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Exclusive: Flutterwave invested in PiggyVest’s parent company in 2023

Flutterwave, Africa’s most valuable startup, invested in Piggytech, the parent company of PiggyVest, the Nigerian fintech that made saving fashionable in mid-2023, TechCabal has learned.

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Newspaper front pages from around the world, Thursday 11 March 2021

We take a look at the stories and pictures that made the front pages of newspapers around the world on Thursday 11 March 2021.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Mr. Potato Head goes gender-neutral in latest brand update

By: Alyssa Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head are getting a new look to make sure 'all feel welcome in the Potato head world,' Hasbro announced on Thursday. The brand is renaming the toys Potato Head as stated in a brand update posted on the official company website. According to Hasbro, the new line

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

PRESS ROOM: From Pandemic to Peace: Join World Leaders and 1 Million+ Global Participants for the 5th Rally of Hope Online - Black News Channel

By BlackPressUSA Building Partnerships for Peace based on Interdependence, Mutual Prosperity, and Universal Values Washington, D.C. — The Universal Peace Federation (UPF) is announcing that its online global 5th Rally of Hope will be broadcasted live from South Korea this Saturday, February 27 at

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Michelle Obama To Be Inducted Into National Women’s Hall of Fame

It wouldn’t be Women’s History Month if we didn’t acknowledge our forever First Lady Michelle Obama. According to CNN, the National Women’s Hall of Fame has tapped the Becoming author as one of its

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Meghan Markle: Gina Yashere, Kelechi Okafor and Dr Shola Mos Shogbamimu say the "angry, black woman trope" is being used against the duchess - Voice Online

MEGHAN MARKLE has not yet been contacted about the palace's bullying inquiry, according to the... The post Meghan Markle: Gina Yashere, Kelechi Okafor and Dr Shola Mos Shogbamimu say the 'angry, black woman trope' is being used against the duchess appeared first on Voice Online.

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Source: Britain's Favourite Black Newspaper - Voice Online

Asia Today: 1st vaccines reach arms in S. Korea, Hong Kong - Black News Channel

By Associated Press Undefined South Korea administered its first available shots of coronavirus vaccines to people at long-term care facilities Friday, launching a mass immunization campaign that health authorities hope will restore some level of normalcy by the end of the year. The rollout of

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HHS nominee says pandemic comes first but agenda is broader - Black News Channel

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's pick for health secretary, Xavier Becerra, told senators Tuesday that tackling the coronavirus pandemic will be his first priority if confirmed, but he also pledged to work to expand health insurance coverage, curb

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Uganda: Bou Maintains 7 Percent Rate, Warns of High Inflation

[Monitor] The Bank of Uganda yesterday maintained the Central Bank Rate (CBR) at 7 per cent but warned that inflation could rise further and peak at 6.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2021.

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Watchdog reviews complaint about FBI surveillance warrant - Black News Channel

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department's internal watchdog is reviewing a former Boeing engineer's allegations that he was unfairly investigated by the FBI on suspicion that he was spying for China, according to correspondence and court filings reviewed by The

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US Army crowdsources ideas to combat sexual assault crisis - Black News Channel

By SARAH BLAKE MORGAN Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Sgt. Taylor Knueven always knew sexual assault and harassment plagued the U.S. Army. But the combat medic's own assault early last year opened her eyes to the broken system surrounding one of the military's most infamous

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A year on, India's riot victims say justice still unserved - Black News Channel

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The shooter shouted 'Victory to Lord Ram,' the Hindu god, before pulling the trigger that sent a bullet into Muhammad Nasir Khan's left eye. Khan placed his trembling hand on his bloody eye socket and his fingers slipped deep into the wound. At

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What Pandemic? Billionaires Are Getting Richer During COVID While the Economy and Labor Force Tank

According to a new report by Americans for Tax Fairness and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), the nation’s 623 billionaires saw their net worth increase by $434 billion in the first two months of the pandemic thanks in large part to tax cuts and

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Ethiopia: Exploiting the Tourism Potential to Boost the Nation's Revenue

[Ethiopian Herald] Tourism has numerous characteristics that make it valuable as an agent for development. It is a driver for socio-economic progress and has considerable impact on local development trends. The sector generates multiple effects across many other economic activities in the tourism

