Happy Birthday Malala Yousafzai! And We Say #YesAllGirls!

Today Tues‌day is Malala's 19th birthday — and she’ll spend it traveling to one of the toughest places in the world to be a girl. 
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Four years ago, the UN named Jul‌y 1‌2 #MalalaDay. And Malala uses her birthday to shine a spotlight on girls struggling to go to school. But she can't do it alone.

Support Malala as she travels to meet girls around the world.

At 17, Malala visited families of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram and told Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to do more to bring them home.

At 18, she opened a school for adolescent Syrian girls in Lebanon who fled their homes to escape war and violence.

This year, Malala's birthday is happening in the midst of the largest refugee crisis in 70 years.

More than ever we need you to join Malala and declare that #YesAllGirls deserve an education.

Wherever Malala goes, our supporters have been beside her -- acting as a megaphone to amplify the voices of girls struggling to go to school.

This Malala Day, help Malala remind the world that they have promised 12 years of school to all girls, #YesAllGirls, everywhere.

With gratitude,
 Malala Fund Team

Xiaomi Introduces Affordable Super Mi Drone for Indie Filmmakers

Xiaomi Introduces Affordable Super Mi Drone for Indie Filmmakers

The news that’s been flying off the tech radar is Xiaomi’s announcement that they’ll be launching the Mi Drone. It will cost $456 for the 4K version, and $380 for the 1080p.

Xiaomi said that the Mi Drone can fly for 27 minutes per session thanks to a 5,100 mAh battery and to a range of 3km. It also includes a 360-degree camera that can shoot 4K video, and handheld remote which has the option of attaching a smartphone for a live-feed view from the drone. The pieces seem to be modular, which means replacing them — and the battery — is possible.

For the Price, the Mi Drone comes loaded, and it pretty much matches the DJI Phantom 4 drone, the current leader in the segment, without having to shell out $1,300 for it.

You can trace Mi Drone's position via GPS and once the Mi Drone fly out of the connected range then it will automatically fly back to the original position where it take off.
CONTACT: http://mia.africa.com/global/xiaomi-introduces-affordable-mi-drone.

Brexit Challenges Present New Growth Opportunities for Automotive Players in Africa

Brexit Challenges Present New Growth Opportunities for Automotive Players in Africa, says Frost & Sullivan
Mobility workshop on how to address upcoming challenges will take place at GIL 2016: Africa 

6 Questions To Help Consumers Decide When To Purchase Travel Insurance

Vacationers Concerned About Extreme Weather, Political Unrest, Viruses Can Turn To Travel Insurance For Financial And Personal Assistance
Six Questions To Help Consumers Decide When To Purchase Travel Insurance

NEW YORK, July 8, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Travel insurance can't prevent bad things from happening on a vacation, but it may be able to protect your financial investment, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.).

ICONIC Celebrates Lagos State at 50 with 50 Leading Businesses in Nigeria

As the Commercial Hub of Africa, Lagos State, Turns 50, ICONIC Releases its Business Ranking Report on the 50 Leading Businesses Upholding Nigeria's Economy

Brexit Impact On Africa

Brexit Impact On Africa

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 and Britain's Exit Vote from EU

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.

12 Year-Old Togolese Houseboy Blinded By His Madam in Lagos

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.

https://newtelegraphonline.com/woman-beats-blinds-12-year-old-houseboy/

Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan Without Makeup

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.

Frida Umuhoza, Rwandan Genocide Survivor Opens Up About Her Anger and Forgiveness

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.