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Masks still matter
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Masks<br />
still matter<br />
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Tax credit<br />
claimants<br />
urged to<br />
renew ahead<br />
of <strong>July</strong> 31<br />
deadline<br />
United Kingdom’s Her<br />
Majesty Revenue and<br />
Customs (HMRC) is<br />
reminding 440,000 tax credits<br />
customers they have one month left<br />
to renew their tax credits claims<br />
ahead of the 31 <strong>July</strong> deadline.<br />
More than 2.5 million annual<br />
tax credits review packs were<br />
posted to customers between late<br />
April and early June. Customers<br />
will have either received an ‘autorenewal’<br />
reminder or a ‘reply<br />
required’ notice. All ‘reply<br />
required’ customers must renew<br />
their claims or contact HMRC to<br />
notify them of any change in<br />
circumstances ahead of the<br />
deadline to continue receiving tax<br />
credits payments.<br />
Renewing online is quick and<br />
easy. Customers can log into<br />
GOV.UK to check on the progress<br />
of their renewal, be reassured it is<br />
being processed and know when<br />
they will hear back from HMRC.<br />
Customers can also use the HMRC<br />
app on their smartphone to:<br />
· renew their tax credits<br />
· check their tax credits payments<br />
schedule, and<br />
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News<br />
Masks still matter<br />
Continued from Page 1<<br />
Pandemic Action Network,<br />
the Africa Centres for<br />
Disease Control and<br />
Prevention (Africa CDC), the<br />
African Union, 3M and over 50<br />
global, regional, and local partner<br />
organizations have announced<br />
the launch of World Mask Week<br />
<strong>2021</strong> (<strong>July</strong> 12-18) - a global<br />
campaign underlining a universal<br />
truth: masking in public, in<br />
combination with handwashing<br />
and physical distancing, is still<br />
one of the best ways we can<br />
protect ourselves and others<br />
against COVID-19, especially<br />
our most vulnerable community<br />
members as countries race to<br />
vaccinate their populations.<br />
According to WHO, <strong>2021</strong> is<br />
already a deadlier year in the<br />
pandemic than 2020. Today, we<br />
are seeing a two-track pandemic<br />
emerge: some regions are up<br />
against the spread of variants and<br />
rising case numbers, while others<br />
with access to vaccines are lifting<br />
masking and other public health<br />
restrictions.<br />
“Everyone who has worn a<br />
mask in public has helped slow<br />
the spread of COVID-19,” said<br />
Deputy Director of the Africa<br />
CDC, Dr. Ahmed Ouma Ogwell.<br />
“As the pandemic continues to<br />
spread and access to vaccines has<br />
been slow across much of Africa,<br />
we must fight against pandemic<br />
fatigue and continue to do what<br />
we can to keep everyone safe.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> campaign encourages<br />
people and organizations around<br />
the world to rally behind the<br />
continued importance of wearing<br />
a mask. People will be asked to<br />
show their support by sharing a<br />
statement on social media with<br />
#WorldMaskWeek, and a picture,<br />
or video with their favourite<br />
mask, tagging others with the<br />
message of “Thanks For<br />
Masking”.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> pandemic is not over. We<br />
should rightly recognize and<br />
encourage our progress, but we<br />
must also put our expertise to<br />
work and stay vigilant in fighting<br />
the pandemic,” said Dr. Denise<br />
Rutherford, Senior Vice President<br />
and Chief Corporate Affairs<br />
Officer, 3M. “3M and our team<br />
members will continue to do our<br />
part. We are proud to participate<br />
in World Mask Week because<br />
when you wear a mask, you are<br />
helping protect the most<br />
vulnerable. To all who are doing<br />
their part to stop the spread of<br />
COVID-19, we thank you.”<br />
Rallying to continue masking to stop the spread of COVID-19<br />
Face coverings block the spray<br />
of droplets from sneezing,<br />
coughing, talking, singing, or<br />
shouting when worn over the<br />
mouth and nose. Consistent<br />
mask-wearing can also reduce<br />
the spread of the virus among<br />
people who are infected with<br />
COVID-19, but do not have<br />
symptoms, or are unaware they<br />
have it. While a COVID-19<br />
vaccine will prevent serious<br />
illness and death, the extent to<br />
which it keeps people from being<br />
infected and passing the virus on<br />
to others is still emerging.<br />
“Last year, with the first World<br />
Mask Week, we sparked a global<br />
movement in 117 countries to<br />
wear masks. This year, as the<br />
pandemic persists in much of the<br />
world, we’re coming together<br />
around the message that masking<br />
still matters and to show gratitude<br />
for those who have worn a mask<br />
and continue to mask up,” said<br />
Eloise Todd, Co-Founder of the<br />
Network. “In order to end this<br />
pandemic for everyone, we must<br />
deploy all the tools available<br />
around the world to fight<br />
COVID-19 – and that includes<br />
mask-wearing.” To mark the<br />
urgency of this moment,<br />
Pandemic Action Network has<br />
released a Why Masking Still<br />
Matters (bit.ly/36yMtrY) policy<br />
brief including key messaging<br />
and recommendations for<br />
governments, businesses, and<br />
individuals.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pandemic Action<br />
Network was launched in April<br />
2020 to drive collective action to<br />
help bring an end to COVID-19<br />
and to ensure the world is<br />
prepared for the next pandemic.<br />
Since launching, the Network has<br />
been working with influencers to<br />
promote mask-wearing, along<br />
with social distancing and<br />
handwashing. World Mask Week<br />
provides the opportunity for<br />
global unity around a single<br />
message: Let’s keep masking —<br />
not just for ourselves, but for our<br />
families, our communities, those<br />
who are most vulnerable, and the<br />
world.<br />
For more information about<br />
World Mask Week, please visit:<br />
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Convicted for brutal murder of two men<br />
Two men have been found guilty<br />
of murder after two friends were<br />
lured to a north London street<br />
and brutally attacked.<br />
33-year-old Kaziku Tuwisana of no<br />
fixed address and 43-year-old Besnik<br />
Berisha of Martock Gardens, N11 were<br />
found guilty of the murders of 30-yearold<br />
Arber Fesko and 36-year-old<br />
Shkelqim Paja following a trial at the<br />
Old Bailey.<br />
<strong>The</strong> court heard how Shkelqim Paja<br />
and Besnik Berisha had known each<br />
other for around three years prior to the<br />
murders. In the last year, their friendship<br />
had become strained – this is believed to<br />
have been over a sum of money –<br />
around £15,000 - that Berisha owed to<br />
Shkelqim.<br />
On 18 December 2019, Shkelqim<br />
raised concerns that Berisha was<br />
planning something behind his back<br />
which worried him. However, the next<br />
