Africa: Innovation Challenge – Uplifting Adolescent Girls to Rewrite Their Stories
[Graça Machel Trust] The Graça Machel Trust’s Pan-African Adolescent Girls’ Movement recently introduced a community outreach initiative–the Innovation Challenge–that enabled girls to identify key issues in their communities and desig…
Africa: Art & Culture – Hub of Africa Fashion Week Returns to Addis – Aims to Celebrate Creativity, Innovation
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba — The vibrant world of African fashion is set to take center stage as the 14th edition of the Hub of Africa Fashion Week (HAFW) returns to Addis Abeba. From 22 – 26 January, event organizers promise to showcase creativity,…
Mauritius: 3D Virtual Visit of Aapravasi Ghat National Heritage Site to Be Launched Soon
[Government of Mauritius] In view to create a bespoke interactive and immersive 3D virtual tour of the Aapravasi Ghat, the Ministry of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation in collaboration with the Mauritius Research and Innovation Coun…
Africa: Ai Will Let Us Read ‘Lost’ Ancient Works in the Library At Herculaneum for the First Time
[The Conversation Africa] On 19 October 1752, a discovery was made 20 metres underneath the town of Resina, near Naples in Italy. Peasants digging wells in the area around Mount Vesuvius had struck marble statuary and mosaic pavements – and they also f…
Rwanda: Kigali Youth Festival Exhibition Presents Creativity, Innovation
[New Times] The Kigali Youth Festival Exhibition which celebrates youthful creativity and entrepreneurship, kicked off on January 22 and is set to run until January 26 at Imbuga City Walk, also known as the Car Free Zone.