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The Condom Challenge: Bill Gates is giving away $100,000 to anyone that can revolutionise the condom

Yes, you read correctly. Bill Gates, through the Gates Foundation, and Grand Challenges in Global Health are calling all scientists, students, entrepreneurs and innovators and challenging them More »

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TED Talk: Try Something New for 30 Days

Its been said that you can break a habit in 30 days; its also been said that you can form a habit in the same period of More »

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100 Simple Nutrition Tips

Don’t substitute fruit juices for whole fruits. Eat whole, fresh, unprocessed foods. When buying packaged foods, read the nutrition labels carefully. Never cut any food group out More »

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No joke: African teens create urine-fueled generator.

The days where people could say there was no innovation coming out of Africa is truly a time of the past. Not only is Africa pioneering some More »

Vodafone sponsors latest Bond film at Silverbird Cinema

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Tonight is the exclusive premiere of the latest instalment (the 23rd, for those counting) in the James Bond franchise, Skyfall. Skyfall is directed by Sam Mendes and the plot centres around Bond’s loyalty to M as her past comes back

Opinion: Humanists Unite in Ghana

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By Graham Knight for the Humanist Association of Ghana Our country, Ghana, has been listed as the most religious country out of 57 countries polled; 96% of people say they are religious and apparently 0% are convinced atheists. The poll, the

Random: Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions

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From Wikipedia: Robert Plutchik also created a wheel of emotions. This wheel is used to illustrate different emotions compelling and nuanced. Plutchik first proposed his cone-shaped model (3D) or the wheel model (2D) in 1980 to describe how emotions were

Compassionpit.com: The website that provides therapy for free.

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How many of you remember the good old days of general chat rooms, where you’d chat with random people in a communal chat room? For those of you that can’t, this was a time when the internet was still relatively

How To Bring Out Your Girl’s Inner Freak

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We have good news: Every woman has the potential to be a freak. We also have bad news: If, at this moment in time, her wild side is still lying dormant, it’s probably your own fault. Don’t beat yourself up

Call for Blogs: Help The Guardian Expand its Network

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The UK newspaper, The Guardian, is looking for people to submit their favourite blogs on any subject. They write: If you follow a blog with a unique perspective on Africa, be it about politics or culture, media or technology, economics

Rollaball: the movie (Ghana)

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By Crystal Svanikier At Dust, we’re pretty tuned into what’s going on creatively. We received notice of many films, festivals and events created by, or about, Ghana and her people. One such project, Rollaball, is a creative work on the

A Billion Reasons to Believe in Africa: A Rethink

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“There are a billion reasons to believe in Africa,” states Coca-Cola’s new commercial that attempts to capture the spirit of “new” Africa. Africa-optimism has in the recent past gained massive hype. Ernst & Young in its May report on Africa’s

The Importance of Pre-Natal Care

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What is prenatal care? Prenatal care is the health care you get while you are pregnant. Take care of yourself and your baby by: Getting early prenatal care. If you know you’re pregnant, or think you might be, call your doctor to

The Origin of Pidgin

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By Tosin Abraham Carons and Amaka M. Onyioha A pidgin or pidgin language is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a common language. It is mostly employed