day (19 December) Berisha contacted<br />
him again stating that he was ready to<br />
pay back the money owed in full.<br />
That evening, Shkelqim went to<br />
Courtlands Avenue, NW7, close to<br />
where he lived, in the company of<br />
family friend Arber Fesko.<br />
Berisha – who owned a distinctive<br />
white Peugeot van – had met Tuwisana<br />
that afternoon in Stratford. From there<br />
they had travelled to the Highbury area<br />
of north London where they entered<br />
several hardware shops and purchased<br />
items such as lighter fluid, disposable<br />
gloves and cloths.<br />
Shortly after 19:00hrs, CCTV<br />
captured the van outside Highbury and<br />
Islington station. From there the van<br />
travelled to Courtlands Avenue, NW7.<br />
Just after 20:00hrs, two separate<br />
witnesses making their way along<br />
Courtlands Avenue reported seeing a<br />
Besnik Berisha<br />
group of men who appeared to be<br />
attacking another man. Further along the<br />
street, a second man was seen collapsed.<br />
Police were called but on arrival no<br />
people could be found; however –<br />
blood, later found to be Shkelqim’s, was<br />
discovered along with both his, and<br />
Arber’s mobile phones. Items including<br />
cable ties, a knife and an empty knife<br />
sheath were also discovered; the knife<br />
was later forensically linked to<br />
Tuwisana and the sheath to Berisha.<br />
Officers also identified an unopened<br />
packet of disposable gloves, identical to<br />
the ones purchased by Berisha and<br />
Tuwisana just hours earlier.<br />
Shortly after being called to the<br />
scene of the attack, police received a call<br />
from the London Gateway Services on<br />
the M1. Tuwisana had gone into a venue<br />
there to report he had been attacked; he<br />
was suffering a stab wound to the arm.<br />
Officers arrived and Tuwisana claimed<br />
to have tried to intervene in a fight and<br />
had himself been attacked and bundled<br />
into a black Mercedes car before being<br />
Kaziku Tuwisana<br />
dumped at the services. <strong>The</strong> car<br />
remained abandoned outside. When<br />
officers searched it they found the body<br />
of Arber Fesko in the boot who had been<br />
stabbed multiple times; they also found<br />
cable ties and a crowbar. On searching<br />
Tuwisana, he was found to be in<br />
possession of a stun gun. Further checks<br />
established that the car belong to<br />
Shkelqim Paja. Tuwisana was taken to<br />
hospital for treatment and subsequently<br />
arrested.<br />
<strong>The</strong> body of Shkelqim Paja was<br />
found the following day, dumped in a<br />
hedgerow in Radlett, Hertfordshire. He<br />
had also been stabbed multiple times.<br />
Items including a baseball cap and cable<br />
ties were also found.<br />
CCTV analysis also showed the<br />
white Peugeot van belonging to Berisha<br />
being driven to and from the deposition<br />
site. Berisha was arrested on 23<br />
December 2019 but claimed that he had<br />
sold his van on the day prior to the<br />
murders. Checks with the DVLA<br />
revealed a transfer document had been<br />
received in relation to the van, but not<br />
until 23 December. <strong>The</strong> person and<br />
address listed on the transfer was visited<br />
by police but they had no knowledge of<br />
the van.<br />
<strong>The</strong> vehicle itself was found<br />
abandoned in Barnet on 30 December;<br />
when officers checked CCTV from the<br />
area, they established it had been<br />
dumped at the location on 20 December.<br />
Inside the back of the van, Shkelqim’s<br />
blood was found confirming that his<br />
body had been transported in the<br />
vehicle. Further analysis showed blood<br />
belonging to Arber on the glove box in<br />
the front of the van, revealing someone<br />
with his blood on their hands had<br />
touched this area.<br />
Officers also recovered a knife from<br />
the van which fitted the sheath<br />
recovered at the scene of the murders in<br />
Courtlands Avenue.<br />
Detective Sergeant Pete Walker,<br />
from the Met’s Specialist Crime<br />
Command, said: “Throughout this<br />
investigation, the two defendants have<br />
refused to say why they carried out this<br />
brutal attack on Shkelqim Paja and<br />
Arber Fesko. However, the weight of<br />
evidence my team has gathered has<br />
spoken for itself and provided<br />
irrefutable evidence that both of these<br />
men were involved in carrying out two<br />
brutal murders.<br />
“This has been a challenging<br />
investigation but the diligence of the<br />
evidence gathering and tenacity of the<br />
officers involved has ensured Berisha<br />
and Tuwisana have been held to account<br />
for their actions.<br />
“Nothing will ever bring Shkelqim<br />
and Arber back, but I can only hope that<br />
these convictions can bring some sense<br />
of justice to their families.”<br />
Tax credit claimants urged to renew ahead<br />
of <strong>July</strong> 31 deadline<br />
Continued from Page 1<<br />
· find out how much they have earned<br />
for the year.<br />
Customers do not need to report any<br />
temporary falls in their working hours<br />
as a result of coronavirus. <strong>The</strong>y will be<br />
treated as if they are working their<br />
normal hours for up to eight weeks after<br />
the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme<br />
closes. Any self-employed individuals,<br />
who have claimed a Self-Employment<br />
Income Support Scheme grant, will<br />
need to declare the grant payments.<br />
Search ‘working out your income for tax<br />
credit/self-employment’ on GOV.UK.<br />
Myrtle Lloyd, HMRC’s Director<br />
General for Customer Services, said:<br />
“We know how important tax credits are<br />
to our customers, so we’ve made it<br />
quicker and easier to renew claims<br />
online. <strong>The</strong>re’s no need to wait for the<br />
31 <strong>July</strong> deadline – do it now by<br />
searching ‘tax credits’ on GOV.UK.”<br />
If there is a change in a customer’s<br />
circumstances that could affect their tax<br />
credits claims, they must report the<br />
changes to . <strong>The</strong>se include changes to:<br />
· living arrangements<br />
· childcare<br />
· working hours, or<br />
· income (increase or decrease).<br />
Post Office card accounts will close<br />
on 30 November <strong>2021</strong>. HMRC is<br />
reminding any tax credits and Child<br />
Benefit customers who use this account<br />
to receive their payments that they will<br />
need to notify HMRC of their new bank<br />
account details. HMRC is encouraging<br />
customers to act now so they do not<br />
miss any payments once their Post<br />
Office account closes. To find out how<br />
to open a bank account, visit .<br />
HMRC is urging customers to be<br />
careful if they are contacted out of the<br />
blue by someone asking for money or<br />
personal information. <strong>The</strong>re are a lot of<br />
scams around where fraudsters are<br />
calling, texting or emailing customers<br />
claiming to be from HMRC. If in doubt,<br />
customers are advised not to reply<br />
directly to anything suspicious, but to<br />
contact HMRC straight away – search<br />
GOV.UK for ‘HMRC scams’ for more<br />
information.
