Nereida Lobo is the founder of a Little Crowns and MIPAD Honoree of the Class of 2018 from Cape Verde based in the US Little Crowns ™️ is a non-profit organization with a mission to provide educational materials to children in underprivileged communities. Our mission is unique because we empower these children to develop powerful …
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It’s Feel Good Friday: Today we focus on the First Lady of Sierra Leone Here’s a short biography about her and her social impact works. Short Biography Fatima Maada-Bio is not only of Sierra Leone heritage but also of Gambian heritage. Her father was a businessman for many years in a town called Kono District …
The Africa forum is almost here and our CEO Mr. Kamil Olufowobi will be present to talk about Destination Africa which aims at promoting Tourism in Africa. Check out his profile here He will also be talking about the UNESCO and MIPAD partnership initiative to bring People of African descent back to their root through …
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Ethiopia just made history as she elects her first female president in the person of Sahle-Work Zewde, making her become the first female head of state in Africa. To us that’s huge and a big deal. Words reaching us is that the Ethiopian prime minister just passed the gender equality bill into and then this happens. …
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In September 2015, the General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With that in mind MIPAD following the Number 16 SDG goal (Peace and Justice Strong Institution) We introduce you to; TechSolves is an initiative that aims to leverage technology to solve today’s issues …
According to African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the main reason why Intra- African trade is low is due to lack of Access to Trade and Market Information compared to that of Europe (59%), Asia (51%), and North America (37%). To curb this challenge, Afreximbank decided to, among other initiatives, convene the Intra-African Trade Fair that …
Nelson Mandela, the late South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 once said “I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.” That, too, is the Africa of my dreams. What’s more, I dream of an Africa that is known around …
Did you know that more than 300 global and African thought leaders, eminent and emerging leaders from Africa and other parts of the Commonwealth, and friends of Africa will converge at the 5th Annual Commonwealth Africa Summit on March 12th – 15th 2018 in London, United Kingdom? MIPAD will be present at the Commonwealth African …