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Recent revelations show that a growing group of institutions (Colleges and Universities) not only benefited from the labor of enslaved people, but their founders were themselves enslavers. Many Colleges and Universities including Ivy League institutions used slave labor to build campuses, depended…
Recently, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 American winners of Rhodes Scholarships for graduate study at Oxford University in England. Rhodes Scholarships provide all expenses for two or three years of study at the University of Oxford in England and may allow…
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Mr Akufo-Addo, 76, and his longtime rival, Mr Mahama, 62, of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), are the leading candidates for presidency for a record third time. The two men first ran against each other…
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Founded in Lagos, Paga scaled its fintech business in West Africa, before targeting expansion in Ethiopia and Mexico.
The startup has created a multi-channel network for over 14 million customers in Nigeria to transfer money, pay-bills and buy things digitally through its…
In 1870, one hundred and fifty years ago, Congress ratified the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution allowing African American men to be elected or appointed to national, state, county, and local offices throughout the United States. One hundred years ago,…
Oluwatobi Ajayi, chairman and chief executive of Nord Automobiles Limited wants to make it easy for every Nigerian to drive a brand-new car so he started a vehicle manufacturing and assembly plant. Nord Automobiles is a Nigerian automotive manufacturer with headquarters in…
President Magufuli the man who transformed Tanzania from a 3rd world to a middle-income country is now offering a hand of friendship and economic empowerment to neighboring Malawi. Malawi has been underdeveloped relative to all its neighbors dating back to the colonial…
Uganda's KIIRA Motors has manufactured its first two electric buses. The new Kayoola EVS is a 12-meter low-entry city bus with capacity for 90 passengers (49 seated, 41 standing). The electric motor delivers up to 245 kW. Uganda's KIIRA motors is…