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…
Citizens in Mozambique are transforming their liberation and civil war history into a celebration of Art. The new type of Art celebrates the peace in contrast to the civil war that haunted them for 16 years. The Art is made from weapons collected to demobilize citizens…
Another amazing story about an African who has dedicated their life to changing the lives of others. Evans Wadongo is just that story. An ordinary person who is doing extraordinary things. Evans Wadongo (born 11 March 1986) is a …
Dr. Helena NdumeAs we continue our series The New Face of Africa we feature Dr. Helena Ndume an ophthalmologist working in Namibia to help people see again. Helena Ndume is New Face of African progress. She studied medicine in Germany before returning…