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After going through the process of deciding who our final 10 contestants would be for our KBG BEBOLD Scholarship fund, it was time to meet them. Efua, our Production Manager had been in touch with several of them and handed me a schedule of who to meet and when. The KBG BEBOLD Scholarship Fund is an initiative funded by a private Ghanaian citizen (KBG) to sponsor one student’s senior high school student’s education for one year.
I was a bit nervous, because the places she mentioned were ...
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By Ijeoma Okolo
In recent years, fashion in Africa has exploded. From Lagos to Accra to Nairobi, from Cape Town to Luanda to Maputo, colourful prints and creative styles have taken the world by storm. The bold motifs, Vlisco wax print and vibrant laces (ironically not made in Africa, although they cater to the tastes of African consumers) stamp clothes, shoes and accessories with a uniqueness that has given African fashion an edge. The ability to combine them with other fabrics and provide ...
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By Ijeoma Okolo
Social media could be considered a mixed blessing. It has brought people together and apparently created a kind of global village. We have the convenience of living through a virtual forum, allowing the goodness in us to shine through when we “Like” people’s Facebook posts and gush over beautiful wedding pictures (while praying for Baba God to bring our own their own wedding *coughs*). We can communicate with loved ones, engage in passionate, hard-hitting, in-depth ...
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We found them! After a long and rigorous process of looking through hundreds of applications, we emerged with our list of ten finalists who we deemed fit to be potential winner of the BE BOLD Scholarship Fund - a fund that will pay a high school student’s school fees in FULL for an entire year. Thanks to the donations of a generous sponsor in the USA who is a loyal BE BOLD follower online, we were able to launch this initiative for Season 5.
The applications came pouring in and although we ...
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