A Mission to be the Primary Pan-African Music Platform
Kenyan music startup Mdundo saw its monthly active users increase by 27 per cent to 6.4 million in September from five million in June, putting it on track hit the nine million figure by the middle of next year. Launched in 2013, Mdundo provides access to all the continent’s favourite music to over five million […]
Spicing Up Digital Ads in Africa
Advertising is a necessity for almost every business, and ad spending in the digital advertising market could reach $355,784 million this year. The challenge is, many companies are flushing hard-earned dollars down the advertising drain without getting commensurate value.True Africa reached out to Veda Dean, a Mauritius-based digital entrepreneur and female entrepreneurship champion, to discuss […]
Young Ghanaian Farmers Show their Most Prized Possession as they Start a New Life
The young Ghanaian men and boys who come to this farm in Osun state, Nigeria, each year to find work mostly say they do it in order to improve their lives once they return home. They have been brought in to the country in groups by a “master” – usually an older Ghanaian who has […]
Covid-19 Made Kenya Relook How it Caters to its Population’s Needs
The value and potential of geographic information system – or GIS, “the science of where” – has become even more obvious this year as the world responds to the COVID-19 pandemic. The science consists of a framework for gathering, analysing and visualising spatial data for better decision-making. Organisations and individuals in Kenya have taken advantage […]
Malawi will Establish an Embassy in Jerusalem
Malawi is one of few African countries to have maintained continuous diplomatic ties with Israel since the central African country’s independence in 1964, according to The Jerusalem Post. It reports that 16 countries – including Ivory Coast, Kenya and what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo – closed embassies in Jerusalem following the […]
Magufuli Begins his Second Term in Office
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has been sworn in for a second term following his victory in last week’s disputed election. More than 12 countries have been represented at the ceremony, as well as delegates from the African Union and the Southern African Development Community. Mr Magufuli took the oath of office at a sports stadium […]
The Man Who Once Fought for Ouattara Calls for Dissidence
Prominent dissident Guillaume Soro, a former prime minister who was blocked from running in Ivory Coast’s presidential election, called Wednesday on the country’s military to disobey President Alassane Ouattara after he was allowed to win a controversial third term. Soro’s comments via his Facebook account put him on a direct crash course with his former […]
Bringing Music to Deal with Nigeria’s Mental Wellness
Music therapy is now a recognised academic course in countries including Canada, New Zealand, the US and South Africa, and it’s a growing topic in academic discourse. In Nigeria, however, it remains a little-known field. Once or twice a month, Bola Otegbayo brings a team of singers and instrumentalists into this psychiatric unit at University […]
Keyboards are the New Weapons for Zimbabweans Intent on Confronting a Rising Dictatorship
In the face of an increasingly autocratic government, Zimbabweans have turned to social media to vent their anger and shine a light on human rights abuses and misrule.On Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms, keyboard warriors are furiously typing posts, creating sustained online campaigns to vent against the government.The “hashtag revolution” was arguably sparked […]
Ethiopia’s Peace Laureate Launches What Some Say is War
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed showed no sign on Thursday of halting a military campaign in the Tigray region, despite international pressure to avert civil war with a powerful ethnic faction. A humanitarian source said shelling and shooting had been heard in the region since the early hours of Thursday, and nearly two dozen soldiers […]
