Tag: africa
Art X Lagos announces participating exhibitors, artistes, and more for its 2017 edition
ART X Lagos on Thursday unveiled the 13 leading international art galleries selected for its 2017 edition. The art fair will feature over 60 artists from 14 countries across Africa and ...
The Film Blog: Lights Camera Africa!!! Film Festival returns with the theme ‘RESET’
The Lights Camera Africa!!! Film Festival, a 3-day cultural event to celebrate independent African cinema, is returning this year with ...
Get ready Africa! Yemi Alade is back on Coke Studio Africa 5
For the fourth time running, one of Africa’s top female acts and two-time winner of the MTV Africa Music Awards ...
Opinion: Lessons Nigeria should take away from Kenya’s Supreme Court decision
by Jide Ojo Last Friday, September 1, 2017 the unprecedented happened in the East African country of Kenya. The Supreme ...
Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG) announces inaugural AIG scholarship recipients
Six young West Africans were announced the inaugural recipients of the prestigious, fully funded Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG) Scholarships ...
Samson Itodo: Liberalizing the electoral process with Independent candidature
by Samson Itodo The Nigerian National Assembly recently passed the independent candidature bill in the ongoing constitutional amendment. This ...
LONGREAD: How to deal with multicultural Africa
I grew up in Nigeria at a time when there was hardly any conflict, not like what exists today but ...
Africa must solve its own problems – Osinbajo
Addressing journalists in Kigali, Rwandan Capital, after attending the inauguration of President Paul Kagame on Friday, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo said ...
Falz reveals beautiful things about Coke Studio Africa 2017
Award-winning Nigerian artist Falz famed for hits like “Jeje”, “Soft Work” and “Soldier” returns to Coke Studio Africa for a ...
Opinion: Nigerians and our obsession with all things western
by Isa Eneye Mubarak The adventures of Europe into Africa were masqueraded under the notion of European’s civilizing mission ...
Cyrus Agbo, Ifeoma Williams, Paul Okeugo, others to host the maiden edition of Africa’s largest conversation on education and industry
The reality of the growing divide between education and industry in Nigeria and consequently, Africa is one that majority of ...
“Coke Studio Africa 5 is cooking something hot”, Chidinma reveals
Nigerian songstress Chidinma best known for the hit songs, “Jankoliko”, “Kedike” and “Emi ni Baller” returns to Coke Studio Africa ...
Lagos will become Africa’s third largest economy before I die – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Lagos will become Africa’s third largest economy in a short time. Obasanjo made this ...
YouTube Go, Google.org grants | 5 reasons you should be excited about Google’s emergence in Nigeria
Google CEO, Sundar Pichai was in Lagos days ago for the final lap of the Google for Nigeria event and ...
4 takeaways from Macron’s almost distasteful racist rant
“The challenge in Africa is very different, and much more profound. It is civilizational today. What are the problems in ...
“Excellence is not innate, it is cultivated with effort and supported by passion” | Mimi Kalinda speaks with Leading Ladies Africa
Mimi Kalinda’s love for Africa is clearly unparalleled. It has constantly fueled her passion to empower Africans into seeing the ...
Opinion: Why our greeting culture must evolve
by Nimi Princewill There are values Africans hold on to quite strongly, that people who are considered to be of ...
Magu named Commonwealth anti-graft vice chairman
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has been named the Vice-Chairman of the Heads ...
Opinion: Mitigating the effects of urbanisation on nature in Africa’s development
by Femi Tunde Okunlola In 1972 following the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden between the ...
Opinion: How Africa can stop the surge of cyber crimes
by Michael O. Ogunjobi Over the years, a surge in technological innovations has led to a remarkable rise in novel ...
Opinion: What is wrong with being trash?
by Adefolami Ademola With the way the ‘MENARETRASH’ hash tag has become a national poise, creating social media unrest, the ...
Opinion: Africans crave freedom yet neither hate bondage nor love it!
by Nimi Princewill “Indifference” best describes the willpower of a great portion of Africans who desire, yet slumber on their ...
Africa Communications Week: How do narratives about Africa impact the development of the continent?
The Lagos edition of the 1st annual Africa Communications Week hosted by IE Business School and The BBC Company will ...
Microsoft to launch datacentre in Africa to boost economy
by Omoleye Omoruyi Software giant, Microsoft, has announced plans to establish datacenter in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. This announcement continues ...
African time: The world is laughing at us – Jidenna
American rapper, Jidenna has said the world mocks Africa over its lateness culture known as ‘African Time’. The singer said ...
#NotTooYoungToRun: 5 Takeaways from Emmanuel Macron’s victory
by Mark Amaza It is a week since 39-year-old Emmanuel Macron was elected as the new President of France, making ...
Pius Adesanmi: Donald Trump | Africa is not the owner of this corpse
by Pius Adesanmi Africa and similes are now back in big business. Our friends in America’s punditry are all rushing ...
FIFA confirms more World Cup slot for Africa
by Azeez Adeniyi The FIFA Council during its meeting in Bahrain has confirmed that Africa could have as many as ...
Wizkid, Davido, Don Jazzy named in Forbes Africa’s top 10 richest musicians
by Azeez Adeniyi Four Nigerian artistes have featured in the recently released list of richest African musicians by Forbes Africa. ...
“You are only as good as your staff. Hire smart people.” | LadyBoss Viola Ogbunude answers #LLA’s 10 questions
For Viola Ogbunude, entrepreneurship has just one language: SMART. From what started as a response to a post-childbirth experience, she ...