Mr. Qian Rong (center), General Manager of AVIC INTL Project Engineering Company, announcing the results of the preliminary competition. (Courtesy) Two students from Meru National Polytechnic and another one from Gatundu South TVC have been awarded in a construction contest sponsored by a Chinese company. The three students were part of the 259 students from 45 schools in seven countries that participated in the Africa Tech Challenge (ATC). The winning team is among six national teams that got the highest total score of each country and will proceed to the finals, after a successful preliminary competition on construction. Other winning teams were drawn from Integrated Technical…
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Faf du Plessis did not want to write a book about cricket. He wanted to tell stories about relationships, using sport as the page and his time as a professional player as the ink.His autobiography, Through Fire , was released this week, and, given its genre, you’d expect it to be personal, but there’s a different intensity about this narrative. Written through parts of lockdown, it borders on invasive as du Plessis mines through his past to reveal parts of him that most others in his place would rather keep secret. He writes about being an insensitive partner, a jealous…
About 200 million people live in areas without mobile broadband coverage in Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan Africa countries, according to a new report by GSMA. In its ‘The State of Mobile Internet Connectivity 2022’ report, the global body representing telecommunication across the world disclosed that the Sub-Saharan African region remains the region with the largest mobile broadband coverage and usage gaps. It stated that as a result of continuing investment in mobile broadband in the region, the coverage gap reduced from 19 per cent in 2020 to 17 per cent at the end of 2021. It said, “Almost 200 million…
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Express News Service Phone Bhoot is your first horror comedy. Tell us about the experience of playing a ghost in the film.Essentially, my character, Ragini, is quirky, which I like. I have worked with the director to make hermore fun. Initially, my lines were girly and flat, while the boys (Ishaan Khatter and Siddhant Chaturvedi)had great lines, but I asked the writers, Jasvinder Bath and Ravi Shankaran, to treat her as a character, irrespective of gender. Do you enjoy watching horror movies? My mind is like a sponge and very susceptible. I always turn my eyes away when I’m watching…
Felix Jones has a fascinating story to tell. The only Irishman in possession of a Rugby World Cup winner’s medal, he occupies a unique position in the international coaching world: the Springboks’ attack coach when they are in camp, head of operations in Europe when they are out of it. He is still only 35.Judging by the testimony of the players themselves, Jones is respected for his sharp-eyed analysis of opposing teams, for his technical insights and communication skills. It surely helps that he is young enough to have played against several present Springboks, having made a brief appearance against…
Six Caribbean writers have been longlisted for the annual Bocas Children’s Book Prize with stories of Caribbean mythology and adventures and confrontation of contemporary issues facing today’s young people.Now in its second year and sponsored by the Wainwright family, five of the books for the 2022 prize are by writers from Trinidad and Tobago, and one is by a Jamaican author. The winner receives US$1,000 and the prize is open to Caribbean-born authors, resident anywhere in the world, of English-language books published between August 1, 2021 and August 31 2022.Josse Franco, a children’s author and the NGC Bocas Lit Fest…
The African descendants of British North American slaves and colonists are overjoyed at the extraordinary rise of a grandson of African soil. The current installation of Rishi Sunak as British prime minister and the past election of Barack Obama as President of the United States by mostly white people of European descent is remarkable. The British North American slavers and colonizers of Africans more than 150 years ago, and the rise of Sunak could be seen as a type of psychological reparation for slavery and colonization. It has been said that the slavery and colonization of black Africans were Britain’s…
As it ended Saturday, the first-ever India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral (IMT TRILAT) maritime exercise began a new chapter in the Indian Navy’s growing efforts to enhance the security of the east coast of southern Africa and the Indian Ocean Region as a whole. Guided missile stealth frigate INS Tarkash, a Chetak helicopter and the personnel from the Marine Commando Force (MARCOS) – India’s only Special Forces trained and equipped for conduct of special operations in maritime environment – took part in the three-day joint exercise between the Indian, Mozambique and Tanzanian navies which commenced at Tanzania’s largest city Dar Es Salaam on…
Lafarge Africa Plc, a member of the Holcim Group has announced its 2022 third quarter (Q3) and nine (9) months results. Over the 9 month period, Lafarge Africa, a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, delivered a net sales growth of 23.1percent and an Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) growth of 17.5percent versus last year. However, In Q3, net sales grew by 12.2percent while EBIT was down 19.3percent versus last year but improved 8percent on a like-for like before exchange rate impact on cost of sales. Khaled El Dokani, CEO of Lafarge Africa, commented: “In Q3 2022,…