SG+: Ageing Workforce – Finding the Silver Lining
As one of Asia’s fastest ageing populations, it is estimated that by 2030, one-fifth of the population will be 65 years or older in Singapore. This is coupled with the…
10 Nov 2013 Spotlight: A race to enhance Singapore’s eldercare services
Singapore’s rising ageing population has led to an increase in the demand for care for the elderly. But while building of facilities are being ramped up, there’s also the critical…
Tanzania’s helium deposit [The Morning Call]
Tanzania could hold the worlds solution to ending the fear of helium shortage. After the discovery of over 54 billion cubic feet of the gas in Lake Rukwa. … READ…
Zimbabwean white farmers cautiously optimistic about president’s land pledge
White farmers in Zimbabwe are cautiously optimistic about the future after the new president pledged to compensate those who lost their land following controversial reforms in 2000. President… source
Egypt’s Sisi arrives in Paris for three-day visit
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was welcomed to Paris on Monday (October 23) by French Defence Minister Florence Parly for a three-day visit, where French President Emmanuel Macron,… source
Cameroon: Designer finds fashionable ways to promote ancient toghu cloth
Liz Ngwane, a fashion designer in Buea, Cameroon is working on one of her latest outfits at her store in town. The twenty four-year-old is known for her fashionable outfits…
Rwanda dreams big in essential oil production [Business Africa]
Somalia real estate For roughly twenty three years the civil war in Somalia had ruined basic infrastructure in the country. Today real estate is fast picking up, demonstrating the positive……
Morocco’s African Union reintegration controversy [The Morning Call]
Participants at the recent MEDays International Forum in Tangiers, Morocco are in favour of the reintegration of Morocco into the African Union. Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperatio… source
Carrie Underwood shares close-up video of her face while joking with husband Mike Fisher
Carrie Underwood is showing more of her face since opening up earlier this month about her scary fall. The country singer shared a close-up video of her face on her…
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ topples ‘Star Wars’ for best box office opening ever
This image released by Marvel Studios shows, from left, Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo and Benedict Wong in a scene from “Avengers: Infinity War.” (Marvel Studios via AP)…