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Outsourcing and tech services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions, VFS Global, has appointed Jose Manuel Aisa Mancho as its chief financial officer. He reports to Zubin Karkaria, founder and chief executive officer, and is based in Dubai, UAE. He joins the Switzerland based company from Cellnex Telecom, and will be responsible for the overall finance function at VFS Global, and will also be responsible for legal, data privacy and corporate risk functions. Mr Manuel who has previously worked in organisations that include Abertis Infrastructures, CriteriaCaixa and Cellnex, and was also a non-executive officer in infrastructure companies such as Hispasat,…

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By Zadock Malika Musa Okoth is an artist and a journalist with interests in culture. He practices film and fashion under a project dubbed “mtaaafrica”. In 2013, he founded Mtaa Afriq, a community-based art organization to offer young people a platform to tell their story. The outfit brings together 15 artists, environmentalists and human rights defenders working independently to promote use of art for socio-economic change within communities. Mr. Okoth is behind an organization that leverages journalism, music, film photography and fashion to give a platform to youth. He has worked across settlements in Nairobi East. Mtaa Africa Film Club…

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By Brenda Viola Yesterday I was very close to suicide. Imagine walking down a familiar street, the shops you’d see, the people you’d meet and other activities steaming the place. After a final turn, you see your destination at the distant, an eatery. Only God knows for how long you’ve been feeling famished. You’d be smiling mainly because you’re just a few steps away from having a hearty meal, or not. At the very least, the hunger that had been your shadow hitherto, would depart from you. To me the eatery was the suicide. I smiled after gazing upon it,…

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