Ivorian 'suitcase boy' reunited with mother, granted one year in Spain

Eight-year-old Ivorian Adou Ouattara (initially identified as Abou, pictured) made headlines, after he was discovered in a suitcase by authorities attempting to cross the border. A month later, a silver lining in Abou’s story has appeared with the reunification with his mother, according to the BBC. Adou was found by authorities, after his alleged smuggler “hesitated”: 

And even though the Father paid a Moroccan courier to carry the suitcase, the boy was discovered by police after the 19- year-old woman appeared “to hesitate” while making her way across the border.

Kasama GBV survivors get entrepreneurship training

A Gender Based Violence (GBV) activist in Northern Province has announced plans to improve the welfare of GBV survivors in the area.

Kasama One Stop Centre coordinator, Bernard Mulenga, says Gender Based Violence survivors will undergo entrepreneurship training in the district. 

Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Kasama today Mr Mulenga said it is important that the survivors are trained in financial literacy to make then self-sustainable economically. 

Apply to Contest for 2,000 Undergraduate GRZ Student Loans for the 2015/2016 Academic Year at the University of Zambia

Applications are invited from suitably qualified Zambians that meet the minimum requirements outlined here below to contest for Two Thousand (2,000) undergraduate GRZ Student Loans for the 2015/2016 Academic Year at the University of Zambia 

ELIGIBILITY 

Applicants should be: 

i. Zambians with Green National Registration Cards (NRC) 

ii. School leavers admitted to the University of Zambia 

iii. School leavers who completed Grade 12 in 2012 and 2013 

iv. 24 years old or below by September 2015 

NON-SCHOOL LEAVERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE AND THEREFORE SHOULD NOT APPLY 

Applications should be addressed to: 

The Secretary to the Bursaries Committee 

P.O. Box 50093 

LUSAKA 

Why Africa Needs Girl Scientists

“When I was at my school, the boys used to call us ‘half- men,’” says Rebecca, a recent graduate of The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at BRAC, in Uganda. “Because if you’re a lady and you go for sciences, you’re a half-man.” 

Like Rebecca, I am also a MasterCard Foundation Scholar and a girl who loves math and science. And, like many other girls, I wish I had more people who believed in me. I wish my professors in middle school had pushed me to pursue my studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Instead I was encouraged to go into literature and languages, the most common path for girls. Fortunately, my grades in math and physics were so high that I was sent in the scientific track in high school. 

Armanda Kouassi, Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley (graduated 2014) .

HILONGA wins top prize for water filter innovation

Tanzanian chemical engineer Askwar Hilonga (pictured left) has won the top prize from the U.K.’s Royal Academy of Engineering for his revolutionary water filter, reports the BBC. 

Growing up in a rural environment in Tanzania, Hilonga reportedly saw his family suffer from a host of water-borne diseases. Therefore, when he earned his PhD in nanotechnology in South Korea, he focused his efforts on creating an effective water filter. 

PILATO escapes police arrest at Muvi TV studios

Police officers from Lusaka Central Police on Sunday evening stormed MUVI television, in search of controversial Zambian musician Chama Fumba, alias PilAto. 

Muvi TV reports that the plain-clothed officers stormed the Nangwenya road based television station at exactly 21:00 hours on information that the musician was featuring on a programme dubbed the" Assignment" in the studios. 

Lusaka couple weds in hospital

By Staff Reporter

Suzyo Muzuri, 28, of Lusaka who was two weeks ago involved in a road accident and lost one leg before his wedding has duly married Diniwe Bowa, 27. 

A colorful wedding ceremony for the dual took place in Ward 11 at University Teaching Hospital (UTH). 

Zambian Beauty: MUDUNA KAPUMBA Joins Muvhango, a South African Series

With their storyline forever changing and expanding it’s no surprise to see a new face joining the Muvhango family. 

From the 5th of June the drama series/soapie welcomes Muduna Kapumba who will be playing the role of Shola Babalola a young and dynamic businesswoman. 

Shola’s father is of Nigerian origin and is one of Nigeria’s first self-made oil millionaires, who partnered with foreign companies in oil extraction, he then started his own local petrol and diesel retailer and had some dealings with Albert Mukwevho. That’s where Shola comes in.

“Television has the power of bringing different nations together, irrespective of creed, colour or race. Muvhango continues to break boundaries and this is evident in this storyline where Shola is out to make business with some South African counterparts. Will it ever work? Continue watching the soapie as this exciting storyline unfolds“ said SABC 2 Publicist, Lebo Malete.