Africa’s richest woman, Isabel dos Santos — the daughter of Angola’s former president — is under investigation by the Angolan government for allegedelly exploiting the country’s wealth to enrich herself. After a leak of more than 700,000 documents that support that accusations against her, dos Santos’ bank, EuroBic, […]
Amid the big games over the festive period, Congolese football stars may well have their minds focussed on events back home. People in the vast country of the Democratic Republic of Congo are voting in crucial polls to replace 47-year-old President Joseph Kabila two […]
Several weeks ago Childish Gambino’s hit “This Is America” landed online and took the world by storm. The single and video became an instant topic for conversation, a subject for analysis and a cultural moment dominating headlines. In that time, there have been imitators but few have […]
Following a health agreement signed last year, 100 Cuban doctors will travel to Kenya to fill gaps in specialty care at Kenyan hospitals. Fifty Kenyan doctors will be sent to Cuba for specialized training. Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Health Sicily Kariuki said the visiting […]
In what was described as a “new dawn for Africa,” leaders from 44 of the 55 countries of the continent ceremoniously signed a trade pact creating a huge single market from Cape Town to Cairo. The national leaders agreed to eliminate cross-border tariffs and make […]
Meryanne Loum-Martin and her husband bought the land for the luxury hotel in 2000. (Images courtesy of Black Enterprise) One of Morocco’s only Black woman-owned hotels has been 18 years in the making, and owner Meryanne Loum-Martin has no plans of slowing down. After purchasing […]