Rihanna helped raise over $2 billion for global educationPoliticsNewsRihanna helped raise over $2 billion for global educationAfter tweeting world leaders incessantly for the past week, the singer and the education charity have reached their goalShareLink copied ✔️February 5, 2018PoliticsNewsText Kemi Alemoru She did it! Last week saw Rihanna tweet world leaders ahead of a global education fundraiser in Senegal asking for hearty donations. While our Prime Minister didn’t find the time to reply to the singer, French President Emmanuel Macron joined her at the event to announce that the singer still helped to raise $2.3 billion for education in developing countries. Rihanna, who has been an ambassador for the Global Partnership For Education for the last couple of years, spoke at the inaugural GPE Financing Conference in Dakar, Senegal. She thanked those who’ve pledged and donated while explaining why the battle is not yet over. “We’ve made tremendous progress today, but of course, our work is never done. We have a long way to go. This is a fight we’re never gonna stop fighting until every boy and every girl has access to education.” The organisation aims to raise $2bn annual funding by 2020. She’s really solidified herself as a philanthropic force as last year she earned Harvard’s Humanitarian of the Year Award for her work through her Clara Lionel Foundation, and for constantly promoting education in various parts of the world, including Malawi. Is there anything she can’t do? TrendingThe 5 best songs from Drake’s new albums (plural) We listened to all two hours and 40 minutes of Iceman, Habibti and Maid Of Honour, so you don’t have toMusicLife & CultureLauren Scott on life after death, nudes & losing her armOnFashionHow On and Loewe are shaping the future of footwear Life & CultureIs veganism a privilege? FashionWhy is Americana everywhere right now?Beauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaBeautyNude awakening: Meet the young people embracing naturismMusic‘On his Temu era’: The internet reacts to Drake’s three-album drop MusicMark E Smith speaks to Can’s Irmin Schmidt in one of his final interviews