Meet The Zimbabwean Producer Who Collaborated With Beyoncé On The Lion King: The Gift
Following the release of Beyoncé’s album, The Lion King: The Gift – which featured several African artists, writers and producers – the continent has been celebrated and acknowledged for its boundless musical talents. Relatively unknown, up-and-coming Zimbabwean producer, DJ and bassist Robert Ndabezinhle Magwenzi, professionally known as Evoke, is among the handful of talented African […]
African Union And Afrochampions Announce Winners Of Nefertiti Arts Prize On First-Ever Africa Integration Day
Vincent Kolo from Nigeria secures the Nefertiti Grand Prize with ‘The Cords of Yesterday’ on last day of Boma of Africa Festival Africa’s brightest artistic talents have been awarded today at the inaugural Boma of Africa Festival, spearheaded by the African Union Commission and the AfroChampions Initiative. In celebration of today’s first-ever Africa Integration Day, creatives […]
African Governmental Response Survey Reveals A Multi-pronged Approach To Tackling Socio-Economic Challenges Presented By COVID-19
Nowhere in the world will the global humanitarian challenge of COVID-19 be felt more acutely than in Africa. In a continent of approximately 1.2 billion people, almost all of its 54 countries have confirmed cases of coronavirus, with numbers likely to continue rising into the future. While a number of African governments have moved quickly […]
Paramount Group Celebrates Gauteng Health Heroes
South African Aerospace and Technology Company Furthers Its Commitment to Supporting Health Workers on the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Crisis Paramount Group, Africa’s leading aerospace and technology company, is pleased to demonstrate its support for Gauteng’s MEC of Health and Department of Health by donating 1,000 facial visors to frontline healthcare workers and sponsoring the […]
Securing Your Financial Future Through A ‘Side Hustle’
How can South Africans reignite their financial futures and protect their financial foundations?The explosion of unemployment, loss of income and jobs, the collapse of organisations and the shaking foundations of the economy have placed South Africans and their savings under immense and unexpected pressure. Many find themselves in a very tight financial spot. More are […]
Nigeria’s Gin Revolution
Ogogoro is a West African alcoholic drink extracted locally from palm trees often served to guests or consumed in local bars, and at social events in Nigeria. The local gin also has traditional appeal and is used in traditional wedding ceremonies in some regions of the country by fathers of the bride as a form […]
Mobile Health Solutions Can Change Ghana’s Rural Communities
Ghana could be a good candidate for m-health services because of its large, medically underserved rural population and its uptake of mobile technology. The World Bank reports that Ghana had a rural population of nearly 44% in 2018. The ratio of doctors to patients in rural regions is about 1:18,257 compared to 1:4,099 in an […]
Malawi’s Demure Inauguration a Sign of an Administration to Come
Malawi’s new president Lazarus Chakwera’s official has pledged to declare his assets, reduce his powers, answer questions in parliament, consult the Leader of Opposition every three months and operationalise the Access to Information Bill. Chakwera also praised major stakeholders in the election petition and subsequent re-election. He singled out among others the court witnesses, judiciary, […]
Broke Namibian Air Carrier Grounded at Midnight
The airline, which operates 10 aircraft on continental and one international route, with a staff of close to 800, requires around $469 million to stay afloat, but only received a tenth of that in last month’s budget. “This is scarcely 12% of the amount stated as needed by the management of the airline,” the head […]
A Trail of Bodies Raises Alarm in Burkina Faso
The bodies of at least 180 men thought to have been killed by security forces have been found dumped in fields, by roadsides and under bridges in a town in the West African country of Burkina Faso over the past eight months, witnesses told human rights researchers. Residents of the town, Djibo, in the north […]
