Promoting Africa
25-year-old Kenyan Tech entrepreneur Roy Allela has invented smart hand gloves which are capable of converting sign language movements into audio speech. This invention came from the need to facilitate communication with his 6-year-old niece, who was born deaf, and who found it difficult to communicate with her family, none of whom knew sign language.…
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"American actor and martial artist, Michael Jai White, has been enstooled as " Ohene" (king) of Akwamu in Ghana. He now holds the traditional title of "Nana Akoto III, Odopon" (The Tree with Strong Roots That Does Not Fear The Storm). On his Instagram page, the actor posted the video of him being enstooled, and…
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19-year-old Sudanese-Australian model Adut Akech was named the number one female model in the world, beating top supermodels such as Gigi Hadid and Bella Hadid, by Models.com Industry Awards. Broken down in 11 categories going from Model of the Year Women to Celebrity Model Men, "Model of the Year (MOTY) Industry Awards are the voice…
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Today, we're introducing Ghanaian-American engineer and fiber optics inventor, Dr. Thomas Mensah. He is know as the brain behind "the Silicon Valley of Ghana", a center that promotes innovation in technology in Ghana. Dr. Thomas Mensah Born in 1950 in Kumasi, Ghana, Mensah is regarded as one ofthe leading figures in the invention of optical fiber.He holds a PhD in Chemical…
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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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Perhaps the first all black comic book hero creator, Emmy Award winning illustrator Dawud Anyabwile has been spending time in West Africa working to teach kids how to "Draw from the Soul". As the creative mind behind popular cartoons like Rugrats, Wild Thornberries and Daria, Anyabwile most known for his early 90's hit comic series…
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