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News<br />
Police Commissioner pays tribute to<br />
first black female officer<br />
London’s Metropolitan Police<br />
Commissioner - Cressida<br />
Dick, has paid tribute to its<br />
first black female officer - Sislin Fay<br />
Allen, who sadly passed away earlier<br />
this month.<br />
Sislin Fay Allen joined the<br />
Metropolitan Police Service in 1968<br />
at the age of 29, and was the first<br />
black female police officer in both<br />
the Met and the UK.<br />
Sislin was working as a nurse at<br />
Croydon’s Queens Hospital when<br />
she decided to make a career change<br />
after seeing a recruitment advert for<br />
male and female officers. She trained<br />
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was at Fell Road police station in<br />
Croydon, near her family and where<br />
she lived.<br />
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she was posted to the Missing<br />
Persons Bureau at Scotland Yard and<br />
was later transferred to Norbury<br />
police station.<br />
In 1972, Sislin resigned from the<br />
Met and returned to Jamaica with her<br />
Jamaican-born husband and two<br />
children. During her time in Jamaica,<br />
she continued her policing career and<br />
joined the Jamaica Constabulary.<br />
Sislin later returned to the UK<br />
with her family and moved to south<br />
London for a brief period before she<br />
again returned to Jamaica, where she<br />
sadly passed away at her home in<br />
Ocho Rios.<br />
Commissioner Cressida Dick,<br />
said: “I was so sad to hear that Sislin<br />
has passed away at the age of 83.<br />
“Sislin was a pioneer of her time<br />
and an inspiration for many when she<br />
became the first black female police<br />
officer in the Met and the UK. She<br />
paved the way for so many women<br />
that have followed in her footsteps<br />
and joined the Met after her.<br />
“Sislin’s legacy lives on and<br />
today we will remember her life and<br />
her unique contribution to policing.”<br />
Sislin Fay Allen<br />
Health<br />
How Senegal prepared for COVID-19 surge<br />
As the second wave of COVID-19<br />
infections surged in early <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
Senegal stepped up measures to<br />
cope with the anticipated rise in the<br />
number of patients needing critical care.<br />
Professor Daye Ka, Infectious and<br />
Tropical Disease expert and member of<br />
Senegal’s COVID-19 Task Force,<br />
explains the steps taken to avert hospitals<br />
being overrun by a drastic rise in<br />
critically ill patients.<br />
What measures were in place to<br />
better handle a rise in COVID-19<br />
infections?<br />
<strong>The</strong> whole country was affected<br />
during the second wave of COVID-19 in<br />
February when around 300 cases were<br />
being reported daily. We were faced with<br />
a shortage of beds, especially<br />
resuscitation beds. We had 311 beds that<br />
had oxygen supply and an occupancy rate<br />
of 73%, with only 76 resuscitation beds<br />
that had 56% occupancy rate. So, we<br />
added around 20 beds in [the capital]<br />
Dakar and in the regions. Medical oxygen<br />
supply in terms of quality and quantity<br />
was also overstretched. We set up<br />
additional temporary sites in some<br />
COVID-19 treatment centres in Dakar<br />
and in the regions as well as increased<br />
oxygen supply to avert shortages.<br />
With the rise in cases came an<br />
increase in mortality, notably among<br />
older patients with underlying conditions<br />
such as hypertension, cardiovascular<br />
diseases, diabetes, obesity, asthma or<br />
chronic respiratory illnesses. To improve<br />
treatment and reduce deaths, in addition<br />
to increasing the number of beds,<br />
especially resuscitation beds, we also<br />
brought in more experts in critical care.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y included resuscitation specialists,<br />
respiratory disease experts, cardiologists,<br />
diabetes and kidney doctors,<br />
gynaecologists and obstetricians as well<br />
as experts in the care of older patients.<br />
We also developed a treatment<br />
protocol to determine which patients<br />
were to be hospitalized and which were<br />
to be cared for at home, the type of<br />
treatment depending on disease severity<br />
raging from mild to moderate, severe to<br />
critical, as well as depending on<br />
comorbidities. By closely monitoring the<br />
treatment centres, we were able to<br />
determine weaknesses and areas to<br />
reinforce with equipment, supplies and<br />
personnel.<br />
How were these measures<br />
implemented and what difference did<br />
they make?<br />
All treatment specialists working in<br />
treatment centres or in home-based care<br />
service were trained in the new treatment<br />
protocol. In anticipation of a surge in<br />
cases, a new resuscitation centre was set<br />
up, but it was never used as cases began<br />
to drop. It is not easy to assess the impact<br />
of these measures - they were ready when<br />
infections started to decline. So, it is not<br />
possible to make a correlation between<br />
the measures put in place and their<br />
impact. Further analysis may be<br />
necessary to determine any link.<br />
What lessons have been learnt in<br />
stepping up readiness for COVID-19<br />
upsurge?<br />
Firstly, it is important to share the<br />
treatment procedures and protocols with<br />
everyone in the health sector. It is also<br />
pivotal to include a variety of specialists<br />
to improve COVID-19 treatment because<br />
those most affected have comorbidities.<br />
Thirdly, we had to regularly provide<br />
guidance to all the treatment specialists<br />
so that they were up to date with the latest<br />
scientific advancements about the virus<br />
as well as the therapies. Without ramping<br />
up personnel, especially resuscitation<br />
experts, COVID-19 treatment would not<br />
have been efficient. Improving oxygen<br />
production, in quality and quantity,<br />
played a crucial role in better equipping<br />
treatment centres. We also stepped-up<br />
diagnosis and patient monitoring,<br />
particularly analysis and imaging.<br />
What can be further improved to<br />
avert a new COVID-19 surge?<br />
To forestall a new COVID-19 surge,<br />
we need to work on several fronts. We<br />
need to strengthen disease surveillance at<br />
How Senegal prepared for COVID-19 surge<br />
all levels to swiftly detect cases – this is<br />
critical for isolation and monitoring.<br />
From the onset of the first wave, Senegal<br />
opted for home-based care for mild cases<br />
with no comorbidities as well as for those<br />
aged below 60 years to avoid<br />
overwhelming treatment centres. A<br />
proper home-based care and observance<br />
of preventive measures are therefore very<br />
important to limit the spread of the virus.<br />
Additionally, people who have been in<br />
contact with COVID-19 patients must be<br />
monitored. Crucially, vaccination must be<br />
expanded as much as possible. Despite<br />
the COVID-19 fatigue among the<br />
population, preventive measures such as<br />
wearing of masks, physical distancing as<br />
well as working with communities and<br />
educating people more about the virus<br />
must be stepped up.
