Africa Could Be A Major Player On The Global AI Stage, But Only With The Right Skills
While African startups have shown that they’re capable of building world-class technology products, there’s also no doubt that technological advances have left behind many people and businesses across the continent. One need only look at something like mobile internet coverage gaps to see how many people are still being left behind today. Those gaps risk being replicated, […]
Mastercard And Onafriq Collaborate To Increase Accessibility To Financial Services Across Africa’s Payment Ecosystem
Mastercard and Onafriq (previously MFS Africa), a pan-African payments company, have collaborated to bring secure, cost-effective, and innovative payment options to consumers, as well as small and medium enterprises (SME) across the continent. Africa’s mobile money sector is one of the most established and fastest growing fintech industries in the world. According to The State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2024 by the GSM Association, there are 835 million registered mobile money accounts […]
What I Learned Attending Google Cloud NEXT Conference 2024 That Can Help Africa Part 1
William Jackson, MAT, CEO MetaverseWP, Metaverse Education Program Director for World Metaverse Council and Technology Education Program Director for One Africa Forum Part 1 of a multi-part sharing how Africa can be part of the Next Big Thing with the integration of technology, blending of creativity, innovation, and imagination. As the world is buzzing with […]
The Bahamas To Host 2024 Afreximbank Annual Meetings And AfriCaribbean Trade And Investment Forum
The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have signed the Agreement for The Bahamas to host the 31st Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM) and the third edition of the AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF). The AAM will be held in Nassau, The Bahamas, from 12 – 14 June 2024. Professor […]
Nigerian Fashion Moves Beyond the Catwalk
The Nigerian fashion industry, long a beacon of influence on the continent, is demonstrating a new confidence on the global stage. Buoyed by the strides that fellow creatives have made in the realms of music, literature, food, and more, Nigerian designers are gaining international attention, and they are rising to the occasion. THE NEW YORK […]
What It’s Like To… Be a “Nwa Boy”
Currently streaming on Netflix, Afamefuna tells the story of a Nigerian boy, who moves to Lagos to become an apprentice to an Igbo businessman. Known as “nwa boys,” these young men get the opportunity to learn a trade and eventually be set up in business by their mentor. Conditions, however, can be tough. OKAYAFRICA
Blanket Statement
A colorful new exhibit at the Sanlam Art Gallery in Cape Town displays a wide array of traditional and contemporary Basotho blankets. Created by the Sotho people of Lesotho and South Africa, they are worn for special occasions or to celebrate rites of passage. DESIGN INDABA
A New Tokyo Art Space Will Champion Contemporary African Art
With a somewhat unusual provenance, a new art gallery in Tokyo aims to become a center for contemporary African art. Backed by a member of a prominent family in French luxury goods, a German cultural entrepreneur and a Japanese actor, Space Un synthesizes their shared passion for African art and a desire to promote cultural […]
Akose Enebeli Pushes the Boundaries of Contemporary African Architecture
He also uses sustainable materials, bringing a modern feel to the streets of Lagos. As a design and build firm, elArc DESIGNS Limited’s design thinking process challenges inertia and fear-driven assumptions that put a damper on creativity. It redefines problems in human-centric ways resulting in strategic, practical and solution-focused design concepts. DW
Concern as Popular Lagosian Beach Resort to be Demolished
Paul Onwuanibe leads Landmark Group, a real estate developer and a key player in Nigeria’s tourism and hospitality industries. The group’s leisure beach, listed among Nigeria’s best seven beaches in 2023 by the Lonely Planet travel guide, is a lucrative part of the 13-hectare mixed-use Landmark site along the Atlantic Ocean beachfront in Lagos’s affluent […]
