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When an #Abidjan taxi driver asks me, the foreigner, for a ridiculous fare, I often take a dramatic look inside car, then reply in French, “Where is the buffet? A coffee [included]?” Today, a driver 👏🏽 back, pulled this from under a floor mat & said, “You get a yam!” 😆 #Africa – at Ivory Coast
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We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps:
-It’s ‘sleight of hand’
-It’s ‘bated breath’
-It’s ‘lo and behold’
-It's 'buck naked'
-It’s ‘brass tacks’
-It’s ‘free rein’
-It’s ‘toe the line'
People around the world are learning about @DouglasElliman realtors.
Why that's not a win, according to The Times of India: tinyurl.com/3w4ta5h3
Nope.
Some parents are ditching plates and silverware for a “dump dinner,” pouring the meal straight onto a foil-covered table and letting the kids dig in. For these families, it’s less about manners and more about making memories.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The "dump dinner" is a viral social media trend of staged videos primarily for engagement, not a common family practice. Children in videos often react with alarm rather than requesting it.
thebiglead.com/dump-dinner-vi…
theguardian.com/food/2026/feb/…
newsweek.com/table-dump-din…
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Meet some of the women innovating across agricultural value chains, strengthening food security and building more resilient food systems across Africa: bit.ly/4i5kunX #WorldFoodDay
#ICYMI: The @AfDB_Group Innovations Helping Africa’s Women Farmers Grow More Food, by #AfDB Directors @mfregene77 and @jemimah_njuki
👀↘️blogs.afdb.org/economic-grow…
#WorldFoodDay
It is the science-based story tied to "Whalefall" - a film about a diver swallowed by a whale - that needed to be written.
"To be clear, there’s no documented evidence that a sperm whale has ever swallowed a human. But it’s not an impossibility."
sciencefriday.com/segments/w…
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“The farmer grows, the co-op grows and our community grows.” In #Kenya, dairy farmer Keith Rerimoi is among 10,000 farmers connected to the internet, markets and financial services through @Microsoft, @KENAFF and @Mawingu under #MADEAllianceAfrica, co-chaired by @Mastercard, @AfDB_Group and @WorldBankGroup: bit.ly/MADE_Video #WorldFoodDay
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This #InternationalRuralWomenDay, meet Sara Bayo, a Tanzanian entrepreneur growing her agricultural input business with support from the @AfDB_Group’s Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism. A supplier credit line doubled her fertiliser stock and helped her open a second branch, which is empowering women agri-preneurs.
➡️ bit.ly/4jXnQMj
🔽 bit.ly/4yocwN8
#ICYMI: Insights from @jemimah_njuki, @AfDB_Group
Director for Gender, Women, and Civil Society --
"OPINION: We count Africa’s women farmers. Are we transforming their lives?"
linkedin.com/pulse/opinion-w…
Wrapping up a strong awards season for one @AfDB_Group AFAWA comms campaign:
🏆SABRE Award
🏆Telly Award
🏆AVA Digital Award
📜debut at Cannes Lions
Proud of the #AFAWA team and our Bank colleagues.
Thanks to our partners for their support.
The story: lnkd.in/p/dJt8AHAv
This is such a Cal vibe: UC Berkeley Chancellor nonchalantly mentioning “another” @UCBerkeley alum winning a Nobel prize…(Go Bears!🐻)
ROSALÍA: Reliquia (Live) on @nbcsnl last night.
Wait for it.
youtube.com/watch?v=62LCmh0-…
Rosalía Performs an Entire Number En Pointe on 'SNL,' Then Cools Off With a Nice Shower variety.com/2026/music/news/…
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Dramatic video shows a man in Egypt rushing to catch a child who fell from a second-floor window.
The boy first hit a washing line, giving his rescuer a split second to catch him before he hit the ground.
Chat GPT dragged for role in Egyptian debate about skin color, as Cairo mural depicting Tutankhamun and Nefertiti with dark skin gets - literally - whitewashed.
theguardian.com/global-devel…
Is @NBCNews headlining that the #FlyDubai pilot-turned-alleged attacker was an UAE official? Now that official is saying how he allegedly did it? 🤷🏽♂️
nbcnews.com/world/middle-eas…
In his first public comments since the Flydubai incident, Capt. Smit Machchhar tells Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi he “could sense that the aircraft was going down” as the plane plunged 14,000 feet in just 29 seconds, according to Flightradar24 data. nbcnews.com/world/middle-eas…
