Promoting Africa
OAFF stands for Online African Film Festival. This initiative has been started and designed by the organisation Cinewax. From the 15th November until the 15th December, you can watch African movies online, from 15 different countries. More about the Online African Film Festival For more than 3 years, the team of Cinewax has been…
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Kizomba is the most represented African dance anywhere in the world. Indeed, which large (or even small) city does not host at least a kizomba evening, or even a festival? Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire, is not far behind. Following the initiative of two kizomba dancers, Abidjan hosted last weekend its first Kizomba…
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The Ivorian Tidjane Thiam, Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse, was awarded the title of "Banker of the Year" on Wednesday, July 11 in London, at the "Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2018" ceremony. This award obtained by Tidjane rewards his efforts in the restructuring of Credit Suisse. He was rewarded for redesigning the bank's strategy,…
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Ivorian journalist and writer Serge Bilé published a few months ago "Yasuke, the black samurai". This is the exciting adventure of a slave torn from his native Africa, who then became the first foreigner to join the prestigious Japanese warrior elite. Who is Yasuke ? He is a man from the Makua community of present-day…
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Ivory Coast sprinter Murielle Ahouré won the world title at the 60m World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, England, ahead of compatriot Marie-Josée Ta Lou, who finished second. In Friday's race, Ahouré crossed the finish line in 6 "97, ahead of Ta Lou (7 sec 05), 2nd in the 100m and 200m at the 2017 London…
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Just an idea in the summer of 2016 and a year later, Dao Fitness is officially launched. Founder of this female athleisure brand that sells both active wear and lounge wear, with the aim of bringing African prints to fitness, Dominique Dao answered some of our questions. Tell us about Dao Fitness and how it all…
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