya ulimi kwa kutamka machafu na kusifia maovu yanayofanyika kwenye jamii. Hivyo aliitaka jamii kutozingatia na kujiepusha kutamani masuala machafu ya zinaa.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="SW">IDARA YA MAWASILIANO, IKULU ZANZIBAR</span></b></span></div>

Jamii yahimizwa kuendelelea na malezi bora kwa watoto wao

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Wachina kufungua soko la utalii Zanzibar

<p> </p><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-US">RAIS wa Zanzibar na Mwenyekiti wa Baraza la Mapinduzi, Dk. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, amesema ujio wa nyota maarufu wa filamu nchini China, Jin Dong, utaendelea kuifungulia Zanzibar soko la Utalii kutoka China.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US">Dk. Mwinyi ameyasema hayo Ikulu, Zanzibar alipotembelewa na msanii huyo ambaye yupo Zanzibar kwa kazi ya kutengeneza filamu.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US">Alisema, ujio wake ni fursa adhimu kwa Zanzibar kutangazwa kimataifa hasa kupitia Sekta ya Utalii ambayo ni Sekta mama ya uchumi wa Taifa.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US">Rais Dk. Mwinyi alimueleza mgeni wake huyo, kwamba Zanzibar ina vivutio vingi vya Utalii, ukiwemo Utalii wa fukwe safi nyeupe zinazovutia wengi duniani, Utalii wa utamaduni, Utalii wa Mji mkongwe, Utalii wa michezo, Utalii wa visiwa pamoja na wa Mikutano.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US">Aidha, alimkaribisha mgeni huyo kuitumia fursa ya kuwepo kwake Zanzibar kutembelea maeneo muhimu ya Utalii likiwemo shamba la viungo vya Zanzibar, Kisiwa cha Mnemba, Kaskazini Unguja pamoja na Mji Mkongwe wa Zanzibar.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US">Naye, nyota huyo wa Filamu nchini China, Jin Dong, alimueleza Rais Dk. Mwinyi furaha yake ya kufika Afrika kwa mara ya kwanza tena ndani ya visiwa vya Zanzibar kwa nchi za Afrika Mashariki.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US">Alisema, mbali na Safari ya Sanaa hapa Zanzibar lakini pia ujio wake unaimarisha uhusiano wa undugu na urafiki uliopo baina ya China na Tanzania ikiwemo Zanzibar.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US">Aliahidi kuwa balozi mzuri wa kuitangaza Zanzibar kwa Utalii na alieleza imani yake ya kuwavutia Wachina wengi kuja kutalii visiwa vya Zanzibar.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US">Miongoni mwa maeneo ya Utalii aliyotembezwa msanii huyo ni kisiwa cha Mnemba, Mji Mkongwe maeneo ya Forodhani na Ngome Kongwe.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US">Jin Dong ni nyota mkubwa China mwenye wafuasi wa mitandao ya kijamii zaidi ya milioni 15. Mbali na kazi za Sanaa pia ni Mwanasiasa nai Naibu Mkurugenzi wa kikundi cha Sanaa cha serikali cha utamaduni.<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">IDARA YA MAWASILIANO IKULU, ZANZIBAR</span></b></span></div>

