Senegalese Model Khoudia Diop, melanin goddess vibes celebrates Senegal’s Independence Day in style

Senegalese Model Khoudia Diop

Senegalese Model Khoudia Diop, melanin goddess vibes celebrates Senegal’s Independence Day in style.

Khoudia Diop serves all kinds of golden melanin gorgeousness for her tribute to her country Senegal on their Independence Day.

The shoot which is titled Nyenyo (The blacksmiths and metalworkers of the Senegalese caste system) was inspired by the Senegal’s Independence Day and saw Khoudia transform into a Wolof woman while trying to share her culture, heritage and the beauty of Senegal. 

The model said on her Instagram account;
“My Senegalese roots mean so much to me… It’s very personal. I love my country, my culture, my heritage. It is home and also a major part of who I am. I discovered so much about myself, and my culture has had a huge impact and importance on my journey of self-love… From loving my upbringing to the bullying then seeing the world outside of Senegal. Are there things I would change? Sure! But there are also certain things I cherish about being a Senegalese (Wolof woman).”

Senegalese Model Khoudia Diop

Senegalese Model Khoudia Diop

Senegalese Model Khoudia Diop

Senegalese Model Khoudia Diop

Senegalese Model Khoudia Diop

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Nigerian Economic Recovery and Growth Plan lunched in Abuja today - Buhari

Nigerian Economic Recovery and Growth Plan lunched in Abuja today - Buhari

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday launched the Nigerian Economic Recovery and Growth Plan(ERGP) in Abuja

Speaking at the launch President Buhari said the ERGP focuses on agriculture, ensuring adequate food security as well as energy, industrialisation and social investment.

He said the ERGP is an ambitious plan that seeks to achieve a 7 per cent economic growth by the year 2020.

Nigerian Economic Recovery and Growth Plan lunched in Abuja today - Buhari

Nigerian Economic Recovery and Growth Plan lunched in Abuja today - Buhari

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Highest bridge in the world engulfed in clouds

Highest bridge in the world engulfed in clouds

The highest bridge in the world, Sidu River Bridge, was captured almost floating among the clouds after rains in the mountainous area of Hubei Province, on April 4, 2017.

The 1,365 meter-long suspension bridge hangs about 500 meters above the steep gorge.
The structure was opened in November 2009.
It is located about 80 kilometers south of China's famous Three Gorges region on the Yangtze River.

Highest bridge in the world engulfed in clouds 

Highest bridge in the world engulfed in clouds

Highest bridge in the world engulfed in clouds

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Chinese man stuns world after marrying robot wife

A Chinese man is making international headlines after marrying a robot that he built himself.

Zheng Jiajia, 31, is an artificial intelligence (AI) expert from southeast China’s city of Hangzhou. He decided to build his would-be wife after a recent heartbreak.

Chinese man stuns world after marrying robot wife

“He was rejected by a woman he had a crush on, and he’s been single since. But his relatives were constantly nagging him about his marital status,” one of Zheng’s friends told local newspaper Qianjiang Evening News. Zheng dismissed his friend’s comment as a joke.

Chinese man stuns world after marrying robot wife

Zheng graduated from Zhejiang University in 2011 with a master’s degree in artificial intelligence. He started his own AI business last year. His first masterpiece is his one-year-old robot wife, Yingying.
Yingying is capable of identifying images and Chinese characters. She also recognizes people she has met and can say a few words to communicate.

Chinese man stuns world after marrying robot wife

After two months of “dating”, Zheng married Yingying in a traditional ceremony attended by his mother and friends in Hangzhou.

Chinese man stuns world after marrying robot wife

Zheng said he will continue to upgrade his wife to enable her to walk, move, and even do housework. A perfect, if artificial, ending.

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First self-driving vehicles take to the streets of London

First self-driving vehicles take to the streets of London

First self-driving vehicles take to the streets of London!!!

While not looking much like a traditional car, these driverless vehicles have been unveiled as part of self-driving vehicle trials launched in Greenwich, London.

First self-driving vehicles take to the streets of London

 The GATEway Project, short for Greenwich Automated Transport Environment, involves autonomous shuttles in areas used by pedestrians and cyclists.

First self-driving vehicles take to the streets of London

 The public was given the opportunity to test it for the first time on Tuesday. The vehicles can travel at around 16 kilometers per hour. 

First self-driving vehicles take to the streets of London

All the participants in the study have already been selected following applications last year, according to reports. A member of staff is on board at all times in case of emergency.

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Lagos to establish Agency to manage Health Insurance Scheme

Lagos to establish Agency to manage Health Insurance Scheme

Lagos to establish Agency to manage Health Insurance Scheme, Partners firm to end medical tourism.

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday revealed plans to establish an agency by law to manage the State’s health insurance scheme expected to be rolled out soon.

Briefing Government House Correspondents at the end of a meeting of the AXA Mansard Insurance Group with the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Commissioner for Health, Jide Idris said the Government would provide the enabling environment for the private sector to participate in the scheme with the view to increasing access to healthcare delivery.

He said the Mansard Group has already indicated interest to be part of the State’s Health Insurance scheme, adding that Government would also appoint health insurance agents who would act between Government and the people to ensure the success of the scheme.
“They (Mansard Group) have expressed their interest to partner with us on our health insurance scheme which we are rolling out very soon. It is a financing scheme for the system and a way of introducing reforms, re-jig the system and make it better.

“We have provided that enabling environment in the sense that we are going to have an agency by law and every resident of Lagos is going to contribute to that purse. We will be using both public and private health providers and that is where AXA Mansard comes in with healthcare facilities.

“Also to enable us process the programme properly, we are using what we call health insurance agents. Those ones will act between Government and the people with respect to providing the health insurance scheme,” Idris said.

The Commissioner also said that AXA Mansard Insurance Plc would also be partnering with the State Government to deliver affordable and quality health care service to the people and transform the State into the medical tourism centre not just for Nigeria but Sub-Saharan Africa.

Giving more details on the partnership, Chief Executive Officer of Mansard Insurance, Mrs Yetunde Ilori said having keenly followed the activities of the State Government and the passion of the Governor on healthcare delivery, the firm thought it important to partner with government in the best interest of the people.

“We are here to show our intention to partner with the State Government in the area of healthcare delivery and we are about putting in place in Lekki a world class 150-bed hospital.
“This is just a tiny bit compared to our need in Nigeria but we want to run like a hub and expand subsequently. We are going to have some Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) on the Mainland in Lagos and from there we go to entire Nigeria.

“We are not in any way in doubt of the support as pledged at the concluded meeting with the Governor that this is not going to be an abandoned project because we are going to have all the support needed and in that wise, our intention is to make Lagos a kind of medical tourism centre where people in sub-Saharan Africa will be coming to Nigeria to receive healthcare instead of going to places like India,” Ilori said.

On his part, Mansard’s Chief Client Officer, Mr Tosin Runsewe said the courtesy visit to Governor Ambode, apart from the partnership on healthcare delivery, was also to appreciate all the State Government has been doing in the last two years to revamp physical infrastructure in the State, adding that it was obvious that a lot had been done in scaling up ease of doing business and security.

“We are looking at partnering with the State in terms of social infrastructure and healthcare clearly falls along this line and we are bringing the expertise of Axa Mansard to bear upon this particular area. We will executive, over the next couple of years, social infrastructure in the area of medical facilities and we will be linking this with the health insurance we have already to ensure that Lagos residents have access to medical care at affordable prices,” Runsewe said.

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