Category Archives: FEATURED
Mari Malek
A striking model who started her career at 16 years old, Mari Malek is a rarity in her field for her humanitarian work in Sudan. As the co-founder of Southern […]
South Sudanese Model Atong Arjok
The African Robotics Network (AFRON)
Since it launched May 2012, AFRON has 300 members from 25 countries including Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Algeria, South Africa, Egypt, Tanzania, Cameroon, and Ethiopia, as well as affiliated members from […]
Albino models setting the trend for Africa
Backstage amidst the chaos of Africa Fashion Week in the South African city of Johannesburg one woman sits quietly in a corner. Other models and designers from across the continent […]
Upwardly Mobile in Africa
How basic cell phones are sparking economic hope and growth in emerging—and even non-emerging—nations Precious little would seem to connect the Kenyan village of Muruguru to the 21st century. The […]
How African innovation can take on the world
By Calestous Juma. Editor’s note: Calestous Juma is professor of the Practice of International Development and faculty chair of Innovation for Economic Development Program at Harvard Kennedy School. He co-chairs […]
El Anatsui- First African Artist Appointed at London’s Royal Academy.
Ghanaian artist El Anatsui has been appointed honorary academician by London’s Royal Academy. El Anatsui was born in Anyanko, Ghana in 1944. Many of Anatsui’s sculptures are mutable in form, […]
IBM Fuels Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Africa
LAGOS, Nigeria and CASABLANCA, Morocco, Feb. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it is further expanding its operations across Africa with the opening of two new IBM […]
Peter Odemwingie mends bridges with Stephen Keshi
Peter Odemwingie mends bridges with Stephen Keshi By Sulaiman Folarin Nigeria striker Peter Odemwingie says his relationship with coach Stephen Keshi has been patched up after talks. The pair fell […]