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Angelic Diamonds, a leading UK diamond ring specialist, has launched an interactive feature called ‘Love Dilemmas.’<br />
<strong>The</strong> feature acts as an agony aunt, allowing you to seek relationship advice to some of the most searched questions online, from falling in love,<br />
engagement and marriage, to breaking up and everything else in between.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Love Dilemmas platform offers a light-hearted and interactive way for lovers – or ex-lovers – to find helpful answers to their relationship<br />
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What does gaslighting mean in a<br />
relationship? (600% increase in searches<br />
YOY)<br />
Expert Advice:<br />
Gaslighting can be very difficult to cope<br />
with within a relationship, especially because<br />
it is so often hard to identify. Gaslighting is a<br />
form of manipulation in which someone<br />
makes you doubt yourself or question your<br />
own perception. In an intimate relationship, it<br />
can cause insecurity and confusion, and once<br />
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Be sure to talk to others outside of your<br />
relationship so that you don’t feel alone, try<br />
to remain confident in your own view of<br />
events, and confront your partner about their<br />
actions.<br />
- Elizabeth Overstreet, Relationship<br />
Expert<br />
https://elizabethoverstreet.com/<br />
How to be romantic in a relationship<br />
(267% increase in searches YOY)<br />
Expert Advice:<br />
Noticing your partner is a powerful way<br />
to make them feel loved. Anytime your<br />
partner needs some verbal appreciation, tell<br />
them three things you love about them. Try to<br />
find new things every time. It’s easy when<br />
you have romantic mindfulness. Use your<br />
senses to connect.<br />
Physical intimacy is imperative for<br />
closeness and romance but erotic<br />
communication that connects a woman to her<br />
beauty is something women crave. We want<br />
to be adored and found irresistible and we<br />
want details! Sometimes this kind of verbal<br />
appreciation can take practice for men of few<br />
words. But the effort to tell your lady what<br />
you love about her frequently pays off in the<br />
long run. Men love to do a good job and be<br />
the champions.<br />
- Susan Bratton, Intimacy Expert<br />
https://www.instagram.com/susanbratton/<br />
How to deal with trust issues in<br />
relationships (150% increase in searches<br />
YOY)<br />
Expert Advice:<br />
<strong>The</strong> most important thing a couple can do<br />
is be proactive by talking about their needs<br />
and expectations within the relationship.<br />
Talking it out continually, when you are<br />
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starting to feel disconnected from one<br />
another, and practising things that can keep<br />
the two of you close can help a couple stay<br />
closer to one another.<br />
- Elizabeth Overstreet, Relationship<br />
Expert<br />
https://elizabethoverstreet.com/<br />
How to spice up your relationship<br />
(175% increase in searches YOY)<br />
Expert Advice:<br />
Variety and novelty are what keep<br />
relationships exciting. Since there are five<br />
kinds of romance, try ideas from every<br />
category. Noticing your partner is a powerful<br />
way to make them feel loved. Thank your<br />
partner every time they do something well or<br />
that you appreciate. Use your senses to<br />
connect. Physical intimacy is imperative for<br />
closeness and romance. Playful adventures<br />
keep you young at heart. Try a hot make out<br />
in the back seat of your car, spoil your partner<br />
in bed, try a new cuisine, or have her model<br />
sexy lingerie for you.<br />
- Susan Bratton, Intimacy Expert<br />
https://www.instagram.com/susanbratton/<br />
Why is sex important in a relationship<br />
(53% increase in searches YOY)<br />
Expert Advice:<br />
Physical intimacy is part of good health.<br />
When we touch, we co-regulate and calm<br />
each other’s nerves. Pleasure resets our<br />
nervous system. Lovemaking releases<br />
powerful hormones and feel-good<br />
neurotransmitters. We are symbiotic naturally<br />
and the more we bring our hearts, our gaze,<br />
our breath, our touch, and our love, the closer<br />
and more connected we feel. That being said,<br />
not everyone craves physical intimacy, and<br />
that is ok too.<br />
- Susan Bratton, Intimacy Expert<br />
https://www.instagram.com/susanbratton/<br />
How often should you have sex in a<br />
relationship? (24% increase in searches<br />
YOY)<br />
Expert Advice:<br />
It really depends on the two people in the<br />
relationship. Each relationship dynamic is<br />
different, and people need different things for<br />
intimacy within a relationship. It might be a<br />
daily occurrence for some couples, others a<br />
couple of times a week, and some when the<br />
mood hits them. <strong>The</strong> important callout is to<br />
have a level of intimacy within your<br />
relationship that makes the two of you most<br />
comfortable and connected.<br />
- Elizabeth Overstreet, Relationship<br />
Expert<br />
https://elizabethoverstreet.com/<br />
How long is too long without sex in a<br />
relationship? (24% increase in searches<br />
YOY)<br />
Expert Advice:<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is no magic number of times a<br />
person should have sex in a relationship. It<br />
depends on the partners and their level of<br />
health, libido, and desire. If you and your<br />
partner have a commitment to keeping your<br />
lovemaking on the upward pleasure spiral,<br />
you’ll want to make love more than you have<br />
time for. A good rule of thumb is intimacy<br />
twice a week. Scheduling play time where<br />
you learn new things makes the relationship<br />
bloom and keeps the new relationship energy<br />
high. You can learn new pleasuring skills,<br />
new positions, try new locations… there are<br />
many ways to keep sex fun, so you want to do<br />
it. <strong>The</strong> health benefits are worth the intention<br />
to keep your desire burning.<br />
- Susan Bratton, Intimacy Expert<br />
https://www.instagram.com/susanbratton/<br />
How to keep a marriage alive (100%<br />
increase in searches YOY)<br />
Expert Advice:<br />
A successful marriage is where two<br />
people can accept one another for who they<br />
are without forcing them to change into who<br />
they want them to be. <strong>The</strong>re is a saying,<br />
“Women marry men hoping to change them.<br />
And men marry women hoping they will stay<br />
the same.” If you can marry someone and<br />
look at the current state of who they are and<br />
be happy with that person in their current<br />
state, you will likely have a satisfying<br />
relationship.<br />
- Elizabeth Overstreet, Relationship<br />
Expert<br />
https://elizabethoverstreet.com/<br />
Why is marriage so hard? (75%<br />
increase in searches YOY)<br />
Expert Advice:<br />
Marriage does make two people come<br />
together, and naturally, there will be some<br />
more self-awareness and change. But the key<br />
is easing into that process with the acceptance<br />
of who someone is currently and building on<br />
that foundation. Trust, good communication,<br />
resolving conflict respectfully and pretty<br />
quickly, and having like-mindedness on some<br />
level help support a healthy union.<br />
- Elizabeth Overstreet, Relationship<br />
Expert<br />
https://elizabethoverstreet.com/<br />
When do you fall in love? (67%<br />
increase in searches YOY)<br />
Expert Advice:<br />
<strong>The</strong> ingredients to a long term,<br />
