African markets will suffer from market volatility. Long-term implications subject to global agenda
JOHANNESBURG,
South Africa, July 8, 2016/ -- The short-term implications of Brexit
for African economies will be mainly noticeable through market
volatility. However, according to Control Risks (www.ControlRisks.com)
and NKC African Economics, the longer-term impacts on Africa from
Brexit are speculative and depend as much on the attitude of future
British governments as on the terms of exit. The longer term
implications – both economic and geopolitical – hinge on what the terms
of Britain leaving the EU are, and how this feeds through transmission
mechanism to Africa through trade, aid and soft power and political
influence.
4 PR Lessons from Donald Trump & Britain's Exit Vote from EU
The polls and the media can fool you! There are valuable PR lessons to learn from the The Brexit NO vote, the Trump surprise and many more!
As the saying goes, the bigger they come, the harder, they fall! The decision by the people of Great Britain to leave the Euro is still sending shock waves around the world. The 400 wealthiest people in the world lost over $200 billion in two days and global markets recorded a paper loss of over $3 Trillion.
A 12 year old houseboy, identified
simply as Peter, has been blinded by his ‘madam’ at the Ikeja area of
Lagos State. It was gathered that residents, who could no longer stand
the violence meted out on the boy by his ‘madam,’ decided to raise the
alarm. The latest cruelty meted out on Peter, leading to injuring in his
eyes, was said to be over improper washing of kettle.
The yet to
be identified woman resides at No. 14 b, Olu Akerele Street, Balogun
Bus Stop off Awolowo Way, Ikeja. According to neighbours, how Peter, a
Togolese, was employed by the woman was not clear.
What is clear,
however, is that Peter was always being subjected to constant beating. A
resident, who gave her name simply as Tayo, said: “We feared the
unexpected with the manner the woman used to beat the boy. He has a deep
sore on his leg. When I asked him about it, he said it was from burnt
from fire. He said the swollen eye was caused by beating from his madam
for not washing a kettle properly.“ He has been subjected to violence
for a long time. You know everybody used to mind his or her business in
the compound.
When I saw the boy last, he was looking sickly.
Hence I decided to seek help from the appropriate agency.” Another
resident, who pleaded anonymity, said the woman was well known for being
violent. He said everyone on the street used to keep the woman at arm’s
length . He added: “If the boy comes to watch television with them in
the parlor, he would be beaten.
On school days, you will see the
boy leaving home around 9.30a.m . This is an ideal case of child abuse
and child labour. We need the intervention of child protection network
in his case.”
When our correspondent visited the compound to seek
the woman’s response, the gate was not opened after repeated knocking.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Dolapo Badmos, was yet
to respond to a text message sent to her mobile line on the issue at
press time.
Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan Without Makeup
Former President Goodluck Jonathan likes living in denial of his
failures from when he was deputy Governor to Governor of Bayelsa and
achieved nothing to when he was stage managed by former President
Olusegun Obasanjo to be Vice President to the late Umaru Yar' Adua, whom
Jonathan succeeded and became President of Nigeria from 2010 to May 29,
2015. And left Nigeria in chaos of his maladministration caused by his
corrupt and incompetent cabinet.
He spent millions of dollars on
making up himself to deceive the ignorant followers who were
beneficiaries of the multimillion dollars government contracts he shared
among them whilst he was the Head of State.
FEATURE: After two decades, genocide survivor opens up about her anger and forgiveness
NEW YORK, 01 July 2016 / PRN Africa / -- “Being a hero is being able to give a smile to the person who sold you death,” said Frida Umuhoza,
who was barely a teenager when her entire family – including her
grandparents, parents and five siblings – were killed in the 1994
genocide in Rwanda.
This year, an estimated 214 million Americans are going to celebrate
Independence Day, according to figures compiled by the National Retail
Federation (NRF). The vast majority of them, 65 percent, are going to
make a barbecue, cookout or picnic the focus of their Fourth of July
celebrations. The amount of money Americans splurge on food every year
is evidence of how seriously they take their traditional Independence
Day cook out. The NRF report that each American adult will spend
approximately $71.34 on food items this year. Overall expenditure on
food across the nation is going to reach around $6.8 billion.
42.6
percent of people are also going to attend a fireworks display or
community celebration. Independence Day fireworks displays are always
spectacular and so are the numbers behind them. According to the
American Pyrotechnics Association, just over 285 million pounds of
fireworks are used during the holiday with revenue amounting to about
$1.09 billion.
Because filming has long been restricted in Nigeria, few images of Lagos exist. Based on research by The Harvard Project on the City under the direction of Rem Koolhaas, this DVD represents a unique engagement with a hardly documented city, capturing multiple perspectives of a volatile moment in its evolution.
In 2002, Bregtje van der Haak, in cooperation with architect Rem Koolhaas and The Harvard Project on the City made Lagos/Koolhaas, a documentary on self-organization and urbanization in Nigeria. As a sequel to the documentary, Bregtje van der Haak together with designer Silke Wawro, developed the DVD: Lagos Wide & Close, an Interactive Journey into an Exploding City. The DVD contains an interactive video documentary (60′), edited from 55 hours of unused material that brings the viewer closer to the explosively growing megalopolis Lagos. With bus driver Olawole Busayo, the viewer moves through the city and has a choice of a distant (‘wide’) or an involved (‘close’) perspective, at any random moment in the documentary. Details
Director: Bregtje van der Haak
Designer: Silke Wawro
Camera: Alexander Oey
Sound: Rik Meier
Thus, for Koolhaas and his team, Lagos is a case study of a city at the forefront of a globalizing modernity: "Lagos is not catching up with us. Rather, we may be catching up with Lagos . . ." "Highly Recommended! Excellent production values... easy to view and understand. Rem Koolhaas has done it again." —Educational Media Reviews Online
“The juxtaposition of empirical descriptions of the city life with theoretical insights is ideally suited for classroom screenings in urban studies, qualitative research methods, geography, anthropology, global studies, Africa studies and virtually any other branch of the social sciences that is devoted to in-depth qualitative empirical research. It is one of the best documentaries I know that can demonstrate in a compelling and sophisticated yet accessible way how to embark on research projects. Highly recommended!” —Anthropology Review Database (January, 2010)
In this new PSA launched by Stop Ivory, in partnership with Warner Bros., Alexander Skarsgard and Margot Robbie, are raising awareness about the harsh truths of ivory poaching, revealing that, without immediate action, the remaining forest ...
The Legend of Tarzan Teams Up with Nonprofit Stop Ivory to End Poaching New PSA featuring Alexander Skarsgard and Margot Robbie Elevates the Plight of Endangered Elephants; Introduces the Pristine Landscape of Gabon, Africa
NEW YORK, July 1, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Since the Victorian era in which The Legend of Tarzan unfolds, the overall population of elephant species in Africa dropped from 19 million to just 500,000, stresses a new PSA by nonprofit group Stop Ivory featuring the film's stars, Alexander Skarsgard and Margot Robbie. The organization is raising the volume on the plight of endangered African elephants, a magnificent species hunted for their ivory.
