Nigeria:Burundian Sada Nahimana Has Won Her First ITF Tennis Title

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October 15 of each year, .... 5 rules young leaders should follow to 5 mistakes to avoid with your money to be AFRICA: AFRICA: build a successful business. financially secure. www.regionweek.com BURUNDI AND EAST AFRICA WEEKLY BRIEFING OCTOBER 19th 2019 $ 3.50 No 27 Nigeria:Burundian Sada Nahimana has won her first ITF Tennis title Eighteen years old Nahimana defeated Fanny Os- lund, a Swedish star, in a straight set of 6-3,6-1 in the semi-final decided on Sunday. Sada Nahimana from Burundi has had a smooth sail into the final of the women’s singles of the first leg of 2019... A construction project of a modern cross-border market in Gatumba on the Cabinet meeting menu The Cabinet met on Wednesday, Mr. Pierre Nkurunziza, with nine October 16, 2019, at the Ntare items on the agenda, according to Rushatsi State House under the the statement issued by the General chairmanship of the Head of State, Secretariat of the Government. Burundi: A new Cam- paign to sensitize communities and decision-makers about the risks of major disasters The Minister of Public Security and Disaster Management Chief Police Commissioner Alain Guil- laume Bunyoni organized a news conference on October 10, 2019, to express his views on the eve of the celebration of the International... How Do You Mea- sure Success? 10 New Ways You Need to Know. The 2019-2020 coffee campaign is going well, according to the min- Burundi Innovation Hub officially launch- ister in charge of the agricultural BURUNDI: es Miss Tech Burundi 2019: Highlights sector 2 SPORTS REGION WEEK OCTOBER 12 - OCTOBER 18, 2019 N° 027 Nigeria:Burundian Sada Nahimana has won her first ITF_Tennis title Eighteen years old Nahima- na defeated Fanny Oslund, a Swedish star, in a straight set of 6-3,6-1 in the semi-final decided on Sunday. Sada Nahimana from Bu- rundi has had a smooth sail into the final of the women’s singles of the first leg of 2019 Lagos Open Tennis Championship, which is ongoing at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan, reports New Telegraphs. Nahimana, the right-handed (two-handed back- Meanwhile, Frenchman Calvin Hemery defeat- hand) player, will now face Brazilian Laura Pi- ed Zimbabwean Takanyi Garanganga 6-4 6-0 to gozzi in Monday’s final. Pigozzi beat Indian Riya reach the men’s singles final. Hemery will play Bhatia in another straight set of 6-2,6-2. Setkic Aldin from BIH who defeated Pichler Da- vid from Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-2,5-7,6-3 in Interestingly, the Burundian star, Nahimana is another semi final. coming to Lagos for the first time and she has shown since her first match of the main draws of The finals of both the singles and doubles events the ITF World Tour that she meant business trav- were supposed to hold on Sunday, but were re- eling down to Lagos, the Centre of Excellence. scheduled to Monday because of heavy down- pour in Lagos on Saturday which forced matches Nahimana is well travelled having played at scheduled for that day to be shifted to Sunday. the junior tournaments of major grand slams. She played to the first round stage of the Australian Open Juinor 2019, so also was Sada Nahimana is a Burundian tennis player. “ Nahimana has a career high ITF juniors ranking French Open 2019Junior where she played in the second round. of 12 achieved on July 15, 2019. Nahimana made her WTA main draw debut at the 2018 Grand In 2018, she played in the second round of the Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in the dou- Wimbledon Open Juinor and first round of US bles draw partnering Sandra Samir Open Juinor of that year. N° 027 REGION WEEK OCTOBER 12 - OCTOBER 18, 2019 BURUNDI 3 The official launch of Teaching Coding Skills to Children by Africa Code Week and BiHub The Africa Code Week together with Burundi Innovation Hub has officially launched the teaching sessions in a bid to instill coding skills to Children. It is an initiative by Africa Code Week to teach Information Communication Tech- nologies. It is the initiative by SAP to introduce to children and young learners the ICT skills from their young age in Africa. Burundi Innovation Hub(BiHub) Co-Founder and Africa Code He also asked the Burundian Government in helping to boost Week Ambassador, Natacha Nduwimana, told RegionWeek the ICT field in Burundi and to invest much in it such as to that this official launch of teaching coding skills will be going provide sufficient electronic devices such as computers, and on