Giganta Moles – A New Beginning (Austin Macauley, £8.99) is written by Chris Best, of Backwoods Lane, and illustrated by Ashleigh Best from Hailsham.Chris, 63, said his daughter came up with the idea in the mid-2000s at just eight years old.He said: “She was living with her mum in Hailsham and I was in Haywards Heath at the time. It was during our journeys backwards and forwards. We’d just come out of Newick and there were these fields on the left with these huge mounds that looked like soil.”Chris and Ashleigh Best with their recently published book, Giganta Moles –…
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(Alliance News) – Airtel Africa PLC on Thursday said it saw strong interim revenue growth, but profit was held back by the devaluation of certain African currencies. In the half year ended September 30, the Africa-focused telecommunications firm said revenue grew 13% year-on-year to USD2.57 billion from USD2.27 billion. In constant currency, it rose 17%, with appreciation in Zambian kwacha offset but devaluations in several other currencies. Mobile Money revenue saw the strongest growth, rising 28%, with Voice revenue up 7.5%, Data revenue up 18% and other revenue rising 7.9%. “Revenue growth in the half was impacted again by the…
The co-investment fund Catalytic Africa, established in 2019 by the African Business Angels Network (ABAN) and AfriLabs, has concluded transactions in 10 countries in the last year. The partnership between AfriLabs, a pan-African network of technology and innovation centres, and ABAN aims to increase the pool of capital available to promising African growth-stage entrepreneurs, support the startup ecosystem, and increase the visibility of impact to institutional funders. It created Catalytic, a co-investment fund that will match investments made by registered angel investors with institutional funds. The initiative is supported by Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) and the Digital Africa fund.…
Children who played three hours or more of video games a day performed better on tests of memory and impulse control than youngsters who did not play games, a US study released this week said.Frequent gamers showed more activity and higher blood oxygen levels in frontal brain regions associated with more cognitively demanding tasks, and less brain activity in regions related to vision, the researchers found.The performance could be related to the games, but scientists stopped short of saying there was a cause-and-effect relationship.The kids who perform better on those tests may be those who chose to play games in…
Every child and young person in Wales will have free access to a new bilingual digital music platform to help them discover their first musical notes. Charanga Cymru is a digital platform which is now available free of charge to all schools in Wales as a teaching and learning resource to support the National Plan for Music Education. The bilingual platform has been developed through partnership work between the Welsh Government, Charanga and the Welsh Local Government Association. To help teachers become familiar with the new platform, a resource pack for six weeks of work will be provided initially for…
This article is part of State of Health, a series about how Michigan communities are rising to address health challenges. It is made possible with funding from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund.Over two and a half years after Detroit resident Ryan Sharpe got COVID-19, he still hasn’t recovered. Sharpe still experiences extreme fatigue, loss of strength and stamina, impaired cognition, a lower stress tolerance, and impacts on his gait.”Over time, it’s gotten a little bit better, but just interacting with people takes a lot of energy. At one point in time, … even talking over the phone made me tired [and] stressed…
After being battered by a pandemic, 2022 has hit shoppers with new challenges, most notably skyrocketing food prices and travel costs, as well as interest rate increases affecting debt repayments. This means that even when it comes to groceries, shoppers are having to think twice, dig deep and choose carefully before committing their declining disposable income to a retailer and brand.FMCG Shopper Marketing Report – 2022 editionDid you know that value is the most important shopper need across South Africa, and it becomes more important as you move up the income brackets?Learn more about this and other key insights in…
BOSTON – It was a Mario Party at Warrior Ice Arena on Monday afternoon.Patrice Bergeron and a bevy of his teammates dressed up as the Nintendo characters for the Bruins’ 12th annual Halloween hospital visit. And after two years of virtual events, Bergeron was eager to get back out in the community and meet in person with patients at Mass General for Children and other hospitals across the city.”It’s just a special day to be able to go and share a moment with the kids, kids that are going through a lot, families that are going through a lot, to…
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In 1992, R.L. Stine published his first book in the “Goosebumps” series, launching 30 years of frights and selling more children’s books than anyone other than J.K. Rowling. Hear our full conversation on my podcast “Beyond the Fame.” WTOP’s Jason Fraley chats with R.L. Stine (Part 1) In 1992, R.L. Stine published his first book in the “Goosebumps” series, launching 30 years of frights and selling more children’s books than anyone other than J.K. Rowling. This Saturday, R.L. Stine will attend a special event at the Library of Congress with author Mary Pope Osborne, who is celebrating 30 years of her series “The…