Promoting Africa
Last Thursday December 20, 2018, British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua was presented with an OBE for his services to sport, by the Prince of Wales. OBE which stands for "Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire", is a Queen's honour given to an individual for a major local role in any activity…
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Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu is a lead engineer on InSight, NASA’s spacecraft which recently landed on Mars, and is in charge of the mission’s robotic arm mechanism. Growing up, Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu was fascinated by the planes, and envisioned a future where robots would fly them. “I was fascinated by replacing human pilots with computers." The robotic arm The…
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Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been voted BBC African Footballer of the Year for the second time in a row. The 26-year-old beat Medhi Benatia, Kalidou Koulibaly, Sadio Mane and Thomas Partey to the prize. The Premier League's player of the year scored 44 goals in 52 games for Liverpool last season."It's a…
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Streaming giant Netflix announced on Monday that it will launch, in 2019, it's first original series made in Africa: Queen Sono Queen Sono is a thrilling story about a kickass female secret agent who fights crime while dealing with crises in her personal life. The series which is set in South Africa, will star Quantico actress Pearl Thusi. The show which…
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Addis Ababa has overtaken Dubai as a destination and transfer hub for long-haul passengers to Africa, thanks to the reforms of the new Ethiopian administration. According to ForwardKeys, Addis Ababa airport has increased the number of international transfer passengers to sub-Saharan Africa for five years in a row, and in 2018 has surpassed Dubai, one…
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Senegal inaugurated on December 6, the much awaited Museum of Black Civilisations, the world's largest museum of collection of black art. Since the colonial era, most of Africa's artifacts were taken and placed in western museums, ripping Africa from its cultural history, and preventing African countries from telling their own story.This is now changing, with…
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The long awaited Global Citizen Festival took place at the FNB Stadium, on Sunday in Johannesburg, to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday. On December 2nd, 2018, Global Citizen brought together its largest contingency of heads of state, dignitaries, a group of the world’s most talented artists and influencers, and thousands of global citizens to celebrate…
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