Monthly Archives: February 2007
Western Union Marks Decade in Africa by Opening Its 10,000th Agent Location
Money transfer behemoth, Western Union International, opened its 10,000th agent location in Africa at the Matori branch of Nigeria’s First City Monument Bank just as that country’s Central Bank disclosed in an estimate that cumulative contributions of Nigerians in the Diaspora totaled $US 4.5 billion in 2006.
ELOM – A Unique School With African Vibrations
A unique charter school that will embrace African values and culture will be opened in Minnesota this Fall. According to Ghanian-born Comfort Lartey-Ofori, founder of ELOM International Academy, she has conceived a school idea that advocates academic excellence that combines the best of African culture with universally acceptable international academic standards. She is one innovative and strategic organizer who exhibits both dynamism and the love of African values and hopes that her school will be a model for other states in America with large African immigrants to emulate.
World Social Forum Spotlights Africa’s Challenges
NAIROBI - The curtains finally fell on the seventh edition of the World Social Forum in the Kenyan Capital of Nairobi with a new transsexual phenomenon, gaining root in Africa.
The forum that ended on January 25 saw the lesbians, gays and trans-sexual community gaining currency not only in Kenya but also in the entire African continent.