Jackie Prager
Producer at CNN
Former Weekend Anchor/Reporter @WBNG12News | @NewhouseSU graduate May 2017
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1 month ago |
cnn.com | Jackie Prager |Jackelyn Prager
Turning tires into fashionable footwear 01:40 - Source: CNN Turning tires into fashionable footwear 01:40 CNN — Every year, about one billion tires around the world reach the end of their life according to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Many of them end up piled in landfills posing potential health and environmental risks. In Africa, one Rwandan entrepreneur has found a way to upcycle the rubber to create fashionable footwear.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
cnn.com | Jackie Prager |Jackelyn Prager
In recent years, African designers have found support from international celebrities including Beyoncé, Alicia Keys and Naomi Campbell. Now a growing number of the continent’s fashion brands are preparing to make inroads into global fashion markets. Among this wave of talent is South African designer Thebe Magugu, who was awarded the 2019 LVMH Prize for young designers, which comes with a €300,000 ($315,000) grant, and opened his first fashion house in Johannesburg last year.
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Oct 2, 2024 |
cnn.com | Jackie Prager |Jackelyn Prager
App-driven, on-demand food delivery services have boomed globally since the Covid pandemic, and Africa is no exception. Startups including FoodCourt, Heyfood, SendMe and Chowdeck, pictured, are vying to become the continent’s top food delivery app. Scroll through the gallery to see more African companies that are finding new ways to innovate. CNN Across the continent, transport startups are embracing electric vehicles.
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Jun 5, 2024 |
cnn.com | Jackie Prager |Jackelyn Prager
Over the past eight years, Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has built one of the world’s largest oil refineries. Spanning nearly 4,000 football fields, construction of the refinery began in 2016 at the Lekki Free Zone outside of Lagos, Nigeria, and it opened in May 2023. Dangote’s company says the plant will have the capability to produce 650,000 barrels per day once fully operational.
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Jun 4, 2024 |
albanyherald.com | Jackie Prager
(CNN) — Over the past eight years, Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has built one of the world’s largest oil refineries. Spanning nearly 4,000 football fields, construction of the refinery began in 2016 at the Lekki Free Zone outside of Lagos, Nigeria, and it opened in May 2023. Dangote’s company says the plant will have the capability to produce 650,000 barrels per day once fully operational.
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