committed, happy relationship requires that<br />
both partners have the capacity to be a good<br />
partner. Both must have great communication<br />
skills (which can be learned) connection,<br />
compatibility, chemistry, and the single most<br />
important quality is that you have a shared<br />
vision for the future. When their happiness is<br />
as important to you as your own, when both<br />
of you are “all in” and are devoted to each<br />
other, that is what real, mature adult love is<br />
all about.<br />
- Arielle Ford is a celebrated love and<br />
relationship expert, author, and speaker<br />
www.arielleford.com<br />
How to know if you’re in love with<br />
someone? (22% increase in searches YOY)<br />
Expert Advice:<br />
When their happiness is as important to<br />
you as your own, when both of you are “all<br />
in” and are devoted to each other, that is what<br />
real, mature adult love is all about.<br />
- Arielle Ford is a celebrated love and<br />
relationship expert, author, and speaker<br />
www.arielleford.com<br />
What does it mean to love someone?<br />
(23% increase in searches YOY)<br />
Expert Advice:<br />
Love is a choice. Love is connection.<br />
Love is a feeling. Love is a behaviour. Love is<br />
the juiciest part of life. Love opens our hearts,<br />
expands our world, and brings a smile to our<br />
lips. For love we make commitments and<br />
agreements to share our life with another in<br />
good times and bad.<br />
Neil Dutta - CEO of Angelic Diamonds<br />
When we pledge our love to another, we<br />
say to them: I will love you on your good days<br />
and your bad days. I will be your safe place to<br />
land. I will share with you my attention,<br />
affection, and appreciation. With you I will<br />
become a better person and with me you will<br />
become a better person. I will be your best<br />
friend, lover, partner, and protector. (and, if<br />
things don’t work out, I won’t sell you out)<br />
Love is as much about giving as it is about<br />
receiving. And it’s also about being willing to<br />
forgive. And let’s not forget, LOVE is also<br />
about truth-telling. Love is WHO we are.<br />
Love is why we are here.<br />
- Arielle Ford is a celebrated love and<br />
relationship expert, author, and speaker<br />
www.arielleford.com<br />
What to write on dating profile (23%<br />
increase in searches YOY)<br />
Expert Advice:<br />
Keep it succinct but authentic. Give<br />
people a sense of who you are as a person.<br />
Show what you enjoy doing and put out a few<br />
things (not everything) that you desire in a<br />
partner. Dating (even online dating) is a trial<br />
period in which you can get to know<br />
someone. Insert some humour and include a<br />
sense of the values you have in the person you<br />
are dating.<br />
- Elizabeth Overstreet, Relationship<br />
Expert<br />
https://elizabethoverstreet.com/<br />
What do you talk about on a first date?<br />
(23% increase in searches YOY)<br />
Expert Advice:<br />
Dating is a trial period in which you can<br />
get to know someone. Give people a sense of<br />
who you are as a person. Insert some humour<br />
and include a sense of the values you have in<br />
the person you are dating.<br />
- Elizabeth Overstreet, Relationship<br />
Expert<br />
https://elizabethoverstreet.com/<br />
How much should you spend on an<br />
engagement ring? (60% increase in<br />
searches YOY)<br />
Expert Advice:<br />
<strong>The</strong> rule of thought is generally two<br />
months of salary, but this is dependent on the<br />
couple. Each couple will have different needs<br />
and expectations regarding their engagement<br />
ring.<br />
- Elizabeth Overstreet, Relationship<br />
Expert<br />
https://elizabethoverstreet.com/<br />
Over the last year, there’s been huge<br />
spikes in online searches for advice on love,<br />
dating, affection, marriage, breakups and<br />
more. Some of the UK’s top love dilemmas:<br />
How to make your crush fall in love with<br />
you (600% increase in searches YOY)<br />
When should you have your first kiss in a<br />
relationship? (600% increase in searches<br />
YOY)<br />
What is true love in a relationship? (600%<br />
increase in searches YOY)<br />
What do you talk about on a first date?<br />
(600% increase in searches YOY)<br />
How to spice up your marriage (550%<br />
increase in searches YOY)<br />
Why does he want to hug me so much?<br />
(400% increase in searches YOY)<br />
When to kiss on a date (400% increase in<br />
searches YOY)<br />
How to turn friends with benefits into a<br />
relationship (400% increase in searches<br />
YOY)<br />
Why do I sabotage my relationships?<br />
(350% increase in searches YOY)<br />
Why does love hurt so much? (357%<br />
increase in searches YOY)<br />
How do you get over someone you<br />
love? (357% increase in searches YOY)<br />
What is my love language? (357% increase<br />
in searches YOY)<br />
How to do online dating successfully<br />
(300% increase in searches YOY)<br />
What to do during a break in a relationship<br />
(300% increase in searches YOY)<br />
When to stop waiting for him to propose<br />
(267% increase in searches YOY)<br />
How to solve relationship problems without<br />
breaking up (267% increase in searches<br />
YOY)<br />
How to end a relationship on good terms<br />
(250% increase in searches YOY)<br />
How long to text after first date? (200%<br />
increase in searches YOY)<br />
Credits:<br />
https://www.angelicdiamonds.com/lovedilemmas/
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Food & Drink<br />
How the internet is changing the<br />
life of a Ghanaian beans seller<br />
By Bennet Otoo<br />
August 21 1995, will forever go<br />
down as a special date in the<br />
history of Ghana. This is the day<br />
the first line went into operation, making<br />
Ghana the first country in West Africa to<br />
have a permanent Internet connection.<br />
<strong>The</strong> internet, previously a special<br />
reserve for a few I.T inclined people,<br />
rich folk and people who have lived<br />
abroad has now become a powerful tool<br />
in world development. <strong>The</strong><br />
transformation of this amazing<br />
phenomenon from a basic medium of<br />
messaging and communication into a<br />
very important tool has changed the<br />
lives of many in Ghana. Today, after<br />
over 26 years of its existence, we can<br />
confidently say that the internet has<br />
opened many doors that have impacted<br />
our country and the world at large.<br />
One important industry that has been<br />
born through the internet is e-<br />
commerce. <strong>The</strong> ability to buy and sell<br />
our physical goods and services in a<br />
convenient, safe and fast manner is<br />
sometimes overwhelming to<br />
comprehend. Over the past few years, e-<br />
commerce has made it possible for small<br />
businesses to have access to millions of<br />
customers and improve their sales.<br />
One exciting yet very touching<br />
example is that of a table top beans<br />
seller in Accra Ghana who has been able<br />
to grow her business into a popular fast<br />
selling and highly profitable local<br />
restaurant in just under 2 years.<br />
Once upon a time in 2019, Madam<br />
Evangeli who sells beans with ‘gari’ and<br />
fried plantain also known in local<br />
parlance as “red-red”, “gobɛ“ or “yo kɛ<br />
gari” on a table top in Accra, hadn’t<br />
even heard of selling food on the<br />
internet. She started her business selling<br />
to only physical walk-in customers. She<br />
started it all by herself and later<br />
employed one more worker to support<br />
her as she used to cook the food and dish<br />
it out alone prior to that. Her beans joint<br />
