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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Adv. Fadzayi Mahere
Lawyer, Advocate, Lecturer, Political LeaderZimbabwe Fadzayi Mahere is a lawyer practicing as an advocate at the Harare Bar, having held roles in at commercial law firms, the International Criminal Court,…
Ririkumutima: Intelligent queen who made Germany colonization so hard in Burundi
Mwamikazi Nidi Ririkumutima Bizama hitanzimiza Mwezi (died 28 July 1917) reigned as QueenRegent of Burundi from 1908 till her death.Ririkumutima was born in the Kingdom of Burundi in the mid-nineteenth…
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, OBE
Mayor of Freetown, Campaigner, Finance ExpertSierra Leone A finance professional with over 25 years of experience in strategic planning, risk management and project management in the public and private sectors,…
Nawal El Saadawi: Egypt’s grand novelist, physician and global activist
Egyptian novelist, physician, sociologist and global activist Nawal El Saadawi died on 21 March 2021 at the age of 89. The author of more than 50 books, she told me in one of…
15-yr-old Nigerian student shares how she beat US, UK, China to win global math competition
Nigerian teenager Faith Odunsi is putting the West African nation on the map after winning the Global Open Mathematics competition. She beat other contestants from Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the…
Percy Lavon Julian
Percy Lavon Julian was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. Dr. Percy Lavon Julian was a trailblazing chemist whose discoveries…
Diagnosed with dyslexia at 8, meet the first Black woman to get a gold medal from Institute of Physics
Nigerian-British scientist Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock won the 2020 William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize for her “exceptional services to science education and physics communication” this October, according to the Institute of…
Meet ‘Mama Beijing’, the Tanzanian woman who chaired the historic Beijing conference on women in 1995
The historic fourth UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China, in 1995 was chaired by Ms. Gertrude Mongella of Tanzania who to this day is called “Mama Beijing” in her home country for…
Idubor, the giant warrior prince of Benin who could uproot palm trees with his bare hands
Idubor came into this world at a time Great Benin was an important state that flourished in southern Nigeria. Also known as Arhuanran (sometimes spelled Aruanran), Idubor would have been the Oba…
Untold history of African kings who ruled India
“The darkest man is here the most highly esteemed and considered better than the others who are not so dark. Let me add that in very truth these people portray…
In Conversation with Polly Irungu: ‘Black people move the internet culture but reap none of the benefits.’
We speak to Polly Irungu, founder of Black Women Photographers, about how she wants to highlight the work of Black women during this pandemic and beyond. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic…
5 African Startups Among 11 To Recieve Grant Funding From UNICEF Innovation Fund
The United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has listed 5 African startups among the 11 businesses to receive financial aid from the UNICEF Innovation Fund. By terms, these selected companies will benefit…