Day Nigerian Presidential Candidate Bared His Heart To The African Times-USA
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Attorney Edwin IK Aimufua, a Los Angeles alum who is primed to contest for Nigeria’s highest political office – the Presidency – in 2023, recently paid a courtesy visit to the offices of The African Times-USA in California. During the visit, Mr. Aimufua […]
Firm Wins Award To Build A New U.S. Consulate General in Nigeria
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email The Department of State has awarded Pernix Federal, LLC of Lombard, Illinois the $319 million design-build contract for the new U.S. Consulate General in Lagos, Nigeria. The 12.2-acre site for the new Consulate General is part of Eko Atlantic, a development led by […]
L.A. Times’s Dr. Patrick Plans To Give Back To His Native South Africa – A Vaccine Plant
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email South African-born biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong’s NantWorks has agreed to invest in a manufacturing plant and complex in the country’s Western Cape and aims to produce COVID-19 and cancer vaccines, according to a report by Bloomberg. Technology transfer is expected to take place […]
Traveling In Africa And Beyond Can Come With Some Laughs. Enjoy!
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Travelling to and within Africa can be fascinating, engaging, inspirational and all the other adjectives you can think of. And then there are the funny things you experience and learn; “African massage” is getting banged in a 4 x 4 Range Rover and […]
How Ghana’s Rice Farmers Are Frustrated By The Banks
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Phillip Tetteh Quarshie & Evan Fraser New farming technologies have the potential to improve livelihoods and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Better seed varieties, soil fertility practices and pest management can all increase productivity. A United Nations Development Program report says growth […]
An Afro-Latina Reconnects With Her African Roots As an American Peace
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Jennifer Manzanillo Throughout my life, I have always had a deep yearning to dive into the unknown and discover unique ways to serve humanity. As a Latina of African descent, I also wanted to make connections with the African diaspora around the […]
Boston’s Black Radio Station Partners The Globe To Deepen Relationship
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Created in partnership with Boston Black News (BBN), Boston’s first and only faith-based, Black-owned, FCC licensed FM station and multimedia network, Black News Hour will develop a space for Boston’s Black community to engage and connect with Globe journalists, deepening connections and building […]
COVID-19 Makes Benin The Fastest Place to
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Anne Nzouankeu Benin set up a service early in the COVID-19 pandemic to allow people to register their business online, and now the West African country is the world’s fastest place to start a business, according to a U.N. agency. Sandra Idossou, […]
Jerry Rawlings Is The Man Ghanaians Hated to Love and Loved to Hate
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By Jeffery Haynes Ghana’s Third Republic lasted for just two years – from September 24, 1979 to December 31, 1981. Jerry Rawlings book-ended these two events. In 1979 he stepped aside following an election narrowly won by Dr. Hilla Limann. Rawlings had come […]
Obama’s NBA Africa Investment – A Boom For Basketball on the Continent
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email By John Nauright & Sarah Zipp Former US president Barack Obama’s decision to invest in the National Basketball Association’s Africa venture reflects a lot about his past – his basketball playing youth and his African roots. It also signals that his future ambitions […]