Perhaps the most unexpected fashion icon of the year has just added another glossy credit to her name. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Nigerian-born novelist and feminist known for novels like “Americanah” and “Purple Hibiscus”; recipient of a MacArthur “genius” grant, …
Maiden Soundcity MVP Awards Festival (#TheMVPs) Set to Move African Music Forward
The nominees in all 14 categories at Soundcity MVP 2016 have been announced with tickets on sale and voting on going since the official announcement, via @SOUNDCITYtv and soundcitymvp.com, went live. Social media, blogs and radio banter have ensued and …
Report: African economies adapt to new environment and challenges
African Review looks at how each African economies rate against one another and how the continent’s economic diversity affects each economy differently. Sub-Saharan Africa enjoyed a decade of GDP growth averaging at 5.7 per cent, per year until 2014. However, …
This Pre-Colonial African Warrior Queen is Your Next Favorite Superhero
As Marvel’s cinematic universe continues to unfold–and bring in its first African character–an entirely new universe of African superheroes and supervillains is just jumping off. Roye Okupe, the Nigerian-born, Maryland-based animator, writer and founder of YouNeek Studios, is on a …
CMA feted the most innovative in Africa
The Capital Markets Authority has been voted the most innovative regulator in Africa for 2016 by the International Finance Magazine. The awards by the quarterly publication circulated in more than 185 countries globally promote promote and recognise innovation in the …
Op-Ed: The orchestra is in our blood
Not all black kids have “great rhythm”, our orchestra doesn’t just play music by dead white men, and our audience isn’t made up exclusively of people over the age of 80. Okay, there’s some truth in the stereotypes: some black …
South Africa Earmarks R30m for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities
The South African government envisages a society where citizens living with disabilities are accorded their full political, human, social and economic rights like their fellow South Africans. To this end, the country’s Minister of Small Business Development Lindiwe Zulu will …
10 villes africaines que vous devez absolument visiter
Windhoek (Namibie) Avec sa culture très allemande, Windhoek vous paraîtra tout à fait charmante. La ville se trouve à 1 700 mètres d’altitude et le climat y est très agréable. L’Église luthérienne, Christuskirche, est un véritable symbole de la capitale …
A 21 ans, il crée une entreprise de collecte et de livraison de médicaments aux malades chroniques
Sizwe Nzima est un jeune entrepreneur basé en Afrique du Sud. Il a crée son entreprise Iyeza Express pour éliminer le problème des files d’attentes dans les hôpitaux et les cliniques. Il collecte et livre des médicaments aux patients de sa …










