How Lack of Financial Investment In Her Popular Sports Is Robbing Kenya of Championship Medals
AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. By Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu The 2022 World Athletics Championships ended in relative disappointment for Kenya, which continued its decline in the overall medal standings. Since the 2005 championships in Helsinki, when Kenya ranked ninth with only seven medals, the team has been exceptionally consistent. […]
New US/Africa Trade Agreement: Key Issues On The Table
AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. By Kefa M. Otiso & Francis Owusu Last year, the US’s Biden administration announced plans to increase two-way trade and investment between the US and Africa. The starting point was a revamp of the Trump-era “Prosper Africa initiative”. As American secretary of state Antony Blinken […]
The Beyoncé Effect Ushers In a Renaissance for African artists
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] Beyoncé on stage in South Africa in 2018. Her […]
No. 1 Auction House Honors “The Michael Jordan Mystique” – N0. 23
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] Sotheby’s is proud to present INVICTUS, a special two-part […]
US ‘new chapter’ for Africa: A Robust Response To A China/Russia Incursion?
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Tracy Wilkinson With Russia and China looming in the background, America’s top diplomat was in Africa last week to pitch a “new chapter” in U.S.-Africa relations, promising robust trade and calling for democracy despite political upheaval in much of the continent. U.S. Secretary of […]
Lilian Ngoyi: The Untold Story of the South African Heroine Who Foresaw The “Death” of Apartheid Before The Men Did
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. Detail of a photo of Lilian Ngoyi making a speech in 1960. Azola Daniel/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA EDITOR’S NOTE: The month of August is officially observed as Women’s Month throughout South Africa. The entire month is devoted to the celebration of the contributions of women […]
Monkeypox Epidemic Nothing To Panic Yet Not A Monkey Business
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. Multiple champions Nigeria, in black, were beaten by Morocco in the Wafcon […]
Billion Dollar Used Clothes Business Part Of Africa’s Creative economy and fashion sense
AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. By Karen Tranberg Hansen In recent years, the global secondhand apparel market for clothing and shoes has grown exponentially. In 2002 used clothing exports were worth US$1.4 billion. Despite a slowdown during the COVID-19 pandemic exports were close to US$4 billion in 2020. Some of […]
Eco-Violence Defines Incessant Herder/farmer Bloody Clashes in Sahel Africa
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Olumba E. Ezenwa & Thomas Stubbs The Sahel – a 5,000km long strip of the African continent stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Red Sea – has become the most neglected and conflict-ridden part of the planet. Millions of people have been displaced […]
Africa’s Women Soccer Enters A New Era As South Africa Beats Morocco
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. Multiple champions Nigeria, in black, were beaten by Morocco in the Wafcon semi-final. AFP via Getty Images By Chuka Onwumechili The Women’s African Football Championship )(WAFCON) final between Morocco and South Africa in Morocco marked a new era. With it, women’s soccer in Africa has […]