The Global Innovation through Science and Technology Finalists have been announced. The top 15 idea stage finalists are: Adwoa Asiedua Boateng, Ghana; Alim Khamitov, Kazakhstan; Cynthia Ndubuisi, Nigeria; Dessy Aliandrina, Indonesia; Eshmuradov Dilmurod, Uzbekistan; Gargy Lahiry, Bangladesh; Onyedikachukwu Igili, Nigeria; Islam Azeddine…
Ebola viruses are found in several African countries including Liberia, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) . Ebola was first discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.…
Long Walk to Freedom is a must read for every self-respecting black person. It should be a on the reading list in all schools not just because it is the story of one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century.…
This week several young and promising leaders were assembled in Washington DC for President Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). Hastings Mkandawire is one of the nine Young African Leaders’ Initiative (YALI) fellows from Malawi now in Washington, DC, participating in the…
In front of 500 exceptional young leaders, President Obama announced the renaming of the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders in honor of Nelson Mandela. He also announced that the United States intends to double the number of annual participants in the Mandela Washington Fellowship to…
The People of Africa v. Their Western Saviors
In American media and pop culture, Africans remain objects of our pity or moral outrage or fascination. The images are deeply disturbing, even enthralling, but they aren’t really about Africans; they’re about us. FRAMED…
Everyday that we use our cellphones, laptop computers and tablets we should ask ourselves how every African child is preparing for a future driven by these technologies. In this increasingly global and more technology driven society it is imperative that African students…
Patrick Ngowi is the New Face of Africa, an entrepreneur who has lighted up rural Kenya by providing solar power, protecting the environment and making a living as well as creating jobs and uplifting the standard of living of those around him.
Ngowi got…
Young Leaders from Zimbabwe
500 Washington Fellows arrived in Washington, DC this weekend for one of President Barack Obama's signature programs for Africa is the Young Africans Leadership Initiative (YALI). The selection was competitive with the 500 being picked out of 49,000 applicants across…
The trade that existed among the people south of the Zambezi around AD915 was between neighboring tribes. Muslim traders had trading centres in the north and east Africa then expanded their trading activities to the south of the Zambezi region. The Muslim…