Nail Salon Selected to Participate in Facebook’s National Small Business Campaign
Jennifer Purnell, the founder of September Nail Salon, a Black-owned business in Germantown, Tennessee, is proud to announce that her company is being featured in a nationwide Facebook campaign called…
Psychiatrist Launches New Podcast to Reduce Pandemic-Induced Stress and Anxiety
Meet Dr. Ericka Goodwin, a Harvard-trained Board-Certified Psychiatrist, who has launched a new podcast called Better with Dr. Ericka that offers a reprieve for busy, stressed, and overwhelmed professionals that…
Uganda Steps Up Use of Clean Technology to Mitigate Climate Change
When it comes to climate change, Uganda has been doing one thing right, and that is maintaining a small carbon footprint. According to the information from Our World in Data,…
Nagawa quit her job during lockdown for urban farming
At the end of August 2020, Ms Hajarah Nagawa was jobless. She moved from earning Shs1.4 million to nothing after tendering in her resignation to the Non-Government Organisation (NGO) where…
GHS receives medical equipment from Nilex Company to fight COVID-19 in schools
Nilex Company Limited, a company that produces and supplies medical equipment, has donated 10,000 test kits and 10 analyzers to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to tackle the uptick of…
Sierra Leone’s Parliament Votes to Abolish the Death Penalty
Sierra Leone has become the latest country to outlaw the death penalty, after its Parliament approved a Bill replacing relevant sections of the penal code. Until now the death penalty…
Ghana ranked number 1 African country with fastest internet
Ghana has been ranked the country with the fastest internet in Africa by Speedtest Global Index for June 2021. Ghana was ranked 79th in the world, with a speed of…
Meet the HBCU Grad Who Just Bought the TV Station Where She Once Worked as an Intern
Meet April Ross, an HBCU graduate of Alabama State University who is now the owner of WJCN TV-33, a local television station based in LaGrange, Georgia. As an entrepreneur, she…
Meet the Three Sisters With Five HBCU Degrees
The Page sisters — Jamilah, Hadiyah, and Ayannah — have celebrated a special moment together as they all recently graduated with their respective degrees. The three sisters from Alabama, who…
Kenya: Over 200 Students in Tea-Growing Areas to Benefit From Mentorship Program
Nairobi — More than 200 students in 12 tea growing areas will benefit from a mentorship program jointly sponsored by the Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA), PlayPoint Education East Africa…
Rwanda Records Steep Drop in Malaria Cases
A combination of more use of mosquito treated nets and indoor residual spraying preventive interventions has seen Rwanda slash malaria cases by 71 per cent between 2016 and 2021. Indoor…
Ghana’s economy expected to become fastest growing in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021 – Fitch Solutions
Ghana’s economy is expected to become the fastest growing in sub-Saharan Africa this year, Fitch Solutions has said. It is projecting a 4.8% expansion in the economy, consistent with that…
Breonna Taylor’s name unveiled on Sankofa Wall in Ghana
Breanna Taylor, whose brutal killing by the police in Kentucky combined with George Floyd’s murder to spark an unprecedented Black Lives Matter-led global outcry for justice, had her name unveiled…
Gayle King Surprises 14-Year Old CEO With $50K Investment
Gabby Goodwin, a 14-year old girl from Columbia, South Carolina who is the CEO of and founder of GaBBY Bows, is extremely grateful after receiving an investment worth $200,000, of…
First African American to Win National Spelling Bee Overwhelmed With Scholarship Offers
Zaila Avant-Garde, a 14-year old from Harvey, Louisiana, has made history as the first African American winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Since then, universities from all across the…
Namibia: Hospitality Association Gets Its First Female Chair in 34 Years
Despite struggling through a severely stunted phase, the Namibian hospitality trade made history earlier this month when the General Manager of Swakopmund Hotel & Entertainment Centre, Janet Wilson-Moore was elected…
South Africa: Scientists Develop New Method of Diagnosing TB From Skin
A team of scientists, including those from the University of Cape Town (UCT), have developed a new diagnostic methodology enabling a non-invasive, fast and highly accurate way of detecting tuberculosis…
Rwanda: How rural youth project is reducing charcoal usage
Youth who have teamed up to form “Gicumbi New Vision Cooperative” in Gicumbi District are making a fortune from manufacturing modern cook stoves with a vision to set up a…
Meet the Sole Female Owner of the Milwaukee Bucks
Valerie Daniels-Carter, an African American female entrepreneur from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is one of the minority owners of the NBA team Milwaukee Bucks. She is the only single Black woman, alongside…
Rwanda to introduce Covid self-tests
Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) plans to introduce Covid-19 self-testing kits to facilitate people to carry out tests – urgently needed in the battle to curb the virus spread. Dr. Sabin…