Over six hundred professional Africans attended the Homecoming Revolution Africa London Expo held at Olympia this weekend to find out about opportunities back home. Hailed a success by attendees and exhibitors alike, this 2 day event actually trended on Twitter in South Africa and USA. Comments Angel Jones, CEO & Founder of Homecoming Revolution, “This was a pan-African launch and we were delighted at the high quality of African professionals who are very serious about returning home.” “What makes the Homecoming Revolution platform unique,” continues Jones, “is that employers engaged candidates in an inspirational environment that included motivating case studies,... Continue Reading
….Liberian Vice President Welcomes Initiative – By: Augustine N. Myers – The William V.S. Tubman University in Harper City, Maryland County-Liberia has again added value to education, with the Harriet Tubman Centennial Architectural Design Challenge for the Institute’s Future E-Brary. The E-Brary will have four wings, with dedication to a student development center, faculty development center, information communication technology center, and the main library. Liberia’s Vice president, Joseph Nyuma Boakai described the Initiative as meaningful. “We are very proud of Tubman University, and we believe that TU is one of the universities driving Liberia’s educational system to a technical level”,... Continue Reading
By Gbenya Julius – Even when we were bankrolled and aided by donors at the end of the eleven years civil conflict, yet the situation remained the same – with continuous deaths of children under five, pregnant women and lactating mothers, which had always placed Sierra Leone at the bottom rung of the United Nations Human Development Index, not until when God’s sent President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma came and salvaged the plight of this vulnerable group of Sierra Leoneans. With the unveiling of the free health care initiative barely four years ago by President Koroma the country’s entire health... Continue Reading
On Sunday March 2, 2014, President Ernest Bai Koroma was honoured in Lagos, Nigeria by Nigeria’s foremost media group, the Silverbird Group, with the Award of Distinction for a sitting President, given in respect of his great reconstruction efforts in changing the face of Sierra Leone and for his fight against corruption. The Award was received on his behalf by Ambassador Henry Olufumi Macauley, Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner to Nigeria. President Paul Kagami of Rwanda was also similarly honoured, for his success at reconstructing that genocide war torn Country. The occasion was the annual Silverbird Man of the Year Award Ceremony,... Continue Reading
By: Augustine N. Myers – The President and Chief Executive Officer of Living Water International (LWI), Dr. Michael J. Mantel has for the first time visited the Republic of Liberia. Dr. Mantel was in Liberia on a 4-Day Official visit along with other Senior Officials of Living Water International from Saturday, March 8 to Tuesday, March 11, 2014. He was accompanied by the Senior Vice President for Global Operations-Robert Nathan Thorp, WASH Program Director for Africa-Gebeyehu Abera, Regional Communications Specialist for Africa-Sylvia Kezengwa and Religious Advisor- Apostle James Tarr. Dr. Mantel was also accompanied by the former Country Director of... Continue Reading
