Agrandir le cercle en Côte d’Ivoire
August 23, 2018 10:31 ET
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Obama Foundation
JOHANNESBURG, 23 août 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fondée par Sefora Kodjo Kouassi, l’organisation SEPHIS offre des compétences essentielles et une formation à l’entrepreneuriat pour les femmes...
Transforming lives and businesses through digital innovation
August 16, 2018 12:42 ET
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Obama Foundation
JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With an MBA in Strategy, Innovation and Emerging Markets from the ESSEC School of Business in Paris, Candace Nkoth Bisseck is an advocate for moving...
Where the wild things learn
August 16, 2018 08:56 ET
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Obama Foundation
JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In 2015, a young software engineer named Faten Ghriss went to the U.S. on an exchange programme and left as a young entrepreneur. She was inspired to...
Driving environmental awareness in Mauritania
August 08, 2018 11:02 ET
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Obama Foundation
JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wanting to raise awareness about the unhealthy and unsanitary conditions in her home country, now 26-year-old Aminetou Bilal launched the “Selfie...
Turning a blind eye; visually impaired and blind women in Uganda are given an opportunity to save lives
July 19, 2018 09:00 ET
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Obama Foundation
JOHANNESBURG, July 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Gifted Hands Network is an initiative created by Andrew Mukose, a young entrepreneur who wanted to solve two of Uganda’s most pressing problems –...
Harnessing the power of water
July 19, 2018 07:08 ET
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Obama Foundation
JOHANNESBURG, July 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shamiso Kumbirai, a young engineer, is making a huge impact increasing awareness of the plight of lack of sanitation in communities. “In Grade 10 I...
How an Angolan news aggregator is tackling the social issue of ‘fake news’
July 18, 2018 09:25 ET
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Obama Foundation
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- “Recently I heard that sometimes Angolans come across a piece of news, and they won’t trust that it’s true until it appears on...
Transforming adversity into opportunity
July 17, 2018 13:43 ET
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Obama Foundation
JOHANNESBURG, July 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In Kiswahili, ‘ongoza’ means ‘lead.’ It is a fitting title for an organisation dedicated to eliminating violence, educating the youth and crafting the...
Talented twins transforming African skills development
July 17, 2018 06:34 ET
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Obama Foundation
Meet Stutern, the Nigerian startup tackling unemployment – whose founders have been selected by the Obama Foundation as rising leaders JOHANNESBURG, July 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Twin brothers,...
Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa Convening Continues with 200 Rising Leaders
July 15, 2018 12:40 ET
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Obama Foundation
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Obama Foundation continued its Leaders: Africa gathering, a 5-day convening of 200 rising leaders from 44 countries...