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I will now be actively involved with stakeholders in implementing Maji,” he said, adding he needed more support as implementation would require resources. “The digital platform will create jobs because community members will be employed for data collection about water and systems.

He said the innovation could also address the challenge of unemployment. However, he was willing to reveal that the Maji app will operate on smartphones, computers and even through text messages if there is no internet. Msiska did not disclose more details about how Maji works as the patent has not been registered yet. “What captivates me even more, is looking at how people and institutions are excited about the innovation and support its implementation,” he said. The team and Unite 2030 are backing him to get the innovation implemented.

Msiska’s team members were Ashley Wunsch and Muskaan Waraich from Canada, Felipe Contreras from Mexico, and Inbar Erez from Israel. The process will start with its first implementation in the capital of Malawi, Lilongwe. “I thank the Lord even more because this is the kind of success that is going to transform the lives of millions of people who live in despair and suffering,” he said. This is the news that I worked very hard for and hoped for,” said Msiska from SU's faculty of engineering. “I’m overwhelmed that my innovation was selected by the judges as a winning solution. The gathering was attended by more than 250 young leaders from 61 countries, pitching solutions for sustainable development. NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson praised the film in a tweet after the event.A digital application by a PhD student at Stellenbosch University (SU) that provides information about water quality in water supply systems has taken third place at an international gathering in New York seeking solutions to global challenges.Įngineering student and lecturer Stanley Chindikani Msiska said he was overwhelmed that the judges had selected his innovation at Camp 2030, a project of Unite 2030, a non-profitable global youth community striving to achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the year 2030. 1 “Emancipation” screening hosted by the NAACP. “It was a rallying cry against slavery, and this was a story that exploded and blossomed in my heart that I wanted to be able to deliver to you in a way that only Antoine Fuqua could deliver.” Will Smith (right) talks with Angela Rye at the Oct. “Cameras had just been created, and the image of ‘Whipped Peter’ went around the world,” Smith noted. During the live Oscars telecast in March, Will Smith (right) went onto the stage and slapped comedian Chris Rock over a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. Called “The Scourged Back” or “Whipped Peter,” it was used in campaigns by abolitionists in efforts to end slavery. “This is a film about the heart of a man - what could be called the first viral image,” the father of three added.Īn 1863 photo of the enslaved man with scars on his back from being heavily whipped “became one of the most widely circulated images of slavery of its time,” reported. Smith was banned from attending the Oscars for the next 10 years after he smacked Chris Rock at this year’s show. “Throughout my career, I’ve turned down many films that were set in slavery,” Smith noted at the screening, reported the Hollywood Reporter. The film earned early praise at the event, with the “King Richard” star making an appearance.

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The drama stars Smith as a runaway slave named Peter who found asylum in Louisiana and winds up joining the Union Army.Īpple dropped a trailer for the film Monday and announced the movie will open in theaters on Dec. Smith’s first post-Oscars film, titled “ Emancipation,” had a special screening hosted by the NAACP during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 51st Annual Legislative Conference on Oct. While the 54-year-old actor has mostly been staying out of the limelight since he smacked presenter Chris Rock at the ceremony earlier this year, he has a new project in the works that’s already creating buzz. Will Smith is getting back on his feet, months after his infamous Oscars slap.

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