By: WASH R&E Network – An interactive media dialogue aimed at providing essential information to the Liberian Press on the Water, sanitation and hygiene sector of has taken place in Monrovia. The dialogue which was chaired by public Works Minister, Samuel Koffi Woods brought together officials of Water Aid, Civil Society, stake holders and development partners. The dialogue was part of activities commemorating World Water Day and a two-day Joint Inter-Ministerial High Level Meeting on Water , Sanitation and health between Liberia and Sierra Leone. Speaking to a cross section of journalist from the WASH Reporters & Editors Network of Liberia,... Continue Reading
On the 31st of March 2012, a philanthropic ceremony of dance, culture and fashions was celebrated at the Marriott Hotel Westchase in Houston, Texas to benefit orphaned children in Nairobi, Kenya. Among the presenters of the African Ball event was Kimma Wreh, the Creative Director of TeKay Designs, a Houston, Texas fashion design house. “With our fashions on this night we salute all people of moral excellence. Beauty may be skin deep, but style endures. Style encompasses character and virtue. It takes people of moral excellence to respond to the philanthropic needs of society.” says Kimma. TeKay Designs presented one... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa.com Cameroon Correspondent – The third edition of the construction exhibition forum, dubbed “Batimaide”, is underway in Douala. Actors in the building construction sector are showcasing technologies, materials, modern housing designs and various construction tools at the premises of the Party House in Bonanjo, Douala. The exhibition, which has brought together professionals in the sector of housing, is a part of measures in line with the Prime Minister’s prescriptions in 2008 that all public buildings, R+1 building inclusive, be constructed wholly in local materials. Grace Ndoumbe, Co-organiser of the exhibition, situated its purpose within the context that comfortable, decent,... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa.com Cameroon Correspondent – The newly installed Governor for the Littoral Region, Beti Assomo Joseph, undertook a contact tour of some security services in Douala yesterday. Security officials yesterday in the port city of Douala urged Governor Beti Assomo Joseph, who was on a contact tour of some security services, to instill a spirit of collaboration in order to ensure that authority of the State should always remain preserved. On the sideline of the visit which was entirely held behind closed doors, Colonel Nwahba Moise, Chef d’Etat Major of the Second Gendarmerie Region, also reiterated their ever-present commitment to work for... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa.com Cameroon Correspondent – An information campaign recently launched in the port city of Douala seeks to enhance the processing of timber. The Minister of Forestry and Wildlife, Philip Ngole Ngwese, has launched an information campaign and awareness-raising about the organization, operation and implementation of Cameroon’s Domestic Timber Market, known by its French acronym as MIB, in a bid to enhance its functioning. Like in other sectors, lack of information in the forestry sector slowed the development of the domestic market. Despite that the cooperation and support of partners has intensified over the past ten years, the need to... Continue Reading
