The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) of 2000 was signed into law with the intent to increasing trade between the United States and Sub-Saharan Africa. The SSA countries that are eligible for AGOA status are Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi;…
Southern Africa's history is massively intertwined and evidence of influential ancient kingdoms has intrigued the world because it serves as evidence of a thriving African people before colonialism. Most of these ancient kingdoms have been linked to periods between 1100 and 1600…
Ivan Van Sertima published a very ground breaking book, "They Came Before Columbus" which showed that black people had travelled to the Americas well before Columbus claimed to have discovered America. He offers archaeological evidence in Mexico and some of Columbus' writing…
Herman Chinery Hesse has been called the 'Bill Gates of Africa' but we would like to believe that he is his own man. An African with the opportunity to develop software that caters to the needs of Africans and African business. He…
Namibia's Women's Football coach, Jacqui Shipanga is an everyday hero trying to make a difference by establishing a football league for women. Through her program she has established the first women's league in Namibia. She uses examples such as Japan's recent victory in the…
The African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa is training students to become the future leaders of the continent. The founder, Fred Swaniker, was born in Ghana but throughout his life, lived in different countries including, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Gambia and South Africa.…
CNN will be honoring the 2011 heroes on December 8, 2011. Lets come together to support Social Entrepreneur Derreck Kayongo who has been nominated will be honored together with 9 other heroes during a ceremony hosted by CNN's Anderson Cooper. Derreck Kayongo is Founder…
Growing up in Southern Africa in the 80s and 90s, movies were synonymous with Hollywood only. In most cases when we saw movies made in Europe or Australia they always seemed to lack the luster and high budget fame of Hollywood. We…
Tell me this: which part of the world has seen its number of democracies increase nearly eight-fold in just two decades? Eastern Europe? No, it’s Africa. Which continent has six of the ten fastest growing economies in the world? Asia? No, it’s Africa. Which country is predicted by some to have the highest average GDP growth in the world over the next 40 years?...
Today there are unprecedented opportunities to trade and grow, raise living standards and lift billions from poverty. So I urge you: seize these opportunities, grab them, shape them.”