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."
RHITU CHATTERJEE The world has made headway against the practice of child marriage, but progress has been frustratingly slow, according to a new report by UNICEF.The percentage of women age 20-24 who were married in their childhood fell from 23% to 19% in the past decade. And yet, every year, 12 million girls across the […]
Essex County College (ECC), Newark, New Jersey, United States of America (USA) played host to African Royalty with all its color, glamor, drumming and dancing on Friday, April 21, 2023, as a renowned King from one of the ancient dynasties of Ghana came calling. It was not, however, all pomp and pageantry as the College’s […]
AMBAR CASTILLO For many years, there’s been considerable debate about the best age for women to initiate breast cancer screening. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that women start getting screenings around age 50, while groups such as the American Cancer Society recommend screenings begin at an earlier age. Now a large new study […]
Human rights activists have criticized Ethiopia’s continuing recruitment of women for domestic work in Saudi Arabia. ZECHARIAS ZELALEM In early March, Hirut was playing with her toddler at her home in Addis Ababa’s Mekanisa district, when she got a call from an unknown number asking if she wanted to work in the Middle East. It […]
This makes Lagos’s Morit International School more accessible while also cleaning up the local community GABRIELLA OPARA When a neighbor recommended Morit International School to Ijeoma Obiora three years ago and told her tuition fee was not paid in cash but through plastic bottles, she found it hard to believe. She had never heard of […]
HANNAH BROCKHAUS Two Vatican departments issued a joint statement Thursday March 30, on the “doctrine of discovery” and the dignity and rights due to indigenous peoples. The statement said the legal concept of the “doctrine of discovery” is “not part of the teaching of the Catholic Church” and historical research shows certain papal documents “written […]
Convincing riders to ditch old petrol vehicles is a key challenge apart from charging stations TOM COLLINS Zems wind their way through almost every street in Cotonou, the economic capital of Benin. These fuel-guzzling motorbike taxis emit harmful fumes, adding considerably to the city’s pollution. An e-bike startup is now looking to change all that, […]
FARAI MUTSAKA Zimbabwe’s rainy season brings a bonanza of wild mushrooms, which many rural families feast upon and sell to boost their incomes. But the bounty also comes with danger as each year there are reports of people dying after eating poisonous fungi. Discerning between safe and toxic mushrooms has evolved into an inter-generational transfer […]
The closure of SVB, Silvergate, and Signature has taught Africa’s biggest economy tough lessons FAUSTINE NGILA Nigeria has launched a $672 million fund to support its tech startups amid the upheaval caused by the recent collapse of three key US banks. The fund was launched on March 14 under the government’s Digital and Creative Enterprises […]
NICQUEL TERRY ELLIS Jamaal Grant was studying biology at Colby College in Maine when a friend asked if he’d be interested in teaching after graduation. Grant had planned to go to graduate school and build a career in science, but in need of a job, decided to teach science at a charter school in […]