Chemist Tracey Kearse creates AcARRE to satisfy your beauty needs
Acarre is a natural beauty brand created by chemist and CEO Tracey Kearse. Kearse has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Hampton University. Starting a business was natural for the Severna…
The Wedding Party
What happens when you throw in an insecure virgin bride, a reformed playboy groom, two over bearing mothers who can’t stand each other, one philandering husband, a high strung wedding…
Stay with me – Ayobami Adebayo
Set in Nigeria, this novel gives voice to both husband and wife as they tell the story of their marriage–and the forces that threaten to tear it apart. Yejide and…
A new global health pattern: longer life for the poor, with more ailments
With ageing come many benefits, including freedom, wisdom, perspective, and – in many cultures – respect. Unfortunately, the downside is that ageing also brings medical ailments. Many people in wealthy…
Hundreds of Black Women Responding to Home Business Opportunity in the Travel Industry
A new program has been launched that is targeting African American female entrepreneurs who want to work from home in the travel and lifestyle industry. Despite the global Coronavirus pandemic,…
When you stand up for yourself, you stand up for other girls
“Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for somebody else because when a woman decides to stand up for herself, she stands up for other women as well.” – Maya…
Nigeria’s Seed Council to deploy 81,000 metric tons to boost farming
In a bid to boost farming and distribution of food, the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) has certified more than 80,000 metric tons of seeds across the country, according to NASC director-general…
10 African Artists From Toronto to Watch
African-rooted artists are growing in numbers and contributing to the success of the Toronto music scene. Toronto thrives as one of the leading hubs for new music and art that…
Ethiopia’s First Female Superhero Comic ‘Hawi’ Nominated for ‘Best Graphic Novel’
Founder of Etan Comics and Ethiopian writer,Beserat Debebe, has been been nominated for this year’s NOMMO Awards for African Speculative Fiction for his Hawi comic in the category of “Best Graphic Novel”. The Nommo Awards are…
Rocky Dawuni Premieres New Video “Champion Arise”
Ghanaian music star, activist and GRAMMY Nominee Rocky Dawuni has just released a colorful new video for “Champion Arise“ off his “Beats of Zion” album (Six Degrees.) Dawuni’s voice is at its…
Africa: To Stop Falling Behind, Africa Needs Proactive Approach to Beat Pandemics
The novel coronavirus pandemic has claimed over 300,000 lives worldwide, and like in the rest of the world, in Africa is seeing COVID-19 tighten its grip, with over 91,000 confirmed cases, 2,906…
Africa: ‘Let’s Use the Interconnectedness That Spread COVID-19 to Fight It’
AllAfrica’s Esther Rose spoke with Dr Ify Aniebo, an infectious disease expert with a background in molecular biology and genetics, and who co-authored the Lancet paper: COVID-19 – Access to Lifesaving Medical Resources for African Countries….
Five Ways To Help The Travel Industry Right Now
We are still in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic and, while we are slowly starting to lift restrictions, industries like travel and tourism are still unable to operate and…
Rwanda Is Using Robots to Screen COVID-19 Patients
The five new robots have the ability “to screen 50 to 150 people per minute,” says the Health Ministry. Rwanda will be using robots to aid in the fight against…
The Man Introducing China to Afrobeats Through Dance
Until COVID-19 hit, Ghanaian artist Yoofi Greene was China’s Afrobeats evangelist. Now he’s eager to return and finish what he started. From his home in southern China, Yoofi Greene kept an eye…