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Software Developer Andela Receives $100 million in Funding

Software developer training and outsourcing company, Andela has announced a $100 million Series D round. It’s one of the largest ever single rounds raised by an African-focused tech company, keeping pace with Andela’s track record of big-ticket rounds. The round is led by Generation…

America Featured by Editor February 14, 2019

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7 Africans Studying in the US Offered Rhodes Scholarships

The Rhodes Trust has recently announced the 2019 cohort of Rhodes Scholars selected from Rhodes constituencies outside the United States. There are 16 international Rhodes Scholars who are attending or have recently graduated from American colleges and universities. Out…

Europe Featured West Africa by Editor February 8, 2019

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Italy Is Right. France is Practicing Neocolonialism

During the scramble for Africa in the 1880s, there was fierce competition between European countries. With Brexit looming and the European Union scrambling to stay live, there is no appetite for issues like immigration. Countries like Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain are…

Africans With Global Voices Europe Featured Gamechangers by Editor January 30, 2019

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Influential Black Britons- 2019

Now in its 12th year, the Powerlist honors men and women across a wide range of disciplines and industries, including sport, arts, science, business and much more. Aside from the expected big-name personalities on the list, such as Duchess…

Central Africa Featured by Editor January 26, 2019

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The Wedding of the Rwandan President’s Daughter Ange

Rwanda’s only first daughter is finally off the market after marrying her better half Bertrand ‘Billy’ Ndengeyingoma on Friday at a traditional ceremony in Ntebe. The ceremony, known as Gusaba in the Tutsi traditional culture, was held at the President’s rural home…

African Innovation Featured by Editor January 20, 2019

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Mother of Four Creates Agro- processing plant

When the majority of people are starving, they think of employment and a desired well-paying employer. Becoming employers usually does not cross the mind. In developing countries, South Africa included, parliaments develop into the battlefields where ruling parties…

America Featured by Editor January 15, 2019

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The Biggest Black Owned Banks in America

When you choose a bank, do you think about who owns it? Do you think about who gets loans from that bank and who doesn’t? Thousands of Americans started to consider these things when police shootings of two black men inspired rapper Killer…

America Featured The Caribbean by Editor January 11, 2019

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Slave Owners Heavily Edited ‘Slave Bible’ to Remove Passages That Might Encourage Uprisings

When 19th-century British missionaries arrived in the Caribbean to convert enslaved Africans, they came armed with a heavily edited version of the Bible. Any passage that might incite rebellion was removed; gone, for instance, were references to the exodus of enslaved Israelites…

Central Africa Featured Land Issues by Ana Mosioa-Tunya January 9, 2019

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The ‘African’ Museum in Belgium

“Belgium Brings Civilization to Congo,” a gilded bronze statue from 1922 Source .Max Pinckers for The New York Times Belgium reopened its racist universe museum that it calls Belgium’s African museum. This museum is really a celebration of colonialism and the wealth…

African Innovation Africans With Global Voices Central Africa East Africa Featured North Africa Society West Africa by Editor January 4, 2019

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Entrepreneurship and Business Ownership Key to Africa

We at Global Black History believe that history is important to learn from the past to plan and prepare for the future. Part of that future in the 21st century is entrepreneurship and business ownership. We have achieved political independence across the…