Another Awesome AfriCAN week 20181101

#Africa #ABitofFun

Absolutely love this from @funmioyatogun

What do you call the public transport mini-bus in Africa? Matatu? Taxi? Danfo? Blue Donkey? Here is a map showing what the public transport mini-bus is called in every African country! [source]

#Ethiopia

Sahle-Work Zewde, Image source: Vogue

Congratulations to Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's first woman president. President Sahle-Work, 68, pledged to work toward a “society that rejects the oppression of women” and to strive for peace and unity.  During her diplomatic career, she was head of the UN office to Kenya and acted as Ethiopia's ambassador to several countries including France, Djibouti and Senegal. [Source]

#Nigeria

Igbo-Ora is a town in Nigeria where you might think you are seeing double. The Oyo State town has one of the highest birth rates of twins in the world. [Source, BBC]

#SouthAfrica

Duduetsang Phele (34) is a professional figure skater that was born and raised in Mahikeng. She is the only black woman, at her age to ever qualify to represent a country in figure skating in the upcoming winter Olympics in 2022. She is also the only woman from Africa to ever qualify for the winter Olympics in the sports! Congratulations Duduetsang!

#SouthAfrica

From left: Dr Dyllon Randall and his students, Vukheta Mukhari and Suzanne 

PEE-NOMENAL! UCT Unveils the world's first brick grown from human urine.
The bio-brick was developed by UCT master’s student in civil engineering Suzanne Lambert. It is also good for the environment and global warming as it is made in moulds at room temperature. [via EWN]

 Quote for the week:

"Young citizens of Africa need hope, prospects and opportunities. Its leaders need to speed up job creation to sustain progress and stave off deterioration," ~ Mo Ibrahim, Sudanese businessman and philanthropist