Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
ABU MUBARIK A Black-owned tech firm based in Miami, Florida, has begun manufacturing self-driving vehicles called JéGO Pods. The firm will start releasing the pods in late 2022 and will be used to mobilize healthcare services. JéGO Technologies Inc is founded by Frederick Akphoghene, a Nigerian immigrant, who started his career in tech as early […]
Sudan has condemned neighboring Ethiopia for launching power generation at a controversial dam on the Blue Nile without the agreement of downstream nations, saying the “unilateral move” violated international commitments. Sudan “has emphasized its rejection of all unilateral measures with regard to filling and operation” of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the spokesman for its […]
Feb. 14 wasn’t always about chocolates and flowers. Learn about Valentine’s Day’s surprisingly naughty origins. On Valentine’s Day, millions present flowers, chocolates and cards to their sweethearts. While the holiday’s traditions really became cemented in the 1800s, historians link its roots to wild pagan revelries from before the birth of Saint Valentine himself. Read on for […]
Thousands took to the streets as relations between Mali and its former colonial power have been steadily deteriorating. Thousands of anti-French demonstrators have poured into the street of the Malian capital, Bamako, to cheer at the expulsion of the French ambassador. The celebrations on Friday, February 4, where people waved Russian flags and burned cardboard […]
The International Court of Justice orders Kampala to pay the damages which is a fraction of the $11bn demanded by Kinshasa. The UN’s top court on Wednesday February 9 ordered Uganda to pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) $325m in reparations over a brutal war between the African neighbors that began in the […]
JAMES KAMALA MORE than 800 youths in Dar es Salaam and Coast regions have been equipped with skills of turning garbage into charcoal and other products used for human consumption. The initiatives aim at safeguarding the environment and combating Climate change and its effects while promoting economic activities. Sauti ya Jamii Kipunguni Executive Director, Mr […]
Religious police in northern Nigeria’s city of Kano have destroyed nearly four million bottles of beer, on grounds that sale and consumption of alcohol is prohibited in the predominantly Muslim region. Sharia police called Hisbah often destroy alcohol and confiscated drugs, but the huge beer haul was one of the largest in a recently intensified […]
YESHIEL PANCHIA A Cape Town-based biotech startup has become the first African company to produce an mRNA vaccine on the continent, paving the way for the future of locally-manufactured vaccines. South African scientists of a local biotechnology company have achieved a breakthrough, making an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine using publicly available Moderna data, the first time […]
KOFI AYIM The West Africa countries of Ghana and Nigeria have several things in common, yet the rivalry between them is akin to the biblical Esau and Jacob. Ghana and Nigeria are the twin countries in Africa that each love to loathe when it comes to competition. Both countries were colonized by the British. They […]
For decades, elections have hardly made a difference in curbing violent plunder by Kenya’s ruling class. PATRICK GATHARA With just six months to go till Kenya’s general elections, preparations are in full swing. But the Kenyan authorities seem to be struggling at least in one area: voter registration. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) […]