Twitter Goes Kilimanjaro As Climbers Can Now tweet from Up There – The Roof of Africa
TRAVEL & TOURISM – Enjoy the beauty of Africa, Caribbean and other exotic Black destinations. Tanzania has installed high-speed Internet services on the slopes of Kilimanjaro, allowing climbers with a smartphone to tweet, Instagram or WhatsApp their ascent up Africa’s highest mountain. State-owned Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation set up the broadband network on August 16 at […]
Britain Needs Africa Today More Than Ever
New Tory leader and British Prime Minister Liz Truss. By Nicholas Westcott New British Prime Minister Liz Truss has never said much in public about Africa. However, her recent appoints of Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch (nee: Adegoke) and Kwasi Kwarteng, descendants of African immigrants into top posts in her cabinet may suggest that she has Africa on her […]
NoViolet Bulawayo Produces An Instant Zimbabwean Classic In New Novel
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: lifestyle@theafricantimes.com By Tinashe Mushakavanhu In Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo’s new novel Glory – longlisted for […]
South Africans Worry That 45 Years After Steve Biko’s Murder Still Remains Unsolved
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Thandisizwe Mguldwa Steve Biko died at the hands of apartheid security agents at the age of 30 on 12 September 1977. 45 Years On, his Killers are not on the SA Police Service’s most wanted list. After so long, I think President Cyril Ramaphosa […]
Monarchy Faces A Balancing Act With Africa And The Rest of The Commonwealth
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. Queen Elizabeth touring the secretariat of Karu Local council, near Nigeria’s capital Abuja in 2003 By Roger Southall On her 21st birthday, 21 April 1947, when Britain’s Princess Elizabeth was accompanying her parents and her sister on a tour of South Africa, she spoke “to all the […]
Seychelles Diversifies Offering With Sports Tourism In The Mix
TRAVEL & TOURISM – Enjoy the beauty of Africa, Caribbean and other exotic Black destinations. Praslin has been identified as an area where sports tourism facilities can be explored. A number of sites have been identified in Seychelles to build facilities for sports tourism activities as part of the government’s plan to diversify the tourism […]
As a Person of Color: Do You Want to Know Why Sickle Cell is Likely to be In Your Bloodline?
AFRICA WELLNESS This is the section that provides answers to your various health and wellness issues, especially for people of African descent – holistic, diagnostic, curative, historical, and intervention. Our experts will assist with tips on how to improve your quality of life. Editor’s Note: Over the years, cause of many a death among people […]
South Africa Misses Vital Chances As New Zealand wins Los Angeles Rugby 7s Tournament
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: lifestyle@theafricantimes.com By Our Staff with Agency reports Favorites, the Springboks […]
Controversy: Did Burna Boy Create a music genre called Afrofusion?
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: lifestyle@theafricantimes.com By Nnamdi O. Madichie Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu was born […]
Ecobank Graduates Thirty-Five African Women Entrepreneurs From A Leadership Training Program
AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. The African business sector has just become a lot richer. Thanks to the first cohort of 35 women entrepreneurs from 9 African countries who recently successfully completed the Ecobank Ellevate Leadership Training Program. According to Ecobank, this is an innovative impact-driven programme, designed to equip […]