Wachina kufungua soko la utalii Zanzibar

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Ilani yavutia wananchi

<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; outline: none !important; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5d_bz_Qly5MXioozpTaez2VZ_2PjRNBIF1pOpkWpMZxmFjhVL9beHiIYSLunbIB9tntqM9cLLfNTRY14hHBnMNQGqG6k6pyrzjfO9KO6hGj1abMQcF-_q3NhI6n7vaK63M0Lz6ILu9rBguR_X_17_YT04TPcda2rQ4roTPpsmagLg2IKbPcYtGR_nwOj/s720/azam%20c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5d_bz_Qly5MXioozpTaez2VZ_2PjRNBIF1pOpkWpMZxmFjhVL9beHiIYSLunbIB9tntqM9cLLfNTRY14hHBnMNQGqG6k6pyrzjfO9KO6hGj1abMQcF-_q3NhI6n7vaK63M0Lz6ILu9rBguR_X_17_YT04TPcda2rQ4roTPpsmagLg2IKbPcYtGR_nwOj/s320/azam%20c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; text-align: justify;">Utekelezaji mzuri wa Ilani ya Chama Cha Mapinduzi ndio kunakowavutia wananchi na wapinzani kujiunga kwa wingi na Chama  Chama Cha Mapinduzi ili kuzidi kukiunga mkono chama hicho.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Akikabdhi kadi za CCM kwa wanachama wapya Mjumbe wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya CCM Taifa Ndugu Hemed Suleiman Abdulla amewataka viongozi na watendaji wote wa CCM kuhakikisha wanatengeneza mazingira mazuri ya kukiimarisha chama, kuwaweka wanachama pamoja na kuachana na makundi ndani ya chama ambapo kufanya hivyo kutasaidia idadi ya wanachama kuongezeka na CCM kupata ushindi katika ngazi zote ifikapo mwaka 2025.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Mhe Hemed ambae pia ni Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar amesema sifa kuu ya kiongozi bora ni kusimamia haki na usawa kwa anaowaongoza sambamba na kutatua changamoto zinazojitokeza majimboni mwao.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Aidha ameeleza kuwa Amani na utulivu ndio nguzo kubwa ya maendeleo nchini ambapo katiba ya CCM imemtaka kila mwana CCM na mtanzania kusimamia jambo hilo.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Amesisistiza suala la kulipa ada kwa wanachama ni la lazima  na wasisubiri hadi wakati wa uchaguzi ndio wakalipia  ada ama kulipiwa na viongozi wao wa majimbo kwani kufanya hivyo ni kuzorotesha utendaji kazi wa chama.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Mhe. Makamu amesema lazima Viongozi wa CCM wakiimarishe Chama kwa kuwaelelza wanachama juu ya umuhimu wa kulipa ada, mahusiano mema na umoja na mshikamano ndani ya chama.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Mjumbe huyo wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya CCM Taifa Amewataka viongozi kuwasimamia vijana waliofikisha umri wa miaka 18 kusajiliwa na kupatiwa kitambulisho cha Mzanzibari Mkaazi kitakachowasaidia katika shughuli mbali mbali ikiwa ni pamoja na kujiandikosha katika daftari la kupigia kura.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Ameahidi kuwa Serikali zote mbili chini ya Uongozi wa Dkt. Samia Suluhu Hassan na Dkt. Hussen Ali Mwinyi zimejiwekea utaratibu wa kupokea maoni na ushauri kutoka kwa wananchi pamoja na kusikiliza changamoto zinazowakabili na kuahidi kuwa Serikali zitasimamia changamoto hizo ili wananchi waishi bila ya usumbufu wowote.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Akizungumza kwa niaba ya wajumbe wa Halmashauri Kuu ya CCM Taifa Sufiani Khamis amemuahidi Mhe. Hemed kuwa majimbo yote ya Zanzibar yatachukuliwa na Chama Cha Mapinduzi pasipo wapinzani kuchukua hata jimbo moja.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Nae mwenyekiti wa CCM Mkoa wa Mjini Kichama Talib Ali Talib amesema nguvu ya upinzani ni ndogo sana katika Majimbo ya Jang'ombe na Malindi na ndio mana katika Jimbo la Jang'ombe hakuna bendera hata moja ya chama cha upinzani inayopepea na haitapepea kamwe.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Kwa upande wao viongozi wa Majimbo ya Jang'ombe na Malindi wamesema katika kutekeleza Ilani ya CCM kwa vitendo miradi mbali mbali ya maendeleo imetekelezwa na mengine inaendelea kutekelezwa jambo ambalo linakifanya chama cha Mapinduzi kuzidi kukubalika hadi na wapinzani ambao kwa wingi wameshajiunga na CCM.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Wamesema hadi sasa tayari asilimia kubwa ya utekelezaji wa Ilani ya CCM umeshatekelezwa hivyo ni dhahiri kuwa Chama Cha Mapinduzi kitachukua ushindi mkubwa ifikapo mwaka 2025.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Nao wananchi wa majimbo hayo wampongeza Rais wa Zanzibar na Mwenyekiti wa Baraza la Mapinduzi Mhe. Dkt. Hussein Ali Mwinyi kwa mapenzi yake kwa wazanzibari kwa kuwasogezea huduma mbali mbali karibu na maeneo yao hatua ambayo inawazidishia Imani kwa Chama Cha Mapinduzi.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;"> <br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 24.5333px; outline: none !important;">Katika ziara yake hiyo ya kukiimarisha Chama na Jumuiya zake Mjumbe wa Kamati Kuu ya Halmashauri Kuu ya CCM Taifa na Makamu wa Pili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Mhe. Hemed Suleiman Abdulla ametembelea Jimbo la Jang’ombe na Jimbo la Malindi na amekagua miradi mbali mbali ya uwekezji, ameweka mawe ya msingi  na kumeshiriki katika ujenzi wa maskani zinazojengwa katika Majimbo hayo.</span></span></div>

Ilani yavutia wananchi

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