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Youth Power – Leveraging the NextGen's Energy and Enthusiasm for Global Recovery

The global exhaustion we are witnessing and facing today due to the emerging (and challenging) contemporary issues, some related to the way we have to respond and adapt to what is asked from us in professional and personal settings, is highly reflected and rooted in the societies of the globalization era. This chronic fatigue is […]

A List of Black-owned Accommodations on the Continent

African Bush Camps spans Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Zambia and was founded by Beks Ndlovu, a professional safari guide, these luxe tented camp and lodges offer wildlife and safari experiences in some of Africa’s untouched areas. Accra’s Olma Colonial Suites boast intimate hotel features an outdoor pool, a garden to unwind in, and is located in […]

Court Throws Out Nigerian Bid to Make Oil Firms Pay

An Italian court has acquitted energy groups Eni and Shell of $1.1-billion corruption charges related to an oil exploration deal in Nigeria in the biggest corruption scandal in the industry. The long-running case concerns the 2011 purchase by Eni and Shell of a giant offshore oilfield in Nigeria estimated to hold nine billion barrels of […]

The Zulu Kingdom Lays its King to Rest

Goodwill Zwelithini, the 72-year-old king of the Zulu nation in South Africa, was laid to rest at a private ceremony shrouded in secrecy and attended only by a select group of royal men in the early hours of Thursday morning. Yet the days leading up to his funeral have opened a rare window into the […]

New WEF African Global Leaders To Get Aliko Dangote Fellowship

Eleven young enterprising Africans, among them two Nigerians, who have been named Young Global Leaders (YGL) by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for 2021, are to benefit from the Aliko Dangote Fellowship endowed to support African Young Global Leaders.  The beneficiaries are among 112 persons under 40 years of age, selected as Young Global Leaders […]

Energy Industry Will Be The Bedrock Of Africa’s Road To Recovery

African Energy producers and the governments are facing an unprecedented economic crisis due to the Coronavirus, unemployment, recession, and energy poverty and energy transition concerns. The African Energy Chamber’s Road to Recovery: How the African energy industry can reshape itself for a post-COVID comeback offers a commonsense strategy for the public and the private sector […]

How are Plans to Convert the Sahara Desert into an Oasis Going?

The world’s largest desert is growing. In the last century, the Sahara Desert expanded by more than 10%, now covering an area of more than 3.3 million square miles (8.6 million square kilometers) and spanning 11 countries in North Africa. But an ambitious plan, launched by the African Union in 2007, could help to hold […]

FGM Remains an Illegal Practice in Kenya

Kenya’s high court upheld a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) in a landmark ruling on Wednesday welcomed by campaigners seeking to eradicate the internationally condemned procedure. The court was ruling on a petition seeking to legalize FGM on the grounds that the ban is unconstitutional and that adult women should be allowed to do […]

Another Interesting Site is Found in Egypt

A French-Norwegian archaeological team has discovered new Christian ruins in Egypt’s Western Desert, revealing monastic life in the region in the fifth century AD, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said. Mission head Victor Ghica said “19 structures and a church carved into the bedrock” were discovered in 2020, according to the statement. The church walls were […]