The value and potential of geographic information system – or GIS, “the science of where” – has become even more obvious this year as the world responds to the COVID-19 pandemic. The science consists of a framework for gathering, analysing and visualising spatial data for better decision-making. Organisations and individuals in Kenya have taken advantage […]

The International Criminal Court has opened an investigation into the End SARS protests in Nigeria. The protest, which began in Lagos on October 8th, was repeatedly dispersed by the police in Lagos and Abuja. Live bullets were reported to have been used in some cases. While that was happening, the Lagos and Abuja gangs targeted […]

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has provisionally won a third term in office with 94.27 percent of the vote, the electoral commission announced, after a bitter election which sparked deadly violence and which opposition voters boycotted. Two main opposition candidates on the ballot had asked supporters not to take part in Saturday’s election, in protest […]

Forty-three leading global investors from Africa, Europe, US and the Middle East have signed up to participate virtually in the 8th Angel Fair Africa on 5th November 2020. The investors are from Angel Africa List, Africa Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, America Capital Association, Women-In-Capital, Viktoria Business Angel Network, Brightmore Capital, amongst others. The […]

Sindika Dokolo, the Congolese businessman has died aged 48. Dokolo was born in 1972 in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo then known as Zaire. The son of a notable art collector, he was raised in Belgium and France, and began collecting at the age of 15. Over his lifetime, Dokolo amassed a sizable […]

By Eric Osiakwan  On the 5th of November 2020, the 8th Angel Fair Africa will be virtual instead of in Dakar, Senegal due to the global pandemic. $23M of deals have happened over the last seven events which brought selected entrepreneurs to pitch to a room of angel investors whose primary intent was to DO […]

The maritime industry is ripe with opportunity for women. According to the International Labour Organization, women account for only 2% of the total workforce in the industry, and this has led to the unprecedented awareness about work opportunities for women. Former African Union Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma called for greater participation of women in maritime industries, […]

CAIRO — After a pivotal poll marred by violence, opposition arrests and accusations of rigging, Tanzania’s electoral commission said late Friday that President John Magufuli had won a second five-year term — a move that led the opposition to call for peaceful protests on Saturday and urge the international community to reject the result. Electoral […]

AFRICA IS HOME TO MORE THAN A BILLION PEOPLE SPREAD ACROSS 54 COUNTRIES AND SPEAKING MORE THAN 3,000 LANGUAGES.SO WHY IS AFRICA USUALLY LIMITED TO A SINGLE NARRATIVE? Screened in Accra, Washington D.C., and New York, the film takes viewers on a journey across the continent to show its truth: Africa is deep, rich, and […]

Dutch fashion house, Daily Paper, has entered New York with a bang. For its first shop, the owners have commissioned a design that pays homage to Africa and uses innovative techniques for its seemingly beaded facade. The owners, of Somalian, Moroccan and Ghanaian descent, hired South African architect Heather Faulding to create a stunning structure […]