South African siblings Biko’s Manna receive standing ovation on ‘America’s Got Talent’

Joburg’s singing trio, Biko’s Manna – singer Biko 17, guitar player Manna 14 and Mfundo 9 are hard working at accomplishing their dreams of stardom.   The siblings recently wowed the audiences and judges on season 19 of ‘America’s Got Talent’ receiving a standing ovation and ‘yes’ from all four judges.   For their audition,…

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Woman arrested for inserting firewood in private part of 12-year-old girl who allegedly stole biscuit, drinks

The suspect, Temitope Adetanju Source: Africa Publicity A Nigerian woman has arrested for allegedly inserting firewood in the private part of a 12-year-old girl. The 25-year-old woman named Temitope Adetanju allegedly inserted the firewood into the girl’s private part for stealing. The 12-year-old girl is reported to have stolen a biscuit worth N200, N150 worth…

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Be deliberate about financing renewable energy and sustainability-focused projects – KPMG Ghana urges banks

Kenneth Agyei-Duah Source: UKGCC Kenneth Agyei-Duah, a manager in the Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Services at KPMG Ghana has urged banks and other financial institutions to be deliberate about financing projects which factor environmental, social, and governance considerations. Speaking during the UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce and KPMG Ghana Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) webinar…

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ANC, Democratic Alliance Reach Deal To Form Government of National Unity In South Africa

Cyril Ramaphosa Source: Africa Publicity South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has reached a historic agreement with the main opposition party, Democratic Alliance (DA) to form South Africa’s first Government of National Unity (GNU). The Sunday Times, South Africa’s biggest Sunday newspaper, reported on its website that the parties reached a deal shortly after…

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Interoperability between mobile money and card is enabling Africa’s access to the global financial system

Christian Bwakira By Christian Bwakira, Group Chief Commercial Officer at Onafriq Mobile money has exploded across African economies as an enabler of financial inclusion by bringing in large swaths of the population that remained unbanked into the fold to participate in economies across the continent. According to GSMA’s 2024 State of the Industry Report on…

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Scammers are making millions of dollars from selling nonexistent weight-loss drugs – report

Source: Africa Publicity Scammers are taking advantage of the high demand for weight-loss drugs around the world to cash in millions of dollars through fraudulent deals, specifically the sale of nonexistent weight-loss drugs, a new report has found. According to the report from the online protection company, McAfee, phishing attempts involving popular GLP-1 drugs—like Ozempic,…

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