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The livelier of Cape Town’s stretches of sand, is one of our must-dos while visiting the South African city. Just five minutes from the beach, this three-bedroom penthouse villa is all about the views: of the beach below, Lion’s Head to the north, and the iconic Table Mountain at its back. You can enjoy them […]

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In a research trip prompted by Ghana’s Year of Return, travellers say that the trip helped them to conceptualise slavery differently, and this led them to a deeper understanding of race relations in the United States. For example, one traveller said that prior to visiting Ghana, they felt a “certain anger towards white people”. But visiting […]

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African fashion is hot and it is becoming more readily available thanks to innovative retail partnerships. Although the range of African design is enormous, these are 7 brands that are making a mark and turning editors’ heads. Colourful patterns, including his signature handwoven Nigerian check, “asoke”, have made Kenneth Ize a global sensation. The striking […]

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A country’s architecture is always a reflection of its politics. In Ethiopia, major infrastructure projects are reshaping Addis Ababa with gleaming new residential properties and a revitalized riverfront, all of which are intended to spruce up the capital, enhance land values, and create jobs.  What worries some, however, is that the focus of development is a […]

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Artist Bisa Butler, uses quilt making as a form of activism in support of black lives. By depicting stories from African and African-American history in her richly colored works, she uses the medium to enhance the visibility of black culture and to convey themes of community and empowerment.  Drawing from her Ghanaian heritage, she utilizes […]

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With a hit HBO series and her own comedy special, Yvonne Orji is making huge strides in Hollywood.  Growing up in Nigeria and America exposed her to an array of cultural differences, which she mines for great humor in her new one-woman show, ‘Momma, I Made It.’ Originally training for a career in medicine, she […]

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Design Indaba is constantly on the search for new design talent in South Africa, which they highlight at their annual conferences and beyond.  Many of their discoveries have gone on to become top players in an array of creative disciplines, such as Rich Mnisi, Thebe Magugu, and Laduma Ngxokolo. Learn more about the process DI […]

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Egypt has secured a US$253 million loan from the African Development Bank to finance Egypt’s Electricity and Green Growth Support Programme. The funding will help meet the government of Egypt’s financing requirements in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The AfDB funds will also help Egypt support a sound electricity infrastructure base, a key enabler […]

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In his supplementary Budget speech on Wednesday, 24 June 2020, Tito Mboweni has thrown a R3-billion financial lifeline to the Land Bank because, like Eskom, the SOE is too big to fail. The overall message was a grim one on Day 90 of the Covid-19 lockdown, one of the world’s hardest and longest. Debt, said Mboweni, […]

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At the pristine, rain-fed Lake Mantasoa, 1,400m above sea level and surrounded by forest on all sides, a Madagascan caviar farm produces roe for the wealthy diners of Paris and other global capitals. The farm has decided to postpone its spring harvest this year, as the island nation went into lockdown and its supply chains retracted […]

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Tunisia has selected several independent power producers for the implementation of a solar project to produce 70 MWp of electricity from 16 photovoltaic solar power plants. The results of the call for tenders for the development of a solar project have just been published by the government in Tunisia. The objective of this project is […]

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Publish What You Fund has ranked the African Development Bank (AFDB) fourth out of 47 global development institutions on its aid Transparency Index. The Index is the only independent measure of aid transparency among the world’s major development agencies. The index places the Bank in the highest category of transparency along with other world class […]

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