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Botswana is the latest African country to free the rainbow

Botswana publicised as one of Africa's most democratic nations outlawed homosexuality under the country's penal code since 1965 until now. The country becomes the latest African...
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Online platform Kaoshi, shortlisted for the 2019 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Money transfer platform Kaoshi was one of the technologies shortlisted for the fifth Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation is tackling the broken system of international money...
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Attitudes to gender and sexual diversity: changing global trends

Global attitudes to gender and sexual diversity are changing. Some embrace the diversity; others push back.
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Pride Month: Do you know what all the ‘colours’ of the rainbow mean?

Over time, a number of additions have been made to the initial LGBT acronym. The most common being Q, signifying “queer” or “questioning” to recognize the...
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First South African innovation wins the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

A 31-year-old South African electrical engineer has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2019 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Neo Hutiri is the first South African...

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