Fashion is one of the most visible industries on our planet. What we wear marks who we are. The novelty has come with a price. Today, the fashion industry accounts for 10 per cent of the planet’s carbon emissions and is…
A fund for African Fashion
Roberta Annan, a Ghanaian businesswoman, launched the African Fashion Fund in 2011 to improve access to finance and infrastructure for artisans and creatives from across the continent. She insists that sustainability cannot be limited to only the materials used in…
Africa Day: CSOs task African leaders on health, water, agriculture, other
By Gabriel Ewepu AS African Union, AU, formerly known as Organisation of African Unity, OAU, marked 57th Africa Day on May 25, 2020, Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, in Nigeria, Thursday, tasked African leaders on health, water, agriculture, innovative governance, discontinuation…
2020 Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands Highlights
LONDON, UK, May 25th, 2020 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Today Brand Africa announced the 10th anniversary rankings of Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands, the pre-eminent survey and ranking of the Top 100 most admired brands in Africa. The rankings were announced…
Saitex founder Sanjeev Bahl on leading innovation in sustainability
“The current situation can be an opportunity for us to redefine sustainability” When it comes to sustainable fashion, Vietnam-based denim brand, Saitex, leads the way. The brand is spearheaded by its founder and CEO, Sanjeev Bahl. Saitex counts Everlane, Madewell…
AKPOYIBO GREEN FOUNDATION DONATES SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS TO KWARA STATE
Akpoyibo Green Foundation, an arm of Asteven Energy Group, penultimate week donated various solar devices and systems to the kwara state government as support towards fighting the impacts of covid-19 on school children and health care facilities. The items were…
38 Reasons To Cross Orkney Off Your Bucket List
It were perhaps vain to surmise exactly why it was, that as respecting Starbuck, Ahab thus acted. It may have been a flash of honesty in him; or mere prudential policy which, under the circumstance, imperiously forbade the slightest symptom…
Fun in the sun! New cruise destination opens in Dominican Republic
Amber Cove, a new port development along the north coast of the Dominican Republic, officially opened on Tuesday with the arrival of its first ship, the 2,754-passenger Carnival Victory. Development by cruise giant Carnival Corp. at a cost of $85 million, the…
Spend the night at one of these gorgeous church hotels
These incredible houses of worship around the world have been sensitively transformed into luxurious hotels that promise a one-of-a-kind experience. Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a little bit of stick, and held it out to the puppy;…
The Guana Tolomato Matanzas Research Reserve is located just north of the city
St. Augustine is celebrating its 450th anniversary this year, and during my recent visit it was hard not to get swept up in the city’s rich history. But for The Martian, a cinema adaptation of Andy Weir’s self-published bestseller about a…
