By Lennox Kalifungwa, Zenger News (Zenger News) – Sub-Saharan Africa ranked as the lowest scoring region on the Corruption Perception Index in 2022, according to an analysis published by Transparency International on Jan. 31. Having been given an average score of 32/100, it could be argued that this region has the highest levels of corruption anywhere in […]
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Uganda appears to have defeated the world’s latest outbreak of Ebola
By Joseph Hammond, Zenger News Wash your hands. Wear a mask. Practice social distancing. The same measures deployed to fight COVID-19 appear to have won a victory fighting a far deadlier virus – Ebola. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni recently lifted all Ebola-related movement restrictions in the country. Museveni hailed progress in the country’s fight against […]
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Bowie State’s Damon Wilson named AFCA Division II National Coach of the Year
By Mark Gray (Zenger News) – At a time when the perception of football coaching at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is being defined by the personality of Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders at Jackson State, Bowie State’s Damon Wilson is a throwback. Wilson’s path to what has become legendary status at his alma mater has not been […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Loggers, conservation groups have turned Pygmy tribe into alcoholics, says study
By Peter Barker (Zenger News) – A Congolese Pygmy hunter–gatherer tribe has seen its members succumb to alcoholism as logging companies and conservation groups abuse and coerce them into relinquishing their traditional way of life, researchers say. A team from Cambridge University has found that the once-isolated Congolese Mbendjele BaYaka hunter-gatherer tribe, one of several Pygmy […]
Posted inBUSINESS
A bank with a charitable ethos and no building
By Brian Blum Zenger News Shawn Melamed’s home office is filled with high-tech equipment, computers, microphones, cameras for Zoom. But the most visible keyboard is not connected to his laptop. It’s a full-sized one meant for making music. Melamed, who co-founded and serves as CEO of Spiral, a startup combining digital banking with doing good, […]
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U.S. is the new crypto mining capital after China’s ban
China has banned cryptocurrencies, leaving an opening for the United States to dominate the crypto market (André François McKenzie/Unsplash) By Virginia Van Zandt Zenger News China pulled the plug on a nearly decade-long cryptocurrency boom by banning Bitcoin and all crypto-related transactions, sending the virtual currency tumbling and putting the United States in the position […]
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The music and genius of Fela Kuti: Remembering Nigeria’s Afro Beat maverick 24 years on
Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, musician, composer, and pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre Fela Kuti (1938-1997), UK, Jan. 6, 1984. (Mike Moore/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) By Onome Amawhe Zenger News During his lifetime, Nigerian musician and political activist Fela Anikilopa Kuti, who died on Aug. 2, 1997, was a human force of nature who redefined Africa’s music […]
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Apple IPhone 13 will not get in-display touch ID
Several new reports state that Apple tested Touch ID on the iPhone 13 series, but it is unlikely to launch this year. (Cottonbro/Pexels) By Saptak Datta and Praveen Pramod Tewari Zenger News With Apple’s iPhone 13 series launch fast approaching, more and more speculations and rumors are beginning to surface. Apple is expected to launch […]
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After controversial scoring on fight, judge is suspended for previous offensive social media posts.
Mykal Fox (right) on his domination of Gabrial Maestre: “I landed the cleaner, more eye-catching punches and made him miss.” (Sean Michael Ham/TGB Promotions) By Lem Satterfield, Zenger News (Zenger News) – A veteran boxing judge has been hit with a one-two punch. After coming under scrutiny for her scoring of a recent match, Gloria Martinez […]
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Over 800 Ugandans injected with water in Covid-19 vaccination scam
Health advocates believe the administration of fake Covid-19 vaccines to more than 800n Ugandans could discourage others from taking the jab. (Courtesy photo) By Guyson Nangayi Zenger News (Zenger News) — Siraje Bukenya, a councilor in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, was among the first to receive the opening jab of the Covid-19 vaccine when the government started […]
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Elephant dung soap is cleaning up as a beauty treatment
Elephants are now the source of income for Maasai women in Kenya who previously depended on the tourism industry,which has been devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The women are now making soap from the dung of the massive African mammal. (Photo Courtesy Wikimedia Commons) By Shadrack Meshak Omuka Zenger News NAKURU, Kenya — When the […]
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Africa struggling with 3rd wave of Covid-19 pandemic: WHO
In this Monday, May 31, 2021 file photo, a woman receives a coronavirus vaccination at the Kololo airstrip in Kampala, Uganda. Virus cases are surging in Uganda, making scarce hospital beds even more expensive, and concern is growing over the alleged exploitation of patients by private hospitals accused of demanding payment up front and hiking […]