called “OJ’s Kitchen” was known by<br />
only a few people in and around East<br />
Legon, American House where her<br />
tabletop business was located. “Gobɛ,”<br />
being a favorite of many low to middle<br />
income people and a few high-income<br />
earners usually does well provided the<br />
food is tasty and accepted by all.<br />
A few months after she started the<br />
business, she got introduced to an online<br />
food delivery platform. At the time, she<br />
only knew that platform was into online<br />
shopping. One of her first customers<br />
was an employee of Jumia and he<br />
mentioned to her that the company had<br />
an online food delivery platform as well<br />
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that supported local restaurants to boost<br />
sales, reach more customers and grow<br />
their businesses. She was sceptical about<br />
it because she didn’t fully understand<br />
how the entire process worked and what<br />
the actual benefits were. After a few<br />
days of explaining and convincing, she<br />
decided to list as a vendor and test the<br />
platform. According to Madam<br />
Evangeli, just when she listed on the<br />
Jumia Food portal, the country was<br />
forced into lockdown in March 2020.<br />
Her customer base began to reduce<br />
drastically since there were restrictions<br />
on movement and there were practically<br />
no customers around to buy from her.<br />
This became a problem since the<br />
business was her primary source of<br />
income and livelihood. She recounts<br />
having to sometimes come to work to<br />
prepare the meal only for a handful of<br />
people to purchase. It was having<br />
serious implications on her business and<br />
personal life.<br />
She then remembered that she had<br />
listed on Jumia so the love story began.<br />
She started using the platform<br />
frequently and contacted Jumia Food to<br />
see how best she can increase sales and<br />
grow the business amidst the Covid-19<br />
lockdown and restrictions. A week later,<br />
the number of orders had tripled and<br />
things began to normalize. This<br />
continued for months as many of her<br />
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safely. Sales started increasing rapidly<br />
and demand was beginning to get<br />
overwhelming. She then had to employ<br />
a few more workers to assist her while<br />
also expanding her kitchen and stall<br />
area. By December, more employees<br />
were brought in as the demand kept<br />
increasing and at a point, she couldn’t<br />
handle it anymore. Sometimes, she has<br />
to temporarily close her shop on Jumia<br />
Food in order to serve some offline<br />
customers too. She is enjoying her time<br />
on the platform and hasn’t regretted<br />
listing as a vendor on Jumia Food.<br />
She mentioned that people now<br />
know her from far and wide. She gets<br />
calls for group orders, she caters for<br />
events and even sometimes some<br />
celebrities visit her local restaurant. She<br />
has expanded and added other meals<br />
such as boiled rice to her menu and<br />
intends to add other local dishes soon.<br />
She has been able to take care of all her<br />
OJ's<br />
domestic needs and has plans of starting<br />
other projects as well. Madam Evangeli<br />
also has plans of opening more branches<br />
in other parts of the city in order to also<br />
support young unemployed people by<br />
offering them job opportunities.<br />
Her life has been transformed<br />
through the internet and she is grateful<br />
to God and Jumia for this.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are many more small-scale<br />
food vendors like Madam Evangeli who<br />
are benefitting from ecommerce and the<br />
power of the internet. Ecommerce is the<br />
future and it is important that every<br />
stakeholder play their part in ensuring<br />
that more lives are touched through the<br />
internet.<br />
* Bennet Otoo is the PR &<br />
Communications Manager of Jumia<br />
Ghana.
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Sport<br />
JULY <strong>14</strong> - <strong>27</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong><strong>Trumpet</strong><br />
A healthier and more competitive<br />
football for all<br />
Page13<br />
Recently, FIFA President Gianni<br />
Infantino was a special guest of<br />
the second edition of the EFE<br />
Sport Business Forum, broadcast from<br />
Madrid.<br />
In an interview spanning almost an<br />
hour, the President discussed a myriad<br />
of topics. <strong>The</strong> following is an abridged<br />
version of the full interview.<br />
Watching football games these last<br />
few days, football is back at the top of<br />
the entertainment industry, isn’t it?<br />
Yes, definitely. I believe football is<br />
bringing us a lot of excitement these<br />
days, with the [UEFA] EURO and the<br />
[CONMEBOL] Copa América. <strong>The</strong><br />
[CONCACAF] Gold Cup will also take<br />
place soon. Because of the pandemic<br />
there was a moment in which, football<br />
stopped all around the world. This<br />
hadn’t happened since the war and it<br />
was very tough for everyone.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are many people who have<br />
suffered and who are still suffering, but<br />
the fact that football is back, although<br />
the stadiums are not full yet, gives us the<br />
feeling that we are going back to<br />
normality.<br />
What kind of new things are to be<br />
introduced related to the global<br />
transfer market. What will be the role<br />
of the clearing house that FIFA wants<br />
to create?<br />
If we think of last year before<br />
COVID-19, $7billion was spent in the<br />
international transfer market. Of that<br />
figure, $700 million went directly to<br />
agents and only $70 million went to the<br />
clubs that trained and developed the<br />
players.<br />
Our principle is to reform the<br />
transfer market because we don’t think<br />
that it’s positive to have such a huge<br />
flow of money with almost no rules. A<br />
clearing house will ensure that clubs<br />
training players will be able to receive<br />
the money they are owed, because there<br />
is a solidarity mechanism which<br />
establishes that 5% of the transfer must<br />
be paid to the clubs that provided the<br />
training. This is already in our rules. But<br />
the truth is that only $60 or $70 million<br />
is paid out.<br />
Why? Because these clubs are small<br />
clubs who don’t have the means, who<br />
don’t know they can receive this money.<br />
Who don’t have enough time to ask for<br />
it or can’t pay lawyers to go to court. So,<br />
we want to automate all this to ensure<br />
the process is completely transparent.<br />
FIFPro have requested a fairer<br />
and more reasonable football<br />
calendar. Are so many competitions<br />
really needed? What is the situation<br />
right now regarding the 24-team<br />
FIFA Club World Cup project?<br />
I am convinced this is the opinion of<br />
the vast majority of football<br />
associations, leagues, clubs, fans,<br />
players around the world: we want<br />
football to be healthier, less<br />
discriminatory and more competitive.<br />
To achieve this, we have to look at the<br />
entire international schedule. We have<br />
asked Arsène Wenger, whose football<br />
expertise and professionalism no one<br />
would deny, to take charge of this<br />
process.<br />
In this consultation process we have<br />
undertaken, we started with the key<br />
stakeholders. With players, and<br />
managers, to get to know their opinions<br />
and how they want football to be run in<br />
the coming years.<br />
What do they think about the Club<br />
