HARARE, Jul 10 2014 (IPS) - For 22-year-old Moselyn Muchena, a final year computer science student at the University of Zimbabwe, it seemed obvious to create a mobile application offering easy access to services in the local catering industry, largely because of the huge…
Everyday that we use our cellphones, laptop computers and tablets we should ask ourselves how every African child is preparing for a future driven by these technologies. In this increasingly global and more technology driven society it is imperative that African students…
Patrick Ngowi is the New Face of Africa, an entrepreneur who has lighted up rural Kenya by providing solar power, protecting the environment and making a living as well as creating jobs and uplifting the standard of living of those around him.
Ngowi got…
Reports coming out of Zimbabwe are that the Mugabe regime is back in the business of abductions and opposition party intimidation. In times past the party subjected to these brutal tactics was the Movement for Democratic Change which has grown more media…
Young Leaders from Zimbabwe
500 Washington Fellows arrived in Washington, DC this weekend for one of President Barack Obama's signature programs for Africa is the Young Africans Leadership Initiative (YALI). The selection was competitive with the 500 being picked out of 49,000 applicants across…
It turns out that US First daughter Malia Obama has an internship working as a production assistant at a Spielberg film set for the film Extant. Malia joins other former First daughters in the media arena Chelsea & Jena & Ron. Chelsea…
America is a nation of immigrants from its inception as a modern nation in 1776. Welcome.us, a new non- profit organization, is dedicated to celebrating a United States that is fueled by immigrants from around the world. Led by Tolu Olubunmi, an…
The trade that existed among the people south of the Zambezi around AD915 was between neighboring tribes. Muslim traders had trading centres in the north and east Africa then expanded their trading activities to the south of the Zambezi region. The Muslim…
This month the last of Winston Churchill’s children Mary Churchill Soames died. Winston Churchill was the British Prime Minister who fought and defeated the embodiment of evil in the 20th century in the form of Adolf Hitler and his senseless nazi doctrine.…
She had the high honor of being the first woman and first African American to recite a poem at a Presidential Inauguration.
Anyone who is interested in African American literature has read the works of Maya Angelou who was born Marguerite Johnson…