An old train has been transformed into an incredible luxury hotel, located in Skukuza within Kruger National Park, one of Africa’s largest game reserves and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Kruger Shalati: The Train on the Bridge is an elevated personal sanctuary – a hotel set aboard a newly refurbished train, and perfectly combining Africa’s most breathtaking natural splendours with well-deserved luxuries. Permanently stationed on the historically-rich Selati Bridge (above the Sabie River), Kruger Shalati offers unique luxury accommodation within a creatively re-modeled train. The hotel offers 31 rooms, consisting of 24 Train Carriage Suites and 7 Bridge…
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📸 Adaora O. Adaora Oramah, Founder & CEO of AMAKA Studio (AMAKA), is understandably excited. Her company has just raised $2 million in seed funding that will fuel the growth and development of AMAKA in its endeavour to connect the world’s leading businesses and brands to young and diverse Pan-African creators. This funding round was led by Equitane Ventures, with participation from Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures lab, Silverbacks Holdings and Angel investors. Says Adaora: Our focus is on scaling our platform, introducing AMAKA Gigs to connect brands with Black and diverse creative talent across Africa and the diaspora. The creative…
Serving puff puff at L’Oréal [🎥 @puffpuffministry] Who would have though that puff-puff, the humble Nigerian snack would be making the rounds at global corporate events? So it has, served by London-based Puff-Puff Ministry, a family-run business launched in August 2020 that delivers freshly made West African doughnuts (puff puff) to corporate events and offices, or serve them warm in-person. Sister act: Puff-Puff Ministry is run by British-Nigerian founder-sisters (Marianne, Fola, Yossie, and Lola Olaleye) Puff-Puff Ministry’s latest client – after having served giants like Google, Netflix, Meta, Salesforce, Peloton, Bank of America, TikTok, Commerzbank, Octopus Investments, and Trustpilot -…
COVER 1 COVER 2 Proceeds from the Foodpreneurs Africa 50 (Atlanta edition) will go towards Bank & Entrepreneur Africa’s MoJo4TheMasses project, which trains and equips females from disadvantaged communities to become Mobile Journalists (MoJos), therefore ensuring a solid professional future, decent earnings, and the dignity of supporting their families.
Short descriptionThis competition is organised by the Global Cement and Concrete Association. The theme of the competition is: “Concrete in Life”. “Concrete in Life is our annual photography competition, open to all photographers (or anyone with a camera phone) around the world. It tasks you to take photos of concrete in your life for a chance to win up to $10,000. The competition has four categories:• Urban design and use – images of the city landscapes and buildings around us, both well-known and hidden away.• Concrete infrastructure – photographs of our infrastructure, in our cities and rural, above and below ground.• Concrete in daily life – the human side of…
Sunshine is inexpensive, clean, renewable, and abundant, and consumers are increasingly realising that solar power is a brilliant resource. Welcome to the dawn of a new era with Urbanista Los Angeles, the world’s first self-charging wireless headphones powered by Powerfoyle™ solar cell material. Inspired by the iconic city (Los Angeles) in the heart of sunny California (USA), Urbanista’s noise-canceling Los Angeles headphones feature a layer of Powerfoyle solar cells on the headband to continuously soak up sunshine whether you’re indooors or out. Using advanced green technology, Los Angeles converts all light, outdoor and indoor, into energy to deliver virtually infinite…
Alliance Française de Lagos are excited to announce that its Open Call, targeted at creatives, is here again! The objective of the Open Call is to provide a platform for those in the Creative sector to share their remarkable talent, showcase crafts, and collaborate with the Alliance on exciting projects. The focus will be on creatives in these categories: Performing Arts Visual Arts Cinema Library Every submission will be meticulously reviewed in line with the Alliance Française mission to promote cultural exchange, diversity, social development, gender equality, and digital innovation. To share your entries, click here. Or scan the QR…
Applications are now open for Google’s 2025 Europe, Middle East and Africa summer Internship programme, offering several growth opportunities – from Engineering & Technology to Business Marketing and Sales. All interns are a part of Google: involved in solving problems and helping create products and services used by billions of users around the world. Google invites you to come on board to help them build for everyone.To browse available roles, and to apply for an internship position, click here. Application deadline is October 25, 2024.
Commanding writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – who brought us the immortal works of Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun – has officially announced her return to long-form fiction with a new novel Dream Count, set for a March 04, 2025 release. The new novel by the author of Half of a Yellow Sun (4th Estate, 2006) and Americanah (4th Estate, 2013) tells the story of four women linked by friendship. Says Adichie: DREAM COUNT is contemporary: Covid. Sexual assault inspired by a true story. Depression. A man’s extreme ‘ghosting’ of a woman. Fibroids. Teenage self-esteem. PMS.But also timeless: Injustice. Dignity. Regret. What is a full life?…
📸 @IfeDareJohnson Ifeoluwa Dare-Johnson is Founder & CEO at Healthtracka – a digital health platform that gives consumers direct access to a wide range of testing options and clinical services from home. At-home sample collection and digital results are achieved in a remarkable time span of 1-3 days Ifeoluwa Dare-Johnson (Founder & CEO at Healthtracka) Founded in February 2021, Healthtracka has gained a reputation for leveraging innovation and technology to empower people in taking an active role in their health for longer, more satisfying lives. Enabling better healthcare decision, from your home: Healthtracka has already reached over 10.000 people 🎥Bayer…