Prior to the Journal of Negro History there was no body of work that captured the work of black people around the world. The first person to actually value and chronicle the contributions of black people was Dr Woodson Godwin Carter. He…
Senegalese Marieme Jamme vision is in IT investment across African continent
CEO of Spot One Global Solutions, assists foreign companies in entering African markets
Mariéme worked as an asset manager at Citibank, JP Morgan and Lloyds TSB and in various software companies…
Piracy was always a problems for Nollywood filmmakers. There were many 'hustlers' in the diaspora who made their living off pirating movie and keeping all the profits. The business problem that most filmmakers had was distribution and since their core competency is…
In the late 90s and early 2000s there was a general line in certain local circles where they would yell to foreigners, " Go back to your country". It seems in 2012 Africans are doing just that as the streams of opportunities…
Dr. Ernest Chijioke Madu believes that people in the developing world have a right to world-class health care. At his three Heart Institute of the Caribbean clinics --in Kingston and Mandeville, Jamaica, and in the Cayman Islands -- he delivers more than…
Euvin Naidoo is a South African Investment banker and the chair of the South African Chamber of Commerce in America and a strong advocate for foreign investment in Africa. He was born in South Africa and lives in Boston, Massachusetts. Some of…
One writer once said that revolutionaries are never led by people who are poor because they are too focused on what Chenjerai Hove the Zimbabwe author would term ‘politics of the belly’ and if they are too wealthy they cannot understand or…
AGOA has managed to generate 13% annual growth in the apparel industry since its inception. This growth has translated into $914 million in exports from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to the U.S. A major challenge has been that the products are mainly petroleum…
Many people go to the western countries and turn their back on their home countries. Some after many years think of that place that they once called home and decide that it is time to give to the place that molded them…