World Cup? <strong>The</strong> World Cup, the EURO,<br />
the [CONMEBOL] Copa América,<br />
about the [CAF] Africa Cup [of<br />
Nations], the [AFC] Asian Cup? What<br />
are their thoughts on clubs? What do<br />
they think of traveling in September,<br />
October, November, March from one<br />
continent to another? What are their<br />
opinions about playing two matches and<br />
going back or playing four games with<br />
their clubs and then playing again with<br />
their national teams? All of these issues<br />
are very important, and we also want to<br />
hear the fans’ thoughts on them.<br />
Our goal, is to globalise football. We<br />
might ask ourselves whether football is<br />
global or not. Of course, football is the<br />
number one sport in the world, and<br />
football is perhaps global in regards to<br />
passion, emotion and the heart, but it is<br />
absolutely not global in regards to<br />
opportunities to play, the opportunities<br />
to compete, the chances that players<br />
FIFA President Gianni Infantino<br />
have to play at their best in an important<br />
tournament.<br />
My ambition, my dream, our idea,<br />
our philosophy, is to have maybe around<br />
50 clubs from every continent being<br />
able to win a Club World Cup, and to<br />
have around 50 countries, 50 national<br />
teams from every continent being able<br />
to win a World Cup. If we manage to do<br />
this, I think football will be in great<br />
shape.<br />
Let’s talk about women’s football.<br />
What steps are you taking in the short<br />
or medium term to expand, in this<br />
field?<br />
Women’s football is the sport out of<br />
all sports that’s going to see the biggest<br />
growth in the next ten years. I don’t<br />
know where I will be in ten years, but<br />
we’ll talk again, we’ll check the figures,<br />
and we’ll compare women’s football<br />
growth with any other women’s or<br />
men’s sport, and we’ll see the numbers.<br />
I’m not just talking about revenues,<br />
but general figures. <strong>The</strong> last [FIFA]<br />
Women’s World Cup, that took place in<br />
France and was such a huge success,<br />
was seen by 1.2 billion people around<br />
the world. 1.2 billion. More than one<br />
million people in the stands. For the<br />
final alone, we had 263 million viewers.<br />
It’s a sport we have to develop across<br />
the world. That’s why, we at FIFA have<br />
decided to invest $1bn to develop<br />
women’s football, for example, in<br />
projects all around the world, so that<br />
girls can more easily access football in<br />
every country in the world.<br />
I remember the last [FIFA] U-17<br />
Women’s World Cup in Uruguay.<br />
Mexico and Spain contested the final,<br />
and they aren’t countries you’d<br />
historically associate with the<br />
development of women’s football. So,<br />
we have to keep on developing more.<br />
And also, for women’s football, we hold<br />
the same consultation as we do for<br />
men’s football in terms of the<br />
international calendar.<br />
Let’s talk about the World Cup<br />
2030. <strong>The</strong>re are several candidates.<br />
How do you view our Spain-Portugal<br />
bid?<br />
After the FIFA reforms, the FIFA<br />
President doesn’t even have a vote when<br />
it comes to this because it’s the 211<br />
countries who will vote. As President of<br />
FIFA, it’s important to note that once<br />
more there is a renewed interest from a<br />
lot of countries around the world in<br />
becoming candidates. What does that<br />
mean? That means people have faith in<br />
the FIFA process. That may not always<br />
have been the case but it is now because<br />
we have already held votes, for example<br />
for the [FIFA] World Cup 2026 two<br />
years ago, in an open, transparent, and<br />
public process.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are experts observing the<br />
process, it all gets audited, and the votes<br />
are public and transparent. So, what we<br />
can guarantee Spain and Portugal, what<br />
we can guarantee every country that<br />
wants to host the next World Cup, after<br />
2026 in North America, is that the<br />
process will have total integrity and total<br />
transparency. <strong>The</strong> more candidates there<br />
are, the better it is for the President of<br />
FIFA, or for FIFA. May the best one<br />
win!<br />
We’re in <strong>2021</strong> now. Could you<br />
briefly explain what the next two<br />
years of FIFA will look like?<br />
Our vision is to make football truly<br />
global. If we grow, we can all grow. In<br />
order for football to grow around the<br />
world, we cannot discriminate against<br />
anyone.<br />
Football cannot be reserved for the<br />
few; it has to be open for everyone. And<br />
even the big stakeholders will benefit<br />
from football being open for everyone.<br />
I believe that the gap between the big<br />
and the small is becoming increasingly<br />
wide. Our job must be to globalise<br />
football, starting with young people in<br />
the youth World Cups in development,<br />
to give every talent in the world a<br />
chance, and every boy and girl the<br />
chance to dream.<br />
This is the 2023 vision: to make<br />
football truly global. We have to be<br />
devoted, very open to ideas. We have to<br />
be brave also, because some people<br />
might be scared of change. But, I think<br />
that we have to go with conviction,<br />
positivity; it is necessary to include the<br />
world and make football even more –<br />
much more – global than it is.
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Our growth has given rise to the need to engage the services<br />
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Sport<br />
JULY <strong>14</strong> - <strong>27</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>The</strong><strong>Trumpet</strong> Page15<br />
Henok Mulubrhan steps up to the<br />
WorldTour in 2022<br />
<strong>The</strong> 21-year-old from Asmara,<br />
Eritrea, makes the progression following<br />
two years spent with Team Qhubeka’s<br />
UCI Continental team based in Lucca,<br />
Italy.<br />
Henok Mulubrhan<br />
Henok Mulubrhan has signed his<br />
first professional contract and<br />
joins the Team Qhubeka<br />
NextHash () WorldTour team from 1<br />
January, 2022.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 21-year-old from Asmara,<br />
Eritrea, makes the progression following<br />
two years spent with Team Qhubeka’s<br />
UCI Continental team based in Lucca,<br />
Italy.<br />
<strong>2021</strong> has proved to be an excellent<br />
season, so far, which has included placing<br />
second at Giro del Medio Brenta, third<br />
place on stage two of the under 23 Giro<br />
d’Italia where he also placed 17th overall<br />
on the general classification and a hugely<br />
impressive sixth at Giro dell’Appennino,<br />
among others.<br />
Mulubrhan has also raced this season<br />
with our WorldTour team, as a member<br />
of our squad that competed at Trofeo<br />
Andratx and Trofeo Calvia.<br />
He joins an illustrious list of riders<br />
including the likes of Daniel<br />
Teklehaimanot, Merhawi Kudus,<br />
Nicholas Dlamini, Ryan Gibbons, Stefan<br />
de Bod, Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg<br />
and others, that have taken the step from<br />
our team to the WorldTour and gone on<br />
to compete consistently at the very<br />
highest level.<br />
Henok Mulubrhan said:<br />
“I am very happy to receive my first<br />
professional contract. It was always a<br />
dream of mine to be a professional, from<br />
the age of 17 when I was racing with the<br />
Eritrean team. I need to thank my family<br />
for their support, particularly my father<br />
and my uncle. My Father always believed<br />
