Uganda Airlines Flies the Lagos Route
TRAVEL & TOURISM – Enjoy the beauty of Africa, Caribbean and other exotic Black destinations. Uganda Airlines has launched flights between Entebbe and Lagos, with the inaugural flight touching down in Nigeria last week. The flight will operate on Mondays, Thursdays, and Sundays, using a 258-seat Airbus A330-800neo. “Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy while Uganda’s […]
African Universities Are Off to a Strong Start in Global Ranking
AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. Universities across Africa can drive prosperity through innovation. Westend61 World university rankings are released towards the end of each year. Institutions globally scramble to see how they have fared. Have they risen or fallen? If so, by how much and in which rankings? Have they maintained […]
Fight Over Second-hand Clothing Brews In Uganda
AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. By Rodney Muhumuza Jostling for space, people jam the crowded footpaths crisscrossing a massive open market in Uganda’s capital. They are mostly looking for secondhand clothing, sifting through underwear for pairs that seem new or trying on shoes despite getting pushed around in the crush. […]
AU Passport would provide boon to Intra-Africa air travel
AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. Southern Africa Tourism Update reports on new study by the international airline organization IATA and the AU efforts to expand inter and intra connectivity of Africa’s airports and countries. IATA announced a 26.1% year-on-year rise in African air traffic; a leading aviation analytics firm believes […]
‘The Black Book’ on NetflixRaises The Bar For Nollywood
ARTS, STYLE & ENTERTAINMENT This is YOUR lifestyle gallery – of what is new and what is happening in the U.S. And the Black World, not excluding Africa. For this section if you have any news we should know about – let us know at: [email protected] By Ezinne Ezepue Nigerian thriller The Black Book has been in […]
Bethann Hardison’s Trailblazing Role Changed the Color of Modeling In America Forever
ARTS, STYLE & ENTERTAINMENT This is YOUR lifestyle gallery – of what is new and what is happening in the U.S. And the Black World, not excluding Africa. For this section if you have any news we should know about – let us know at: [email protected] By Hanna Flint When Bethann Hardison was a kid […]
Where Do African Americans Stand in the Israel/Palestine Conflict?
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Caleb Onyeabor/Special to The African Times/USA Amid the rekindled and protracted conflict between Israel and Palestine, the world finds itself taking sides as the recent violent attack by Hamas on October 7th prompted a forceful Israeli response, leading to an escalation marked by significant […]
The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Stuart Reid ABOUT THE BOOK A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo. It was supposed to be a moment of great optimism, a cause […]
Counterpoint: Africa Needs America To Blow
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Caleb Onyeabor The growing sentiments by most Africans for Africa to ditch the West and embrace the East is borne out of issues that are historically and contextually relevant. Why the concerns about the shortcomings of the West are not out of place, the […]