Africa’s population is expected to grow from 586 million in 1995 to over 1.3 billion by 2025. Africa as a continent has the highest population growth rate in the world. Sixteen out of the twenty cities with the highest rates of urbanization…
Archaeological evidence found at Ile-Ife, Nigeria proves glass was produced in sub-Saharan African centuries before the arrival of Europeans. Glass-making was known to have occurred in southwestern Nigeria but it was previously widely believed that glass imported to Africa by Europeans, possibly…
There is a common saying that you reap what you sow; others say what goes around comes around and for Jacob Zuma it has come full circle. He was a one time at the helm of those spearheading the ouster of then…
The African Union (AU) is the successor of the Organization of African Union (OAU) which was founded on May 25, 1963 for the promotion of the Pan African agenda. The OAU successfully campaigned for and aided in the independence of Africans who…
After Mozambique became an independent state in 1975, it provided more support for Zimbabwe's black liberation soldiers fighting for black majority rule. As a result, the war between black liberation war soldiers and white government soldiers also intensified. To counter the efforts…
A new report from the Partnership for a New American Economy Research Fund details the significant economic contributions to the United States economy made by immigrants from sub-Saharan African nations.
The report finds that between 2010 and 2015, the number of African immigrants…
The narrative that we have heard is that Vasco da Gama was the first person to come to Africa. He may have been the first European but, certainly not the first non African person to come to the continent. Archaeological evidence that…
Present day Ivory Coast is inhabited by the Mande, Kru, Akan, Malinke and Voltaic. France’s claim to present day Ivory Coast was recognized by other European powers in the 1880s and eventually declared it a colony in 1893. In the 1940s, many…
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR- I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in…
Telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa, 56, is now worth $1.7bn according to Forbes.
Masiyiwa controls Econet Group, a Zimbabwe-listed mobile phone company that also has investments in financial services, insurance, e-commerce, renewable energy, education, Coca-Cola bottling, hospitality and payment gateway solutions. Econet also has…