Did you know Egypt has discovered the largest Pharaonic city?
Termed as the ‘NEW CITY, It went missing under the sand in Luxor dating back to the reign of Pharaonic King Amenhotep III 3,000 years ago. Source: @AfricaFactsZone
Bethelhem Dejene Abebe, an entrepreneur who wants to disrupt the paper industry
During the first year of her studies at Addis Ababa University, Bethelhem Dejene Abebe visited the Atkilt Tera market, the biggest fruit and vegetable market in Ethiopia, with her mother….
Did you know South Africa is the first African nation to launch a satellite into space?
Sunsat-1 was launched in 1999. A 64-kg microsatellite was built by staff and students at the University of Stellenbosch. The satellite was launched as a secondary payload on a United…
Uzoma Dozie, founder of Sparkle
Uzoma Dozie is the founder of Sparkle, a Nigerian-based online platform that uses technology to build a community of retailers in Nigeria. In other words, he is using technology to build…
Did you know the South African national anthem composes five different languages?
It is not that there are five linguistic renditions of South Africa’s national anthem even though there may as well be. But the legitimate anthem of the Rainbow Nation since…
Ofo Ezeugwu is an entrepreneur, Founder, and CEO of WhoseYourLandlord
Many desire to rent a place where they can have a good landlord. While the idea seems impossible, a Black founder has created a solution that allows renters to have…
Cornelia Kruah-Togba from Liberia
Cornelia Kruah-Togba is a Liberian public servant and advocate for youth and women’s empowerment. She started her career in 2011 as the Youth Program Officer of the Angie Brooks International…
Did you know Alhassan Dantata was West Africa’s richest man in the 1940s?
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote’s great grandfather, Alhassan Dantata was a trader from Northern Nigeria who traded mainly in kola nuts and groundnuts. His distribution pool extended far into Europe and at the…
On this day 7th April in 1956, Morocco regained its independence from Spain.
Morocco gained independence from France on March 2, 1956, and from Spain on April 7, 1956. Until the late King Hassan II officially took the throne on March 3, 1961, the country…
Babatunde Olatunji, the father of African drumming
I am the drum, you are the drum, and we are the drum. Because the whole world revolves in rhythm, and rhythm is the soul of life, for everything that…
Did you know E.E. Ward Moving & Storage is the oldest Black-owned business in the U.S.?
E.E. Ward Moving & Storage was founded in 1881 and is the oldest Black-owned business in the U.S. The company, which started as a stop on the Underground Railroad, has now become a…
Francis Akuamoah Boateng, founder of Ghana’s first solar panel
For Francis Akuamoah Boateng, there could be no better time in history than now to establish Ghana’s first solar panel factory. In international circles and the energy industry, there has…
Did you know the first black Africans to participate in the Olympics were South Africans?
Len Taunyane and Jan Mashiani were the first black Africans to participate in the Olympics in 1904 in St. Louis., and the only blacks to represent South Africa in the…
Did you know Jacob Wilson-Sey is the first recorded indigenous multi-millionaire in the Gold Coast?
For his hard work and dedication to his country years before it gained independence, it is strikingly surprising how Jacob Wilson Sey is not a household name in the history…
Sherien Elagroudy, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering
Ali Abdalla Elagroudy, Sherien is an Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering as well as the director and founder of Egypt Solid Waste Management Center of Excellence at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. She was born and raised in Egypt. Education Sherien holds Bachelor’s…
Did you know McKinley Thompson is Ford’s first Black auto designer?
He’s been called the “Jackie Robinson” of car design. McKinley Thompson, Ford’s first African-American designer, was hired by the automobile manufacturing company at a time the civil rights movement was…
Elizabeth Ohene Writes: The Elections Are Over
If a stranger arrived in our country today, he would not believe that we had our elections back in December, almost four months ago. The campaign billboards and the posters…
Pregnancy not a barrier to education
The Monday, March 25, 2021, issue of the Daily Graphic provided details on a STAR Ghana Foundation dialogue on the government’s re-entry policy for schoolgirls who become pregnant. The dialogue…
Maria Davis-Pierre, Founder and CEO of Autism in Black Inc.
Maria Davis-Pierre is the Founder and CEO of Autism in Black Inc. in West Palm Beach, Florida. Autism in Black Inc aims to bring awareness to Autism Spectrum Disorder and…
Did you know the Cleopatra Needle in London and New York was made in Egypt?
The Obelisk (Greek for “pointed instrument”) was created roughly 3,500 years ago in Egypt. To celebrate Pharaoh Thutmose III’s 30th year of reign, stonecutters carved two obelisks out of granite…