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World English Language Rights: One Hundred Wells

Cassava Republic Press has acquired World English language rights to the forthcoming novel titled ‘One Hundred Wells’ by Ghanaian author, Ayesha Harruna Attah, in a deal with Marina Penalva at Pontas Agency, who represents Attah worldwide

Madagascar Highest National Award

President of Madagascar, Hery Rajaonarimampianina honours President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina with the highest national award of Madagascar

2016 Women’s NBA MVP of the Year

Nneka Ogwumike who plays for Los Angeles Sparks as a forwarder has been awarded the Women’s NBA Most Valuable player of the year award for her fine displays in the USA women’s basketball league this season.

1st E-Learning MBA

Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) has made history as the first university in the country to have a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) programme accredited by NUC to be delivered in e-learning mode

AUN Builds Solar Oven & Chicken Tractor For Rural Dwellers

Adamawa State-based American University of Nigeria (AUN) have built a solar oven and chicken tractor – a wood and electricity-free oven for the benefit of rural dwellers that depend solely on firewood for cooking.

Instead of felling trees and encouraging desert encroachment, the students decided to make use of the abundant sun in the state. The oven and chicken tractor were fabricated using a design first developed at a Kenyan refugee camp.

Working under the supervision of AUN’s former Director of Sustainability, Professor Charles Reith, Mr Rotimi Ogundijo and Mr. Matthew Abedoh, all of the Sustainability Unit of the university, the students used recycled cardboard, masking tape, glue and aluminium foil to construct the solar oven. Each oven took them about 45 minutes to construct and it cooks really fast.

The Chicken tractors were made from scrap metal and pieces of discarded chicken wire (poultry netting). A Chicken tractor is a screened-in box or portable bottomless cage or pen used by organic farmers to prepare soil for planting. The chickens are confined in the tractor and they eat all the weeds, bugs, scratch the soil and fertilize it with their guano or faeces (which is a highly effective fertilizer due to its exceptionally high content of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium essential for plant growth.) This is one of many ways organic growers fertilize their farms without using harmful and expensive chemicals.

The students distributed the solar ovens and chicken tractors to villagers in nearby communities as part of their contribution to human development.

Omotoyosi Craig Honoured With Renewable Energy Research Excellence Award (RERE) 2016 In South Africa

Omotoyosi Craig has been honoured with the Young Researcher of the Year Award 2016 in South Africa. The award, which is dubbed Renewable Energy Research Excellence Award (RERE), is jointly organised by Renewable Energy Centre of Research and Development (RECORD), and South African National Energy Association (SANEA).

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