The inaugural 2013 African Diaspora Awards event was a great success with praise and compliments’ coming from attendees on the night, and as word spreads, there has also been support from the wider public. The Awards event was a landmark occasion and has undoubtedly made an imprint as one of the most significant and prestigious events in the UK African community calendar, which looks set to become a major annual fixture. We have made our mark! The Awards were held in the luxurious Intercontinental London Westminster Hotel. Here the nominees, winners and audience were honoured in beautiful surroundings with fine art,... Continue Reading
By David Stephen – Geoengineering would have been more interesting, if it is artificial solution to common environmental issues, such as floods, erosions, drought, blizzards, avalanche, storms, etc. But Geoengineering is not. Geoengineering is directed at reducing factors responsible for some of these extreme conditions – Global Warming. Geoengineering, a phenomenon used to describe sets of technologies to reduce solar radiation reaching or absorbed by the earth and technologies to remove carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, is seen a lesser option – known – to manage global warming. Geoengineering has possibilities and risks, and gets introduced to the rest of... Continue Reading
By Dennis Kabatto – The central focal subject of discourse when Global Diaspora Forum (GDF) convenes on May 13 – 14, 2013 for its third annual celebration of the contributions Diaspora communities make to their countries of origin is “Where Ideas Meet Action.” GDF events will meet in Washington, Dc; Dublin, Ireland; Silicon Valley and Los Angeles, California. Modern technological advancement has made it possible for participants in all four venues to connect in real time with the “ideas and innovations” discussed from the primary venue in Washington. A wide range of stakeholders including Leaders of Diaspora communities, United States... Continue Reading
By: Augustine N. Myers – In promotion of its Grow-Our-Own-Study Program (GOOS), the Administration of William V.S. Tubman University in Harper, Maryland County on Monday, April 15, 2013 had a farewell program for five of its employees who were awarded scholarships to pursue their Masters Degrees at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. A release from Tubman University, signed by its Director of Public & Media Relations, Ambrose T. Wreh, named the recipients of the scholarships as: Mr. J. Philip Augustus Theoway (Guidance & Counseling), Mr. Alexander B. Scere (Electrical Engineering), Mrs. Christina Miller (Early Childhood Development), Mr. Stephen Browne... Continue Reading
By: Augustine N. Myers – A one day forest-sector conference to discuss experiences and achievements around the implementation of the Non-Legally Binding Instruments (NLBI) Project in Liberia, has taken place in Monrovia. The Government of Liberia (GoL) through the Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized the end-of-project conference to engage forest based organizations, public and private sectors, local NGOs, civil society, academic and research organizations, and international partners in discussing the achievements of the NLBI Project in terms of moving towards Sustainable Forest Management (SFM). In Nov. 2010, the FDA... Continue Reading
