Rudy Gomis: A Masterful Collaborator Who Kept the Diversity of Senegalese Music Alive
The world has lost one of the great pioneers of the post-independence movement of modern popular music in Senegal.
Doual’Art: Thirty Years of Showcasing Cameroon Contemporary Art
In 1991, Marylin Douala Manga Bell and her husband founded Cameroon's first-ever contemporary art center. Since then, she has been a key enabler of local talent growth - and the emergence of Cameroon's contemporary artists on the world stage. Now she wants to ensure that their legacy has a more local focus..
How Wealth Hubs Can Drive African Business Growth and Profit
The robust and constant growth in the tech sector in Africa, along with the gradual increase in demand for top skills, is paving the way for new wealth hubs on the African continent.
Tanzania’s Huge Green Energy Pivot
In spite of enormous hydrocarbon potential, Tanzania is planning to plug more than 6,000 megawatts of renewable power - more than its current total power capacity - into its national grid, as president Samia Suluhu Hassan mounts rapid economic reforms to woo investors to the East African state.
African Scientists and Technology Could Drive Future Black Hole Discoveries
We were the only two of more than 300 EHT team members based on the African continent. The continent doesn’t host any EHT telescopes – we were brought on board because of expertise we’ve developed in preparation for the world’s largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), to be co-hosted by South Africa and Australia.
Disney+ Launches in South Africa
Disney+, the streaming service from The Walt Disney Company, launches today Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in South Africa. Standard pricing at launch is confirmed at R119 per month, or R1190 for an annual subscription.
Rihanna Charms Africa with Fenty as SA Men Lead in Grooming
Rihanna's Africa launch of her luxury beauty line is no accident; grooming is big business and men's grooming is where it's at.... male beauty parlours springing up across the continent, are adding to a multi-billion-dollar sector fuelled by increasing awareness about personal care and hygiene.
The Question of Ethics and Integrity of Candidates in Kenyan Elections
In the next three months, Kenyans will be voting in new leadership as their constitution requires. Politicians and individuals facing corruption, murder and other criminal charges have been cleared to run for various elective positions. State institutions and agencies tasked with gate-keeping credibility checks for running candidates have excused themselves thanks to a watered down integrity law that initially stopped such characters from vying. Will Kenyans entrust these people with leadership positions? And what does it mean should this happen?
It Is Time for Presidential Libraries in Kenya
The history of Kenya’s presidents and intrigues in their regimes is scattered. It’s in museums, newspapers, private homes, books and unknown places. Those who have and are still recording the history are doing it in their own perspectives and blurring what they think should be forgotten. With the death of all three former presidents, it is time to build respectable libraries that carries information of the three presidents and details of their tenure; albeit for the future and prosperity of this country.
Launch of Investment Guidelines for African Youth in Agri-food Systems
The Investment Guidelines for Youth in Agri-food Systems in Africa provides practical “how to” steps to develop youth-focused and youth-sensitive investment programmes that see youth as partners in rural development, throughout all phases of the investment programme cycle.