Botswana Passes Law For Women to Own Land
Botswana Passes Law For Women to Own Land President Mokgweetsi Masisi has passed long-overdue law that will allow married women to own land. Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has reportedly passed a law that will allow…
These Africans Are on TIME Magazine’s Most Influential List
Nigeria’s multimillionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist Tony Elumelu, physician Tunji Funsho and Nigerian-American author Tomi Adeyemi,as well asGambian lawyer and politician Abubacarr Tambadou, Congolese microbiologist Dr Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum are all on TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people list…
Grand jury indicts 1 police officer in Breonna Taylor death
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted one officer on criminal charges six months after Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police in Kentucky. The jury presented its…
Meet the 11-Year Old Boy Who Sells Lemonade to Buy Diapers For Single Moms
Cartier started his organization, Kids 4 Change, when he learned through his friends about the hardships that their single mothers were dealing with. Although his parents are together, Cartier says that…
Ghana to lose GHS802m in 3 years if Customs Amendment Act implemented – Auto dealers, as they plan 7-day demo
Ghana to lose GHS802m in 3 years if Customs Amendment Act implemented – Auto dealers, as they plan 7-day demo Ghana stands to lose more than GHS802 million in three…
EC extends voters exhibition exercise by two days
The Electoral Commission (EC) has extended the voters exhibition exercise by two days. By this, the exercise which started last Friday, September 18, would end on Sunday, September 27, 2020….
Nigeria in plan to deploy natural gas for transportation
The Nigerian government is taking steps to broaden the use of natural gas within the country, with car owners expected to start fueling their vehicles with gas in the place…
African Air Space: Losses and Recovery
This week on Business Africa with Afolake Oyinloye, we discuss how the aviation industry is balancing making money and keeping people safe. Africa faces a difficult choice as infections and…
Guinea electoral register ‘of sufficient quality’ for October elections: ECOWAS
After the distribution of voting cards which began last Saturday, Ecowas certified Guinea electoral register as ‘of sufficient quality’ for October elections. In total over five million voting cards should…
ECOWAS might lift Mali’s sanctions on Friday
The West African bloc ECOWAS will likely decide on Friday whether to lift potentially crippling sanctions imposed on Mali after last month’s coup, its mediator said. The mediator, Nigerian former…
You’ll face our anger if GIPC law is amended to favor Nigerians – GUTA
The Ashanti regional branch of the Ghana Union of Traders (GUTA) has called on the government not to review the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre law against retail trade, to favour…
Ghanaians working together to ensure peaceful elections – Akufo-Addo tells UN
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday announced to the United Nations that Ghanaians have agreed to work together to ensure transparent, free, fair, safe and credible elections. President Akufo-Addo…
This UK entrepreneurs is bringing his haircare line for black men to the us market
Black haircare has become a lucrative business and more Black entrepreneurs have found ways to create more diversity for product selection when it comes to Afro-textured hair. Men’s haircare has also…
Rwanda working on a Startup Act to spur its technological innovation environment
Rwanda will soon join a select group of African countries that have implemented a startup Act supporting businesses and entrepreneurship in the country. For a country of only 12 million,…
Man who was expelled from 10 schools and arrested as a juvenile just earned his Ph.D.
As a young person, Dr. Tommie Mabry from Jackson, Mississippi, was kicked out from 10 schools and was arrested for breaking and entering. However, now, he is an author, motivational…
Paratus Deploys 100Gig Fibre Ring in Zambia
Paratus Zambia confirmed the deployment of a 100Gig metro fibre ring in Zambia – marking a first for the pan-African telecommunications Group. The fibre ring is expected to utilise technology…
Meet the 1st Black Woman to Launch a Solar Energy Company
Kristal Hansley, a woman entrepreneur and advocate for the use of solar power, has made history after launching WeSolar – the first-ever Black woman-owned community solar energy company. She created the company…
1000 Kenyan Schools to be Connected to the Internet
Kenya’s government is planning to spend KES15 billion to allow schools to teach four subjects online. This comes after ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru announced plans to pilot a programme…
Memorial Day Special: Nkrumah’s actual birthday and other interesting facts
I discovered, quite recently, that some of my friends and colleagues were not aware that September 21, which is marked as the day of Nkrumah’s birth, is actually not his…
Ghana Marks Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day
Ghanaians today Monday September 21, 2020 mark Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day as a Statutory Public Holiday. The day is set aside to remember and honour Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr…