Hashtag: #Africa
Bermuda’s ARC Ltd Mitigates Drought In Africa
The Minister for Economic Development, Dr. Grant Gibbons said he is pleased to acknowledge that a Bermuda-based insurance pool could begin paying as early as this week some $25 million to support food-insecure regions in three African countries. The Minister was responding to word that policies had been triggered at the Bermuda-based catastrophe insurance... Read more of this article
BOM To Head To Malawi For Summer Mission
Bermuda Overseas Missions [BOM] will once again partner with Habitat for Humanity in 2015 on a summer mission to Malawi, in East Africa. David Thompson, BOM President says, “We are very excited to announce that the 2015 trip in conjunction with Habitat will be to Malawi in Eastern Africa. This is a wonderful country, with beautiful scenery and warm-hearted... Read more of this article
South Africa: Mukkudem Appointed Interim CEO
The Eastern Province Cricket Board of South Africa have appointed former Bermuda cricket player Saleem Mukkudem, as the interim Chief Executive Officer of EP Cricket, according to a report from BoxScoreNews. Mukkudem’s appointment is an interim position for two months while the Board recruits a permanent CEO, the report said. The 42-year-old Mukuddem... Read more of this article
Joanne Ball-Burgess: Dancing Across An Ocean
Bermudian Joanne Ball Burgess, also known as Judge Joanne of Sakata and Jo-1, recently read excerpts of her written work at the “StoryMoja” literary festival, an annual event held in East Africa. Ms. Ball-Burgess, known for both her music and her writing, was also interviewed by radio show Africa Creates in a piece called Dancing Across an Ocean. About... Read more of this article
Bermuda Red Cross Launch Ebola Appeal
The Bermuda Red Cross has launched a cash appeal to support the communities involved in the Ebola outbreak. According to the World Health Organization, as of 22 October 2014, “the number of total cases stands at 9936 total cases, with 4877 deaths. Cases continue to increase exponentially in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone; the situation in these... Read more of this article
Black Mayors Convention Moved To Next Year
The Atlanta-based Conference of Black Mayors, together with Bermuda’s Corporation of Hamilton, have decided to move the Black Mayors Convention from November 2014 to the first available date of next year, saying that representatives of several African nations had their travel plans altered by the Ebola crisis. In making the announcement today,... Read more of this article
Company Focuses On Agricultural Risk In Africa
Bermuda-based PartnerRe has revealed that it has entered into a partnership with Moroccan insurer MAMDA [Mutuelle Agricole Marocaine d’Assurance] and French reinsurer MCR [La Mutuelle Centrale de Réassurance] to establish MAMDA RE, a new reinsurance company dedicated to agricultural risk in Africa. Domiciled in Morocco, MAMDA RE will benefit from... Read more of this article
Flight Traveling From Nigeria Diverts To Island
[Updated w/Health Ministry's comment about possible Ebola concern] A Delta airplane — which was traveling from Lagos, Nigeria to Atlanta — diverted to Bermuda this morning [Sept 4] due to a sick passenger, and it landed at 3.35am local time, and departed a short while later, with the sick passenger still onboard. Typically when flights... Read more of this article
Three Regiment Soldiers To Train In Kenya
[Updated] Earlier today [Aug 29] the Premier and Minister of National Security, Michael Dunkley welcomed three members of the Bermuda Regiment to the Cabinet Office. The Officers are embarking for Kenya this weekend. Lt. Paolo Odoli, CSgt Jason Smith, and Sgt Dejion Stange will be travelling to the African nation for two months to participate in extensive... Read more of this article
Health Ministry Updates On Ebola Situation
Collaborative meetings are being held in Bermuda in relation to preparedness measures relevant to the current outbreak of Ebola in western Africa, the Health Ministry said. Included in these talks with the Ministry of Health, Seniors and Environment and the Chief Medical Officer, are officials from the Bermuda Hospitals Board Emergency Department, Fire... Read more of this article
Bermudian Releases New Music Video In Kenya
Bermudian Joanne Ball Burgess – also known as Judge Joanne of Sakata aka Jo-1 — officially launched her new video and song “Good Love” at The Club Tribeka this week. Jo-1 was born and raised in Bermuda and has been living in Kenya for three years. Speaking about the song “Good Love”, Ms Ball Burgess said, “The song is in both... Read more of this article
Exhibit To Highlight The Beauty Of Uganda
Stepping into the dry heat of the Ugandan bush, camera in hand, Dee Storey was unprepared for the incredible impact this trip would have on her as an individual. Ms Storey traveled to Uganda in 2013 to see the work of The ISIS Foundation at Kiwoko Hospital as a representative of Aspen, a global insurance and reinsurance company. In August, Ms Storey... Read more of this article
Bermuda Couple To Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
Mark and Tina Nash will be leaving Bermuda on July 31 and heading to Tanzania in order to climb fabled Mount Killimanjaro, all in an effort to raise funds to support Hope Academy for Girls in Sierra Leone, a self sustaining, multi-purpose school for at-risk girls in the western rural area of Sierra Leone, West Africa. In advance of their trip, Mark... Read more of this article
Imagine Bermuda Remembers Nadine Gordimer
Imagine Bermuda said they wish to express their condolences on the passing of Nadine Gordimer, a Nobel Prize-Winning author from South Africa, who was a close friend of the late Nelson Mandela. Ms. Gordimer died on Sunday in Johannesburg at age 90. A spokesperson said, “From a young age, she was one ‘walking her walk’, offering an example... Read more of this article
Muse To Host Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony
Muse Restaurant and Skybar is getting set to host an Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony alongside traditional Ethiopian cuisine from 7.00pm through 10.00pm on Saturday, July 12, giving Bermudians the opportunity to indulge in an exotic buffet while experiencing the unique Ethiopian coffee ceremony. Known for its delicious breads, stews [known locally as wat],... Read more of this article
OBA Women Stand Up For #BringBackOurGirls
The women of the One Bermuda Alliance Government have joined in support of the global movement to ‘Bring Back Our Girls’, in response to the kidnapping of almost 300 school girls in Nigeria, which has touched a chord with people around the world. The campaign aims to support the return of the girls, who were kidnapped from a school in Nigeria during... Read more of this article
