I first met Seye Bandele, CEO of Nigerian HR tech upstart PaidHR, physically, at last year’s Moonshot event. Bandele was much taller in person than I imagined. There was a self-assuredness about him. Before that meeting, I had interacted with him a few times: once at the launch of the startup’s cross-border payroll products and […]
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Boutique hospitality is asserting its influence across business, policy, and culture. With BLLA’s Boutique Hotel Investment Conference returning to New York on June 4, the spotlight is once again on independent hotel ownership and capital strategy—an area gaining fresh momentum amid shifting traveler values and investor priorities. On the regulatory front, a proposed hotel minimum
Twenty-seven final-year medical students from Al-Azhar University and Islamic University in Gaza were displaced from their universities after they were destroyed by Israeli missiles. But the students turned tragedy to triumph and have managed to complete their studies through the University of Cape Town and University of the Witswatersand. Source: Supplied. Twenty-seven students from Gaza
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Oscar winner Angelina Jolie made a special appearance at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday night to present the Trophée Chopard to rising stars Marie Colomb and Finn Bennett. During the glamorous dinner ceremony, Jolie reflected on the power of international cinema to make an impact in times of global turmoil. “I love international cinema,”
Laufey has announced a new album, A Matter of Time. The Icelandic Chinese singer and composer’s follow-up to 2023’s Bewitched arrives August 22 (via Vingolf/AWAL). Aaron Dessner produced the LP alongside Spencer Stewart. “Tough Luck,” which leads the album, is “a fiery song about love gone wrong,” Laufey said in press materials. “I wanted to
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Benguela, Angola – As part of ongoing efforts to support Angola’s fight against the cholera outbreak and to reinforce regional health systems, the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Angola, Dr Indrajit Hazarika, conducted a field mission to the provinces of Kwanza Sul and Benguela this week. The visit served to strengthen collaboration with local
Annual summit returns with focus on exponential technologies, prosperity and progress, in collaboration with Old Mutual. Celiwe Ross SingularityU South Africa has confirmed that its flagship summit will return to the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 October 2025. Marking the seventh time the summit will be hosted on local
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Oscar winners Marisa Tomei and Sam Rockwell plus Chris Messina and Ivan Martin are set to star in zombie comedy “Hellhound” for director Zach Golden (“High Heart”) Newly-formed sales company Vaneast Pictures, owned by Danielle Gasher, is launching sales in Cannes. Written by Golden Martin, the film will be produced by Joseph Restaino (“Pig,” “Amber
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Interpol’s Paul Banks has shared a pair of Iggy Pop covers he recorded for Karan Kandhari’s new movie Sister Midnight. He takes on Iggy and the Stooges’ classic Raw Power cut “Gimme Danger,” as well as the 1977 song that gave the film its name, “Sister Midnight,” co-penned by David Bowie and featured on The
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