A wedding cake designer from Langley, Berkshire has been shortlisted in a national wedding awards scheme. Natasha Orange who runs Slice of Time is in the final ten cake designers in the Hitched.co.uk Breakthrough Awards. Even at 14 years old, Natasha was baking cakes to sell or raffle at her grandmother’s bingo club in Harare, Zimbabwe – , so Slice of Time really represents a lifelong passion to demonstrate her creativity. Natasha began her career journey in marketing and communications and the storyboard skills she often used then help her work with brides on their dream cakes today. The UK’s... Continue Reading
Preparation for the Gtel Face of Zimbabwe December finals have been stepped up a notch with the appointment this week of former Miss Zimbabwe (2011), Malaika Mashandu as the competition’s brand ambassador. The pageant also announced that Cape Town based beauty, Bianca Mpopoma won the public and judges’ vote to become Miss September. Malaika, who is a popular and probably one of the most successful former Miss Zimbabwe in the modern day era, will front Face of Zimbabwe’s marketing campaign, the grooming of the finalists ahead of the finals and street casting sessions to attract quality contestants to the competition.... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa correspondent – Young and promising debater Primrose Fadzai Mahlatini said she has high hopes of raising her country’s flag at the forthcoming World Universities Debate Championship slated for Berlin in Germany should she qualify for the scholarship. Mahlatini a Nugget debate and public speaking champion (2007) told shout-africa.com that she had kept her practicing routine ahead of the confirmation of scholarship of those attending to be announced late September. “I am confident that all will be well and a praying that l get accepted for this prestigious event. “l believe all will be in order, and should l get accepted... Continue Reading
2012 is shaping to be a decisive year for commercialization of clean technology projects deployed throughout South Africa and the African region. Despite much jostling and positioning by local and international players to become a preferred supplier of renewable energy to ESKOM, a late change of terms reference, effectively resulted in reducing power purchase prices and has caused many of the bidders to go back to the drawing board. However this has resulted in a more efficient process of elimination of sub optimal technologies which have been drawn ashore to African coasts, as surplus from developed markets, which themselves are seeking newer... Continue Reading
On the 16th & 17th October 2012 the second Clean Technology business and investment matchmaking conference for the African continent is to be held at the Killarney Country Club in Lower Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa. Called “Viridis Africa”, the event is dedicated to entrepreneurs and corporates who are seeking funding to introduce clean technology solutions and services. Principals who present their business opportunities at this event would have the audience of numerous local and foreign investors, stratified according to their interest and investment criteria. Investors would include venture capital, private equity, project and corporate finance outfits and others dedicated to... Continue Reading
