Africa

Chinese billionaire and co-founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma Chinese billionaire and co-founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma has sent additional donations, including 500 ventilators to 54 African countries to help fight the coronavirus. Ma…

Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said forty-three of Africa’s 54 countries now have confirmed coronavirus cases, with the total at 2,046. Though the tally is still low compared to figures in the United Kingdom,…

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Twitter, Jack Dorsey The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Twitter, Jack Dorsey has cancelled his plan to relocate to Africa for up to six months in 2020, describing his tweets about moving to Africa…

Cipriano Cassamá was speaker of parliament until he briefly became president Guinea Bissau’s rival president, Cipriano Cassamá, has resigned from his post, just after one full day in office. According to him, he took the step due to…

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump will visit Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt next month on her first solo trip abroad. Trump said her trip, set to begin on Oct. 1, will take her to “four beautiful and very different countries in Africa’’.…

The Lights, Camera, AFRICA!!! Film Festival returns for its eight editionfrom 28th to 30th September and feelers coming from the organisers point to the fact that it’s going to be lit. Why? We already have 5 reasons why you can’t…

There are 7,100 multi-millionaires living in Africa, each with net assets of $10 million or more. There are over 320 centi-millionaires, each with net assets of $100 million or more; and 24 billionaires each with net assets of $1 billion…

An Israeli member of parliament has come under fire for saying that Africans have no culture and that Israel should stop African refugees from having children. The Israeli member of Israel’s Knesset or parliament (MP), Oren Hazan…

Cutting-edge Talent and Events Management Company ‘iManage Africa’ has recently announced an expansion plan into other sectors across Africa. iManage Africa is expanding its scope by adding a chef to its roaster and over the next few years…

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that the flood of illegal migrants from Africa are worse than terrorists in the Sinai peninsula. Netanyahu said this while speaking at an event celebrating the Negev region held…

Africa’s only female President, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, has reportedly submitted her resignation in the “national interest,” few days after she refused to stand down after being implicated in a financial scandal. Her…

 United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, a pan-African banking group and China Development Bank (CDB), the world’s largest development finance institution, on February 27, 2018 announced the signing of a $100 million seven-year…

The Nigerian government on Monday summoned U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, to explain reported remarks by President Donald Trump describing Africa, Haiti and El-Salvador as “shithole.” Reuters reported that the Minister of…

Marriages in Nigeria and most parts of Africa are sustained by women. You can argue this with your village deity. Women in general, put up with a lot of bullshit just to make their marriages work. From childhood they have been taught…

 Algeria President – Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria (1999–present) Prime Minister – Abdelmalek Sellal, Prime Minister of Algeria (2014–present)  Angola President – José Eduardo dos…