Promoting Africa
One of the world's leading music groups, Universal Music Group (UMG) has signed an exclusive recording agreement with award-winning Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage. She becomes the first female African artist to sign a global deal with Universal Music Group. "Under this agreement, Tiwa will make music with UMG and have access to their infrastructure and…
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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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A huge congratulations to Nigeria’s Tiwa Savage. The singer, songwriter, performer and actress made history. She became the first solo woman to win Best African Act at the MTV EMAs. The awards were held in Bilbao, Spain. The Bizkaia Arena (Bilbao Exhibition Centre) in Barakaldo hosted the star studded event. Tiwa was announced as the…
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Nigerian face model Adetutu Alabi is using social media to create awareness and change the narrative of people with tribal marking in Africa. Body marking has been used for centuries in parts of Africa to indicate a person’s tribal heritage. They are usually inscribed on the body by burning or cutting of the skin during…
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Inspire, empower and elevate women to get out of their own way, and simply "do". That is the mission of "Twenty-Four Hour Woman", an online and in-person community of women, founded by Victory Omotayo. In this interview we had with Victory, you'll learn more about TFHW : Twenty-Four Hour Woman "Twenty-Four Hour Woman (TFHW) is an online and…
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As one of the largest social media outlets in the world, Instagram is becoming the top social media outlet for Africans that love and breath art. Instagram began to take off in 2010, first only exclusively on iPhones and then eventually opening up their platform to Androids. Instagram created the ability for everyday, regular people…
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"In Africa, corruption not only saps our economic strength, it is killing us (Odeh Friday). However, many citizens fight to eradicate this phenomenon, but we rarely hear about them. We recently connected with Odeh Friday, Country Director of Accountability Lab Nigeria, through which we discovered a company which contributes to the good happenings around Africa. What is…
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