CNN’S #MyFreedomDay Calls On Students Around The World To “Know The Signs” Of Modern-Day Slavery
Now in its seventh year, CNN’s #MyFreedomDay, returns on the 16th of March this year. The one-day, student-driven social media event raises awareness of modern-day slavery. The driving force behind this year’s event is a call to students and communities worldwide to “Know the Signs” of modern-day slavery as a key tool to identify and stamp out human trafficking in their […]
JSE Rings The Bell For Gender Equality Marking International Women’s Day
On 8 March 2023, International Women’s Day (IWD) was celebrated across the globe. The day aims to honour the many social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, raise awareness about and accelerate women’s equality and be a call-to-action for realising gender parity. To champion a gender-equal world under the 2023 theme that calls for […]
Mauritius’ SICOM Group Becomes A TDB Shareholder
With an investment of approximately USD 2 million in equity capital in the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), SICOM Group’ subsidiary SICOM Global Fund Limited, joins the family of TDB shareholders. SICOM Group is TDB’s third institutional shareholder from Mauritius alongside the National Pension Fund of Mauritius (NPF) and Eagle Insurance Ltd., and TDB’s […]
Solar Powered Freezer Improving Immunization Coverage In Hard-to-Reach Rural Villages
By Joyce Chimbi Up until 2019, nurses in three health facilities located in the semi-arid south-eastern Kenya region of Makueni County struggled to bring critical health services closer to a hard-to-reach population scattered across three remote, far-flung villages. “Kamboo, Yindalani and Yiuma Mavui villages are located 17 and 28 kilometres away from Makindu sub-county hospital, and […]
Cross Switch Ghana Receives Approval From The Bank Of Ghana To Operate As An Enhanced Payment Service Provider
Cross Switch Ghana is set to leverage its payments and technology infrastructure to digitise merchant payments, collections and disbursements for ecommerce, remittances as well as for financial inclusion Switch Ghana LTD, and Cross Switch (https://www.Cross-Switch.com) International S.A.R.L. are pleased to announce that Cross Switch Ghana LTD has obtained approval from the Bank of Ghana to […]
With Her Films, Apolline Traoré Wants to Highlight Stories That Often Go Ignored
Burkinabè director, Apolline Traoré, continues to chart new territory with her films, often telling stories of powerful women in difficult circumstances. Having recently earned awards at the Berlin Film Festival and FESPACO, her latest feature, ‘Sira,’ tells the story of a nomadic Fulani woman, who endures the unspeakable, yet manages to overcome it. Sira (played […]
9 Furniture Designers from Across the African Diaspora
It took acclaimed furniture designer Jomo Tariku many years to attract notice for his work, and he’s making it his mission to make it easier for other designers in the African diaspora to get noticed. Having founded the Black Artists + Designers Guild in 2018, he is using the platform to mentor and advance the […]
Africa’s Comic Book Superheroes Tell the Continent’s Forgotten Stories
Local publishers are mining countries’ rich histories and mythologies, boosting global interest and challenging western narratives. Growing up reading the only available comic books in Addis Ababa at the turn of the century — American superheroes — Beserat Debebe asked himself a deep question: “Why have I never seen in my entire life of love […]
Naomi Campbell Knows What She Wants
Having occupied a commanding presence in the fashion world for over 30 years, Naomi Campbell is using her presence to exact change in the fashion industry. Whether promoting diversity on the catwalks and ad campaigns of established Western design houses, or actively promoting the development of African fashion, she has been tireless in her efforts […]
The Music of ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ takes Center Stage in a New Disney+ Docuseries
Cultivating the world of Wakanda has been an impressive creative feat involving talents across the film, fashion, art, and music worlds. Focusing on the latter, a new docuseries debuting on Disney+ delves into the amazing artistry involved in developing the soundtracks for these films. Now, a new docuseries on Disney+ titled Voices Rising: The Music […]