to other schools in Bujumbura town and throughout the country. so on. “‘Information technologies, a prerequisite in today’s world’ THE BIG PICTURE: The initiative by Africa Code Week with BiHub will help in instilling coding skills in the young students The event continued at Lycee du Saint-Esprit where the teachers of in three provinces such as Bujumbura, Ngozi, and Gitega. Scratch coding software taught the learners the basic coding skills. ‘Coding skills help young learners to have a creative mind’ The Director of Lycee du Saint-Esprit welcomed BiHub and Africa Natacha Nduwimana said that ‘inculcating the coding skills in Code initiative to instill the IT skills in the learners. young children will help them to grow with the creative mind and critical thinking, which will ultimately help them design- “In today’s world, the Information Technologies skills are a ing programming projects in the future’. prerequisite to fare well in this digital world. Learners have to be well equipped with the ICT skills in order to better “I want to be the best programmer when I grow up, such having a well-cultivated mind and thinking”, the Director of as programming the best game software for myself and my “ Lycee du Saint-Esprit told RegionWeek. friends. I will also teach these coding skills to other young The Director said that the government of Burundi should invest children who have not yet gained these coding skills”, said heavily in the Information Technology field by forgoing the taxes “ one learner of King’s School. on electronic devices that are used by the learners and multiplying Natacha Nduwimana added that this initiative will lead the the electronic devices, such as computers, that will help in teaching young learners to have a passion for ICT skills. Nduwimana them the new skills. During the sessions, the learners appreciate this added that the learners will then teach other children the cod- initiative by Africa Codde Week with BiHub saying that it will help ing skills. them to be good at coding and programming. All who have been At King School, the Administration Director, thanked the ini- benefiting from this Africa Code Week have encouraged it and Bi- tiative by BiHub and Africa Code Week together with SAP, that Hub to go and instill the basic coding skills in young children. The it will help the young children to grow with a ‘creative mind’. teacher of IT at Lycee du Saint-Esprit, Ngendangenze Audace, told Administration Director calls for the parents to let their chil- RegionWeek that Africa Code Week and BiHub have helped their dren pursue the ICT skills and develop their thinking and then learners in ‘dispelling fears’ from the learners and help them to ‘mus- to see in the near future that there are ‘some Burundians who ter the courage to be good at coding skills’. will come up with the best digital tool helping in the lives of people’. Audace Ngendangenze also calls for Burundi Government together with BiHub to step up efforts to grow this Information Technologies The Director said that he would like to see Africa Code Week field in Burundi. make these teaching sessions throughout the country and help “No children cant reach self-development unless he/she has basic the children of the countryside to benefit from this ‘golden computer skills”, Audace Ngendangenze added. opportunity’. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN LEADERS’ 2nd CONFERENCE EDITION 24-26 OCTOBER 2019 HOTEL CLUB DU LAC TANGANYIKA Woman of“ Destiny, arise, be courageous and act, for peace consolidation concerns you ” WWW.WOMENOFDESTINY.BI First Lady of Burundi H.E. Denise NKURUNZIZA MAIN SPEAKER N° 027 REGION WEEK OCTOBER 12 - OCTOBER 18, 2019 Burundi Press Agency 5 Burundi: A new Campaign to sensitize communities and decision-makers about the risks of major disasters The Minister of Public Security and Disaster Management Chief Police Commissioner Alain Guillaume Bunyoni organized a news conference on October 10, 2019, to express his views on the eve of the celebration of the International Disaster Reduction Day 2019 edition, which was celebrated on October 12, 2019 in Ntahangwa Commune (Bujumbura City Council). The minister in charge of disaster management first He gave the example of high school Clarity Our Lady of recalled that this day was proclaimed in 1989 by the Vugizo that was abandoned in 2009, some blocks of the General Assembly of the United Nations and is cele- university hospital center of Kamenge which were damaged brated on October 13 of each year.

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