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ACC Preview #10 – Georgia Tech
Duke Basketball Report - North Carolina
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August 29, 2025
Damon Stoudamire is one of the more interesting ACC hires recently. Typically we’re skeptical of former NBA players who become college coaches. Many of them aren’t willing to do the hard work to master the college game. Chris Mullin flamed out at...
Senegal's Ministry Of Energy Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Diamond Partner Amid Rising Oil And Gas Success
MENAFN
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August 29, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Having recently emerged as a major oil and gas producer in West Africa, Senegal's Ministry of Energy, Petroleum and Mines will participate as a Diamond Partner at this year's African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African...
Senegal’s rating downgrade: credit agencies are punishing countries that don’t check their numbers
The Conversation
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August 29, 2025
Senegal’s dramatic two-notch credit rating downgrade in February 2025 by the credit rating agency Moody’s was followed by a Standard & Poor’s downgrade in July. Moody’s decision marked a three-notch deterioration in Senegal’s rating in four...
Leading Science-Driven Organizations: Q&A with Lamine Mbow
Pharmaceutical Executive
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August 28, 2025
Pharmaceutical Executive: What does it mean to lead a science-driven organization in the biopharma landscape? Lamine Mbow: Boehringer Ingelheim is a top global pharmaceutical company committed to developing innovative therapies in areas of high...
UNU-INRA pilots youth-designed clean tech for women farmers
Business and Financial Times
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August 27, 2025
The United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) has piloted a series of clean technology solutions designed by young innovators to tackle the challenges faced by smallholder women farmers at Namesi in the Yilo...
‘The Envoy’ to Launch on Global Streaming as Emmy-Winning Creators Spotlight Superfoods Powering Health, Tourism and Technology
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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NEW YORK, NY, August 20, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- " The Envoy " is a fast-paced new docuseries from Emmy-winning talent behind Netflix, CBS, YouTube and Anthony Bourdain’s original team. Premiering in 2025 on leading global streaming platforms with...
TICAD9: Marrying African ingenuity with Japan’s technological strength
The Economic Times
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August 26, 2025
Ninth edition of Tokyo International Conference on African Development or TICAD was held in Yokohama, Japan from August 20 to 22. The theme for TICAD9 was “Co-Create Innovative Solutions with Africa” underlining the intent to leverage both African...
VAR in football: How technology is changing the game in football
The Standard
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Mohamed Houssein Ali CAF/FIFA Fitness coach, Djibouti, during referee Open day at Ulinzi Sports Complex in Nairobi on August 26, 2025 ahead of CHAN 2024 final. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] Over the past decade, the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) has...
World : Senegal Touts Itself As Malaysia’s Gateway To Africa, Eyes Stronger Halal, Digital Partnerships
Bernama
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August 26, 2025
By Noor Bakthtiar Ahmad KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- Senegal has called on Malaysia to strengthen its role as a strategic partner in West Africa, particularly in the halal industry, digital economy, and infrastructure, while positioning Dakar...
Business : Senegal Calls On Malaysian Companies To Invest And Use It As Gateway To Africa
Bernama
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August 26, 2025
By Rosemarie Khoo KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- Senegal is inviting Malaysian companies to invest and form strategic partnerships in the West African nation as part of its ambition to become Malaysia’s gateway to Africa, which has a huge...
Call for Exhibition Opens for 6th All-Africa IP Summit 2025 in Dakar, Senegal
News Ghana
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August 25, 2025
The Organizing Committee of the 6th All-Africa Intellectual Property Summit (AAIPS 2025) – taking place November 12–14, 2025, in Dakar, Senegal – has officially opened the exhibition for innovators, inventors, creators, practitioners, and other...
Reaching for the Stars: China’s Growing Space Diplomacy
The Diplomat
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August 29, 2025
In recent years, China’s outer space diplomacy and exploration has grown exponentially, especially as China readies itself to send its first human astronaut to the moon before 2030. However, beyond the moon, China has grown its space engagements,...
In South Side, Adesokan explores displacement, identity, mystery of being
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 30, 2025
The central character of Akin Adesokan’s recently published novel, South Side, is an author struggling with finding a voice and a place in world where identities and loyalties shift like the grains of sand in an hourglass. Adesokan, himself a...
A letter from Adja: Young People are the heart of Africa’s F...
Modern Ghana
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Dear Leaders, Policymakers, and Partners of the Africa Food Systems Forum, My name is Adja Boudy Kanté. I am 32 years old, a mother, and a proud young entrepreneur from Senegal. I come from Guediawaye, just outside Dakar, and I've dedicated my...
Thomas Tuchel has a clear England vision - but one major change is needed at World Cup 2026
The Independent
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August 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
FAO, AOAC partner to strengthen food safety labs in West Africa
Food Business Africa Magazine
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August 29, 2025
WEST AFRICA – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has joined forces with the Africa Section of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC International Sub-Sahara) to launch a programme aimed at...
Tech-induced DIY overload
The Nugget Newspaper - Oregon
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The Internet helps people do everything themselves — or at least, it appears to. A flood of Silicon Valley companies convince small businesses they can do it all, as long as they subscribe to this service, oh and here’s another one you should...
Senegal president hopes for Japanese support for Africa's digital growth
The Mainichi
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Senegal President Diomaye Faye speaks in an interview in Dakar, Senegal, on Aug. 14, 2025. (Kyodo) DAKAR (Kyodo) -- The president of Senegal has expressed hope for Japanese support for boosting technological and digital development in Africa to...
Dismantling patriarchy: how Senegal's school for husbands turns men into family men
IOL
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August 21, 2025
I recently scrolled past an Instagram post that made me pause. It was about Senegal’s “school for husbands”, a United Nations-backed initiative where men are taught to share family responsibilities, from childcare to making health decisions...
Take Five: Did you say sell tech?
740 The Fan - North Dakota
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August 22, 2025
(Reuters) -Nvidia earnings are in the spotlight as pressure on tech stocks rises, while Ukraine and political developments in Japan could also grab attention. Here’s what coming up in the week ahead in financial markets from Lewis Krauskopf and...