The Great Verónica I Guterres Kandala Kingwanga, ruled from
1681 to 1721, and consolidated the control of the Guterres dynasty while
creating a lasting precedent for female rulers. Verónica is believed to have
been a pious Christian, but also a fervent believer in Matamba's independence.
In…
Uganda’s
President Yoweri Museveni became the country’s political leader in 1986. At the time Uganda was considered one of the
poorest countries in Africa. What is not
always mentioned about the economy of Uganda is that Uganda is one of the few
African countries that actually…
Kwame Nkrumah was born in 1909, in the south west part of the Gold Coast (present day Ghana). His father was goldsmith who belonged to the Nzima tribe. Nkrumah was educated at the Roman Catholic Mission School and the great secondary school…
On 13 March, Prof Tshifularo performed the first middle ear transplant on a patient born with an underdeveloped middle ear, effectively replacing the hammer, anvil, and stirrup, the ossicles that make up the middle ear with 3-D printed bones. 3D-printing technology is used to…
Sierra Leone is a small country in West Africa. The economy of Sierra Leone is an agro-based economy. 50 to 80% of the population makes a living through agriculture. Cocoa and coffee are the main crops grown for commercial purposes.
1980s &…
Maggie L. Walker was the first African American woman in the United States to found a bank. St Luke Penny Savings Bank opened on November 2, 1903 in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy, in the midst of the Jim…
The 11th
of March to commemorate the day of Moshoeshoe’s death. Moshoeshoe Day is a
national holiday in Lesotho celebrated every year.
Military Capability:
Moshoeshoe was a true African leader
who united the decentralized chiefdoms of the neighboring people. Moshoeshoe was a famous warrior who
defended…
The discovery of diamonds in the 1870s and gold in the 1880s
quickly led to a monopoly in the mining, processing and selling of these
minerals. DeBeers Consolidated Mines controlled the diamond monopoly while the
gold monopoly was controlled by the Chamber of Mines. The…
Aliko Dangote’s plan to reduce Nigeria’s dependency on fuel imports will carve out an even bigger slice of the nation’s $376 billion economy for his empire.
Dangote’s future—and, as he likes to say, that of the entire continent’s …
In Nigeria among the Igbo
people there is a saying;
“When two brothers fight to the death it is the stranger who inherits the land”
This saying reflects the wisdom of the African
elders on the dangers of disunity. It is meant to…