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Growing tension in Minneapolis as trial looms in Floyd death - Black News Channel

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Barbed wire and concrete barriers surround the courthouse where the former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd will soon go on trial, a sign of the deep uneasiness hanging over a city literally set ablaze almost a year

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Funky electronics chain Fry's is no more - Black News Channel

By Associated Press Undefined SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fry's Electronics, the go-to chain for tech tinkerers looking for an obscure part, is closing for good. The company, perhaps even more well known for outlandish themes at some of its stores, from Aztec to 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,' said

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US bombs facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia - Black News Channel

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed militia groups. The Pentagon said the strikes were retaliation for a rocket attack in Iraq earlier

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2 hard-hit cities, 2 diverging fates in vaccine rollout - Black News Channel

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) — Mario Valdez, his wife and their 18-year-old son were fully vaccinated for COVID-19 this month as part of a special effort to inoculate every resident of Central Falls, the Rhode Island community hit hardest by the pandemic. 'I feel

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Memorials, lawsuit mark death anniversary of Ahmaud Arbery - Black News Channel

By RUSS BYNUM and ANGIE WANG Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Family and friends walked in procession through the coastal subdivision where armed men chased and shot him in the street. Others joined his mother for a vigil at the rural church where he's buried. Lawmakers paused to remember him

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COVID-19 UPDATE: London’s African-Caribbean community urged by NHS to get the jab - Voice Online

Video messages have been produced in languages including Somali, Swahili and Yoruba to reach communities across London The post COVID-19 UPDATE: London’s African-Caribbean community urged by NHS to get the jab appeared first on Voice Online.

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Source: Britain's Favourite Black Newspaper - Voice Online

Native American nominee's grilling raises questions on bias - Black News Channel

By FELICIA FONSECA and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — When Wyoming U.S. Sen. John Barrasso snapped at Deb Haaland during her confirmation hearing, many in Indian Country were incensed. The exchange, coupled with descriptions of the Interior secretary nominee as

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Young black men in Brent supported to reach career goals with new programme - Voice Online

The programme has worked with up to 166 job seekers The post Young black men in Brent supported to reach career goals with new programme appeared first on Voice Online.

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Niger opposition denounces fraud, as supporters protest provisional results | Africanews

Opposition supporters chanted slogans as they took part in a demonstration in the streets of Niamey, Tuesday to protest against results of the country's presidential run-off.

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Armenia's president refuses order to dismiss military chief - Black News Channel

By Associated Press Undefined YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — About 15,000 protesters calling for the resignation of Armenia's prime minister marched through the capital Saturday as pressure on the leader intensified after the country's president rejected his order to dismiss the chief of the military

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Tiger Woods suffers leg injuries after California car crash - Black News Channel

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Golf star Tiger Woods suffered leg injuries Tuesday in a vehicle rollover in the Los Angeles area and is undergoing surgery, authorities and his manager said. His condition isn't yet clear. Woods had to be extricated from the vehicle with the

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Newspaper front pages from around the world, Wednesday 10 March 2021

We take a look at the stories and pictures that made the front pages of newspapers around the world on Wednesday 10 March 2021.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Newspaper front pages from around the world, Thursday 25 February 2021

We take a look at the stories and pictures that made the front pages of newspapers around the world on Thursday 25 February 2021.

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Drug execs face Capitol Hill questions on vaccine supply - Black News Channel

By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Executives from the major COVID-19 vaccine producers are set to answer questions from Congress on Tuesday about expanding the supply of shots needed to curb the pandemic that has killed more than 500,000 Americans. The

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WATCH: Today's Daily News Wrap, Monday 1 March

The South African Daily News Wrap is now on YouTube! Watch today's news wrap Monday 1 March for all the news you really need to know!

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Conviction in landmark case over Syrian government torture - Black News Channel

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A former member of Syrian President Bashar Assad's secret police was convicted Wednesday by a German court of facilitating the torture of prisoners in a landmark ruling that human rights activists hope will set a precedent for other cases. Eyad

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A shot in the arm: EU vaccine program struggles to speed up - Black News Channel

By LORNE COOK and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Two months after its first vaccine shots, the European Union is still struggling to get its COVID-19 inoculation drive up to speed. EU leaders are meeting Thursday to jump-start the process, fearing that new virus variants might spread

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