Moses and Patricia Mawa are breaking the immigrant glass ceiling while writing living history in the 21st century. Their influence extends beyond the borders of Canada where they live to Europe and many parts of Africa. A remarkable feat for first generation…
It has been said that success is opportunity meeting preparation. If you have dreamt of going to the United States of America and you are a driven young person and you would like an opportunity to go to the United States for…
Congratulations to the World Economic Forum: Young Global Leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa 2013
Ola Orekunrin
Ola Orekunrin
Dr Ola Orekunrin is the Managing Director of Flying Doctors Nigeria Ltd, West Africa’s first Air Ambulance Service. She graduated from the University Of York, one of…
Kakenya Ntaiya and Students
Kakenya opened her first primary school in 2009, The Kakenya Center for Excellence which currently enrolls more than 150 girls. Please visit http://www.kakenyasdream.org to learn more.
The Kakenya Center for Excellence (KCE) is a non-profit organization focused on serving the…
Joyce Banda, Malawi
Joyce Banda is the President of Malawi. She became the first female head of state of the landlocked country in southeastern Africa. An educator and grassroots women's rights activist, she was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2009 and…
African Immigrants in the US
While watching Africa Straight Up I was excited to see people who were trying to challenge the conversation about Africa as depicted in Western Media. However, something also concerned me. Some of the Africans they chose to champion…
President Barack Obama
Thank you so much.
Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting our union moves forward.
It moves forward because of you. It moves forward because you reaffirmed the…
Jacob Zuma ousted Mbeki to assume his party’s leadership position at a time when the world was beginning to see the cracks in the party once known as the Peoples party. African National Congress (ANC) is the very party that struggled and…
Uhuru is a Kenyan/Swahili word that means freedom.
Facts about Ida
• Wife of Kenyan PM
• Worked as a teacher for 20 years
• First woman Managing Director equivalent to CEO of a major corporation; East Africa Spectre in 2003
• Mentored many successful women influencing…
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…