Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine’s New Initiative: A School To Teach Skills To Inner City Pupils
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Analysis By Edmund Adjapong, Nolan Jones & Shaun Dougherty Music producers Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine have announced plans to open a Los Angeles high school that will focus on, among other things, inspiring students to become entrepreneurs. The public school, which will be part […]
Why Africa needs to prevent Ethiopia from going down Rwanda’s path
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Edward Kissi Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the global tourism industry contributed US$9.2 trillion, or 10.4%, to global GDP. It was considered one of the fastest-growing industries, accounting for at least one in every four new jobs globally. Fast forward to 2021, and the pandemic […]
How Oil Workers In Nigeria’s Restive Niger Delta Sleep With One Eye Open
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Ben Edokpayi, Senior Contributing Editor/The African Times-USA The early morning ritual of a shower had just ended and this reporter was dressing up when the alarm on the Asabo oil platform on the Atlantic Ocean off the Nigerian coast sounded off. […]
Why Accra’s property boom hasn’t produced affordable housing
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Tom Gillespie African cities are among the fastest growing in the world, leading to rising demand for urban housing. Housing policies promoted by international organizations such as the World Bank since the 1980s have stimulated housing markets in order to address this demand. As a result, […]
All Hell Broke Loose When a Black boxing champion ‘Kicked The Behind’ of the ‘Great White Hope’ in 1910
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Chris Lamb An audacious Black heavyweight champion was slated to defend his title against a white boxer in Reno, Nevada, on July 4, 1910. It was billed as “the fight of the century.” The fight was seen as a referendum on racial superiority […]