Meet One of the Top Five Most In-demand Photographers on Artsy
Paint, or pixels? That’s the question that Prince Gyasi wants you to ask when you see his work. “You should be confused whether it’s a painting or a photograph,” he said. “If you’re not confused, it means I failed.” Manipulating his photos digitally to enhance or change colors, the 26-year-old Ghanaian visual artist straddles a […]
Senegal’s Wordsmiths Back on the Board
Dozens of Scrabble players jousted in leafy schoolgrounds late last month in Senegal’s capital, delighted and relieved to be able to compete in real life for the first time in months. It is hard to underestimate the popularity of Scrabble in this West African nation. Senegal has produced several global champions in the French-language version […]
A Photo Collection Raises Awareness for Wildlife
More than 150 wildlife photographers are taking part in a sale of wildlife prints to raise money for African Parks, a South Africa-based conservation NGO. In 2020, the first Prints for Wildlife sale raised $660,200 with more than 6,500 prints sold within 30 days. This year, the initiative, founded by two photographers, Pie Aerts from […]
Africa’s First Inclusive & Intelligent Fintech Platform
Kenyan startup Jamborow is a fintech platform that provides white label solutions to enable savings and credit cooperatives societies, or Saccos, to better serve their members and scale operations while at it. Founded in 2018 by Moses Onitilo and Olusegun George, Jamborow brings together all players in the financial ecosystem, including lenders, borrowers, and intermediaries. […]
South African Bank Does Damage Control in Maputo
Standard Bank has appointed an unnamed acting CEO to replace the outgoing country MD, Adimohanma Chukwuma Nwokocha, who was fined by the Bank of Mozambique this week for fraudulent activities, following an on-site inspection by the bank. Also fined was Domingos Francisco Madeira, director of corporate and investment banking “for serious infringements of prudential and […]
‘My Zimbabwe’ is about Rediscovering How Our Ancestors Lived with, not Against, the Land
Elias Libombo, the community liaison officer for the Gonarezhou National Park. Gonarezhou is on Zimbabwe’s southeastern border with South Africa and Mozambique. For decades it was in decline; during the liberation war and immediately post-independence, it was a poaching mecca and there was next to no positive development. There was also continuing conflict with surrounding […]
Artistic Expression Helps Sierra Leonean Women Dealing with Sexual Assaults
According to the 2019 demographic and health survey, about 62% of Sierra Leonean women aged 15-49 have experienced physical or sexual violence. A research project sought to examine how different performing arts mediums can open up discussions about this sensitive issue. While various performing arts techniques have long been used to mobilise social transformation, we […]
Somali Lawmaker Puts Her Name in the Hat
Somalia’s top leaders, all men, have struggled for years to tame the Horn of Africa nation’s insecurity and corruption. Lawmaker Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam says it’s time for a woman’s touch and on Tuesday announced her candidacy for president. But getting enough support from Somalia’s lawmakers, the vast majority of them men, will be a […]
Communities Help South African Troops against Looters
South Africa plans to deploy up to 25,000 soldiers in two provinces where security forces are struggling to quell days of looting, arson and violence, its defence minister told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday. A military surge of that size would increase tenfold the number of soldiers deployed in the hot spots of KwaZulu-Natal and […]
Desperate Measures for Mom Trapped in Durban Looting
A mother who threw her baby to a crowd from a smoke-filled building in the South African coastal city of Durban has told the BBC of her gratitude to those who saved her daughter, who turns two next month. “All I could do was trust complete strangers,” Naledi Manyoni said. She added that they were […]
