Local Footballers Protect Ghana’s Sea Turtles
The coast of Ghana is home to five of the world’s endangered sea turtles, which are threatened by fishing nets and poachers who sell their meat and eggs. To help revive the turtle populations, a group of young footballers have taken it upon themselves to guard turtle nests and rescue turtles captured by fishermen. Empty […]
Economic Pinch Forces Sudan’s Hand
Sudan will expand its use of gold exports to cover imports of essential goods as it embarks on a new 2022 budget without foreign aid during an economic downturn after a coup. Billions of dollars of much-needed foreign assistance were cut after the Oct. 25 military coup that ended a power-sharing arrangement with civilians in […]
Kenyan Stowaway Recuperating after Gruelling Flight
The Dutch military police have confirmed a stowaway found alive in a plane’s wheel section in Amsterdam on Sunday is a 22-year-old Kenyan man. He plans to apply for asylum in the Netherlands. He is conscious and able to communicate, and currently receiving medical treatment in hospital. The Cargolux freight flight he was found on […]
It’s Important to have Satellites Collecting Data about Africa, for Africa
South African space science had a big day on 13 January 2022 after the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, launched its third satellite mission into space from the Cape Canaveral rocket launch site in Florida in the US. The nanosatellite constellation – consisting of three satellites – is called MDASat (Marine Domain Awareness). A nanosatellite […]
African Innovation is Attracting More Interest from Global Investors
As the most prominent startup accelerator in the world for the last two decades, Y Combinator influences how early-stage tech companies receive money from investors. After it announced a new standard deal two weeks ago—which will now offer startups $500,000 in two tranches instead of $125,000—investors in the US, and Europe have wondered what they […]
Was the Recent Vogue Cover The Best Way to Celebrate Black Beauty?
The photographs were taken by Afro-Brazilian photographer Rafael Pavarotti, and the images — published in numerous glossy magazines over the years — are consistent with his visual style of presenting Black skin in an ultra-dark manner. Many online critics felt the images were fetishized and pandering to a White gaze, ironic, considering the editorial team […]
Kenya Selected for Listing in the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Thanks to a campaign by Kenyan farmers to improve nutritional knowledge. The listing aims to protect the intangible cultural heritage which makes people and communities distinguishable in terms of their history, nationalities, languages, ideology and values according to UNESCO. It’s taken fifteen years of collaboration between scientists and communities, including school children to earn the […]
Malawi President Takes a Long Hard Look at His Cabinet
President Lazarus Chakwera has dissolved the country’s entire cabinet amid charges of corruption against several ministers, he announced in an address to the nation. Late on Monday, President Chakwera said that he had decided to allow the three ministers and other public officers accused of corruption to face their charges. “I have dissolved my entire […]
Africa’s Chief Health Leader Hopes to Put the Brain Drain into Reverse
Dr John Nkengasong, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), said they were planning a programme to attract scientists, doctors and nurses back from the diaspora. “We need a very deliberate programme that facilitates Africans in the diaspora to come back to the continent and do a rotation. A […]
Burkina Faso is the Latest West African State to Have a Coup
The West African bloc Ecowas on Monday condemned what it called an attempted coup in Burkina Faso, saying it held the military responsible for the safety of President Roch Kabore, whose whereabouts is unknown. A Twitter post from Kabore’s account called on those who had taken up arms — an apparent reference to mutinous soldiers […]
