International Black Heritage + History Month is Using Fashion to Tell the Story of the African Diaspora
A new digital platform aims to create a new holiday and to celebrate the cultural accomplishments of the African diaspora. Spearheaded by creative visionary, Bruce Reynolds, International Black Heritage + History Month is a catalyst for creating a global holiday to celebrate black culture and to educate the world about the contributions of the African […]
South African Firm Counterspace’s Much-Anticipated Serpentine Pavilion Finally Opens
Despite pandemic-induced delays, London’s Serpentine Pavilion has finally opened, and it’s a first on several fronts. For starters, the project’s lead architect, Sumayya Vally of South African architecture firm, Counterspace, is the youngest architect ever to win the commission. The work also represents the first time that the pavilion has been constructed in multiple locations […]
5 Themes Explored In Koleka Putuma’s ‘Hullo Bu-Bye KoKo Come In’
As a follow-up to her acclaimed debut poetry collection, ‘Collective Amnesia,’ South African Koleka Putuma has now released ‘Hullo Bu-Bye KoKo Come In,’ and it’s not for the faint of heart. Tackling tough subjects in a brutally honest way has become her hallmark, and while it makes people uncomfortable, it also resonates, and it’s earning […]
This Duo Designed Almost Every Piece of Furniture in Their Nairobi Home
Most of us don’t have the wherewithal to make our own furniture, but for a creative couple in Nigeria, their only limit was their imagination. When Uli Janen and Judith Odhanjo couldn’t find their ideal furnishings for their new home in Kenya, they literally took matters into their own hands. “We needed a spot where […]
One Month Review of Kazungula Bridge
Botswana and Zambia collectively own the bridge, funded by toll fees and administered by the Kazungula Bridge Authority, which was created to operate and maintain the infrastructure on behalf of the two nations. The project cost $259m, with finance provided by the two governments, the African Development Bank, the Japanese International Cooperation Agency and the […]
Ghana’s Upstream Petroleum Sector is Going through a Tricky Patch
American giant ExxonMobil’s unexpected exit from the sector has only ramped up anxiety. And it is not just Exxon: Total Energies is also actively moving away from crude in Nigeria. Ghana will need to aggressively tackle many challenges while quickly repositioning itself in the face of a global energy transition. In May 2021, ExxonMobil announced […]
Mining Data around the Digital Gender Gap in Africa
When technologist Neema Iyer returned home to Africa after graduating from Emory University in the United States with a degree in epidemiology and statistics, she was bent on addressing gender from a technology perspective. Born to Tanzanian and Indian parents and raised in Nigeria, 34-year-old Iyer is today running Pollicy, a firm she founded in […]
Abuja Wants In on the Digital Currency Market
Nigeria’s Central Bank is preparing a digital currency pilot that could launch as early as the end of this year. Nigeria barred its banks and financial institutions from dealing in or facilitating transactions in cryptocurrencies in February after exponential growth in monthly cryptocurrency transfers to and from Africa. Central Bank director of information technology Rakiya […]
AfCFTA Secretariat on the Quick Wins and Direction of Africa’s Largest Single Market
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has been heralded as a landmark agreement. Advocates say it will transform business across Africa by removing tariffs and making it easier to trade across borders. According to Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the AfCFTA secretariat, “If you’re a big corporation, you are able to access a new […]
Women are Missing Out on Africa’s E-commerce Boon
The African e-commerce market could benefit by around $14.5 billion if the number of women selling on online platforms achieves parity with men, according to a new report from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), in partnership with the European Commission. Researchers interviewed sellers and e-commerce experts, conducted surveys with men and women selling online in Kenya, Nigeria, […]