in me, he told everyone I will be a<br />
professional one day and supported me a<br />
lot.<br />
“He came to every race I did and if he<br />
could get a visa, I know he would want to<br />
come to all my races in Europe too. My<br />
uncle did a lot to help me financially in<br />
my career, even now he still helps me. I<br />
need to thank them a lot but also to the<br />
whole Eritrean community, my fans, who<br />
always support and encourage me.<br />
“To the team, I am very grateful to the<br />
Qhubeka Continental team for the<br />
opportunity. With them, my dream<br />
changed from just being a dream to<br />
becoming a realistic goal. <strong>The</strong>y gave me<br />
opportunity to experience racing in<br />
Europe and to increase my level. Thank<br />
you to Kevin (Campbell) and Daniele<br />
(Nieri) and all the Continental team staff<br />
and also to my teammates who helped<br />
me. Last year I lived, trained and raced<br />
with guys like Natnael Tesfatsion and<br />
Leonardo Marchiori. <strong>The</strong>y turned pro<br />
from this team so it gave me a lot of<br />
motivation to train hard and keep<br />
believing I can do it too.<br />
“Now I start from the beginning<br />
again, and it is time for a new dream as a<br />
professional. I want to start a grand tour,<br />
that is my next goal and after, in a few<br />
years my family dream is to see me win a<br />
stage in a grand tour. This is what I will<br />
work towards.”<br />
Douglas Ryder – Team Principal said:<br />
“One of the greatest pleasures that I<br />
have is seeing young riders taking the<br />
opportunity to establish themselves in our<br />
Continental team and then earning their<br />
spot to ride on the highest level with our<br />
WorldTour team. That is exactly what our<br />
team is about, to create hope and<br />
opportunity for a successful career as a<br />
professional cyclist and continue to<br />
inspire hope in others that their dreams<br />
can come true.<br />
“Henok’s hugely impressed all of us;<br />
he’s not only ridden so well with our<br />
Continental team but also spent some<br />
time racing successfully with the<br />
WorldTour team. His hard work and<br />
adaptation to international racing is<br />
showing incredible improvements which<br />
we hope will go from strength to strength,<br />
and we look forward to playing our part<br />
in that journey to see him realise his<br />
dreams.”<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 7956 385 604
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Sport<br />
Three weeks of Rugby Africa<br />
action in Nairobi<br />
International Rugby returned to Kenya for<br />
the first time in nearly two years when<br />
the Kenya Rugby Union () concurrently<br />
hosted three Rugby Africa events at Nairobi’s<br />
Nyayo National Stadium between June 26<br />
and <strong>July</strong> 11.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se events - U20 Barthes Trophy,<br />
Rugby Africa Women’s Cup and the Rugby<br />
Africa Cup were held under a collaborative<br />
effort from Rugby Africa and its partners, the<br />
Government of Kenya through the leadership<br />
of Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Amina<br />
Mohammed of the Ministry of Sport, Culture<br />
and Heritage, the Local Organizing<br />
Committee as well as the Kenya Rugby<br />
Union and its partners.<br />
It saw Kenya’s national teams battle it out<br />
Kenya's Dominic Coulson in action against Zambia<br />
Kenya Lionesses and Lady Makis in action<br />
against opposition from Madagascar, Senegal<br />
and Zambia.<br />
Rugby Africa Women’s Cup<br />
When Kenya’s Lionesses stepped out on<br />
the Nyayo National Stadium turf to play<br />
Madagascar’s Lady Makis, everyone knew<br />
that the higher ranked Kenyans would<br />
dominate both fixtures against their visitors.<br />
<strong>The</strong> two sides had met once before, the<br />
Lionesses running off with the 35-5 result<br />
over Madagascar during the 2019 Rugby<br />
Africa Women’s Cup.<br />
Not even the fact that Kenya were<br />
breaking new ground, fielding a team devoid<br />
of their Sevens players who are in Tokyo<br />
representing the country in the Rugby Sevens<br />
tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic<br />
Games was going to deter the puritans from<br />
proclaiming a Kenya sweep.<br />
Well, the Lady Makis had other ideas,<br />
winning both fixtures <strong>27</strong>-15 and 10-0<br />
respectively. <strong>The</strong> two results not only saw<br />
Madagascar register their maiden test wins<br />
but they also soared to new heights in the<br />
global rankings, <strong>27</strong>th overall while Kenya<br />
went down one place from 24th to 25th.<br />
U20 Barthes Trophy<br />
This was originally meant to be a fourteam<br />
fixture before former champions<br />
Namibia due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />
Kenya, Senegal and Madagascar played a<br />
round robin fixture to determine the African<br />
U20 champion for <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Kenya started the tournament with a 50-<br />
3 win over Senegal on Saturday 26 June.<br />
Madagascar would then face the Senegalese<br />
a week later, defeating them 34-3 at the same<br />
venue, setting up an exciting title decider<br />
against Kenya.<br />
This fixture did not disappoint!<br />
Defending champions Kenya were made<br />
to fight by a never say die Madagascar side<br />
who took the game to their more illustrious<br />
opponents. Eventually it was Kenya’s U20s,<br />
Chipu as they are fondly called, that retained<br />
the African U20 title with a 21-20 result over<br />
Madagascar’s Junior Makis.<br />
Rugby Africa Cup<br />
<strong>The</strong> senior national teams of Kenya,<br />
Senegal and Zambia converged in Nairobi in<br />
Pool B of the Rugby Africa Cup which is the<br />
U20 Barthes Trophy Winners <strong>2021</strong><br />
African continent’s pathway to the Rugby<br />
World Cup 2023 in France.<br />
Kenya’s Simbas and Senegal’s Lions met<br />
in the opening fixture on 3 <strong>July</strong>, one that was<br />
expected to be straightforward for the Simbas<br />
who were ranked 32nd heading into this<br />
clash.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 54th ranked Senegalese ripped the<br />
formbook to shreds, stunning the hosts 20-19<br />
to have a foot in the tournament’s<br />
quarterfinals in 2022. <strong>The</strong>y then made sure<br />
of being in action next year with a businesslike<br />
20-5 defeat of Zambia’s Copper Eagles<br />
on 7 <strong>July</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was everything to play for when<br />
Kenya and Zambia faced off four days later,<br />
a winner takes all fixture. <strong>The</strong> Simbas raced<br />
into a 32-3 halftime lead, eventually claiming<br />
the 45-8 win at full time. <strong>The</strong> result saw them<br />
join Senegal in the next round of the Rugby<br />
Africa Cup, their Rugby World Cup 2023<br />
dream staying alive.<br />
<strong>The</strong> return of Rugby action truly<br />
showcased the rugby values of Teamwork,<br />
Respect, Enjoyment, Discipline and<br />
Sportsmanship. It further epitomised the<br />
resilience of the human spirit, rising from<br />
what had seemed a hopeless situation nearly<br />
two years ago when the COVID-19<br />
pandemic struck, throwing the world into a<br />
spin.<br />
Nairobi is set to host more international<br />
action when the Kenya Lionesses play<br />
Colombia in a Rugby World Cup repechage<br />
qualifier on a yet to be confirmed date in<br />
August.<br />
Action between Senegal and Zambia<br />
Madagascar pre match ritual<br />
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