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 […]
Nigeria’s Former President, Obasanjo Says Africa Will Decide Her Energy Future
AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa “Africa is the lowest producer of greenhouse-gas emissions and needs to lift nearly half-a-billion citizens out of poverty,” says Obasanjo. “Responsible management of our hydrocarbons and investment in our economies is necessary to ensure a just energy transition and sustainable growth for […]
Mpendulo Jele: Farewell To One Of South Africa’s Noble Sons and Freedom Fighter
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. South Africa lost one of her top diplomats and a distinguished member of the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU), Mpendulo “Squires” Jele. A friend of the media and in particular, The African Times/USA with its offices in Los Angeles where Ambassador Jele served in the […]
Is The “Bad Boy” of Kenyan Politics Ready To Upset The Applecart And Become Africa’s New Good Man?
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa AFRICA and her friends all over the world are keeping their fingers crossed and hoping for the best as Kenya produces new leadership. Barring unforeseen circumstance including a an appeal at the country’s Supreme Court, William Samoei Arap Ruto will be inaugurated […]
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 […]