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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Monday, December 12, 2022
Fair and Beautiful
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Sunday, December 11, 2022
More Unicorns Are Coming in Africa
I declared that 2020 will be the Year of the Unicorns and it came to pass with the total number of unicorns reaching 563 in 2020 and increased to 957 in 2021 when I declared that Our Unicorns Are Coming, Nigeria and the rest of Africa contributed to make up the 1, 000 unicorns so far in the world. And more unicorns are coming in Africa in 2023.
The unicorns in Africa include the following:
Chippers Cash (over $2 billion)
Andela – ($1.5 billion)
OPay (over $2 billion)
Wave ($1.7 billion)
Flutterwave – ($1 billion)
Paystack – ($1 billion)
Interswitch ($1 billion)
Jumia ($1 billion)
Fawry ($1 billion)
PiggyVest ($1 billion)
New unicorns will emerge from EdTech startups, decentralized transactions startups, ride sharing startups and sports betting startups.
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
The World is Full of Unreasonable People
Every conflict in history has been caused by Rebellion against rationality.
Humans have a preference for irrationality.
That's why the world has never known even one year of peace.
There is always a preventable war going on somewhere.
In the absence of noble ethos
The city burns in the violence of chaos.
The on going invasion of Ukraine by Russia is a rebellion against rationality.
The world is full of unreasonable people.
- Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima,
Author of "The Prophet Lied", "Scarlet Tears of London", "Diary of the Memory Keeper", "Children of Heaven" and other books distributed by Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other booksellers.
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Monday, December 5, 2022
Girl Starts School with Confident Smile after Surgery
PRESS RELEASE |
Girl Starts School with Confident Smile after Surgery |
Aissatou from Louga, in northwestern Senegal, was born with a cleft lip and palate, and the stigma around the condition in her home village left her trapped at home |
DAKAR, Senegal, December 5, 2022/ -- A little girl has been able to start school with her new confident smile after receiving surgery from a medical charity to treat a birth defect. Aissatou from Louga, in northwestern Senegal, was born with a cleft lip and palate, and the stigma around the condition in her home village left her trapped at home, isolated and withdrawn. Due to the unkind reaction she received, and the difficulties the condition brought, her father Ousmane and mother Khadija did their best to protect Aissatou. They felt the need to cover her head in public and felt forced into a decision to keep her out of school. Left untreated, a cleft lip and palate can lead to difficulties eating, drinking, speaking, and hearing loss. Farmer Ousmane used the proceeds from his harvest every year to try and find someone to repair his infant daughter’s cleft lip and palate. But every year, he was disappointed. Ousmane said: “I love my daughter so much, I would never stop looking for her healing.” In 2019, when Aissatou was just a toddler, Ousmane heard that a hospital ship from international aid charity Mercy Ships was coming to the port of Dakar to provide free surgeries and medical training. He made the journey to the port with Aissatou, and they were thrilled to receive a surgery appointment. But the joy was short-lived as the operation had to be delayed due to COVID-19. Ousmane and Aissatou had to return home and wait for the ship to return. He said: “In my heart I knew that these people would help my daughter. I just kept praying and hoping that the ship would return.” Aissatou was four years old when she boarded the Africa Mercy hospital ship in 2022 for surgery. Despite being a curious little girl full of life she only played alone and not with other children on board. Ousmane came with Aissatou as a caregiver, while her mother Khadija waited anxiously at home, “I couldn't eat or drink,” she said. Aissatou’s father, Ousmane was also nervous, “during the surgery I was afraid,” he said as he recalled the difficult hours of waiting. “I don't know anything about surgery, and I had no idea what was happening. It took a long time before she came back, but when she came back, I was so happy!” Once the bandages were off, Ousmane and his daughter could both see the transformation. Where before Aissatou’s cleft had been, there was smooth skin. Aissatou stared at herself in the mirror, looking fascinated. Senegalese translator Boubacar Diallo who worked on the ship during Aissatou’s stay on board her joy was contagious. He said, “The first thing I see changing on her is the smile. After the surgery she was smiling all the time. “After surgery she was free. Playing and running everywhere, playing with other kids. She was dancing a lot.” Her father said: “Her life will change so much now. She will be able to speak properly and go to school.” When Aissatou returned home, some of those changes were evident immediately. She was embraced by her village and no longer hid her face. She started school, began playing with the other children and helped her father on the farm. One of the village elders shared: “We had lost all hope. We thought she was going to die like this. Nobody believed that she would be healed.” Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Mercy Ships. About Mercy Ships:Global health for the last two decades has focused on individual diseases, while surgical care in low-resource countries has not received the attention it needs. Lack of surgical care resulted in almost 17 million deaths annually. Mercy Ships is an international faith-based organization that operates hospital ships to deliver free, world-class healthcare services, medical capacity building, and health system strengthening to those with little access to safe surgical care. Since 1978, Mercy Ships has worked in more than 55 countries, with the last three decades focused entirely on partnering with African nations. Each year, volunteer professionals from over 60 countries serve on board the world’s two largest non-governmental hospital ships, the Africa Mercy® and the Global Mercy™. Professionals such as surgeons, dentists, nurses, health trainers, cooks, and engineers dedicate their time and skills to the cause. Mercy Ships has offices in 16 countries and an Africa Bureau. For more information, visit www.Mercyships.org and follow us @MercyShips on social media. SOURCE |
Sunday, December 4, 2022
The Rings of Power
Rings of Power
(An original story by Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima)
Kingdom of Nri
circa 4,000 BCE
The oldest monarchy on the continent of Africa is the Igbo monarchy of Nri Kingdom.
Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì
Kingdom of the Rising Sun
How can you traverse the universe,
When you have chosen not to see beyond your nose?
They called her the ageless woman of the Igbo Ukwu. The Mother of all the Dibias of Afa divination.
I came to the peak of hills of Udi where I found her sitting under an Ugiri tree.
She was sitting on green palm fronds encircled by gourds. I came before her naked and bowed.
"Gini but afa ghi?"
She asked in the language of our our kingdom meaning, "What is your name!"
"Onyemachi."
I replied.
She gazed at me. She gazed into my eyes. Her eyeballs were like golden almonds. She gazed at the windows of my soul. Then she nodded her hairless oval head.
"Hmm. Indeed Onyemachi. Of course, who knows God?"
She shook her head.
"Nobody knows God. They call, cry and shout His name every day and night and yet they don't know Him "
"Great Mother, I want to know Him. I have come to know Him," I said.
She gazed at me again.
With the index finger of her thin right hand she scribbled on the ground what I could not read and did not understand.
"You want to know Him whom they don't know?"
"Yes, Great Mother."
She brought out the bowl of the shell of a tortoise with a short stick of Ofo wood. Then she brought out the four strings of Afa one by one.
"Open your right palm," she said.
I opened my right palm.
She held it and gazed at it. She opened her right palm and gazed at it and gazed at mine again.
"The truth is only for the children of the covenant," she said.
"Not all the children of Yebu are called. Not all the ones who are called are chosen."
She picked up the first string of the Afa with her right hand and cast it on the ground.
Our forefathers and diviners said Yebu came with the Afa when he descended from the midst of the clouds in the sky with flashes of lightning and claps of thunder.
Yebu was one of the Sons of God who came down to the Earth
Genesis 6:
"And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
***
Read another original fiction by Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima in "Camouflage: Best of Contemporary Writing from Nigeria" distributed by Amazon.
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Introduction of Drylab's ROUGH CUTS Featuring Comet
Rough Cuts
A view of Rough Cuts featuring The Comet
A revolutionary new extension tool within Drylab Viewer, Rough Cuts enables you to easily edit your rushes in a dailies platform. It is simplistically and intuitively designed to allow for effortless and immediate edits, giving you instant visibility of whether your takes will play out as intended.
While we are constantly refining and updating our platform, Drylab's latest Rough Cuts development is a ground-breaking technical transformation; not only within Drylab, but within the global production software industry
See all on https://www.drylab.io/products/creatorHappy New Month of December of Victory!
#ThursdayExaltations👏💕💋💞🙌
HALLELUJAH!
HAPPY NEW MONTH OF DECEMBER OF PROGRESS, PROSPERITY, SUCCESS, TRIUMPH AND VICTORY OF TRIUMPHANT OVERCOMERS AND VICTORIOUS CHAMPIONS OF OUR ONE AND ONLY ALMIGHTY FATHER GOD JEHOVAH JIREH!
AMEN!
Psalm 91
1
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
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