State Of Minorities In Africa: There Is Some Good News
In part one of this AFKInsider mini series we examined the tremendous diversity of religions, ethnicities and languages across the African continent. Last week the Minority Rights Group International...
View ArticleBRICS New Development Bank To Open In China In 2016
The proposed BRICS New Development Bank will open in Shanghai, China, in 2016 and it will engage in infrastructure projects — mainly in the BRICS countries — according to the news agency ITAR-TASS. An...
View ArticleBranson Centre of Entrepreneurship Alumnus Shares Experience [Part 2 of 2]
In the second part of AFKInsider‘s exclusive look into South Africa’s Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship, restaurateur and former Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship student Miles Kubheka tells us...
View ArticleIs Kanja Destined To Be King Of Afrobeat In The US?
Afrobeat, a genre pioneered by Nigerian musical great Fela Kuti, is huge in West Africa and growing in the U.K. but it hasn’t reached mainstream U.S.A., according to stakeholders. Kanja Muchoki plans...
View ArticleIvory Coast Gold Output to Increase 30 Pct by 2016
From Reuters Africa Ivory Coast gold output is expected to reach 22 tonnes in 2016, an increase of around 30 percent from 2014 estimates, due to the start-ups of two new mines, the country’s mines...
View ArticleWill Big Data Help Germany Win the World Cup?
Written by Gareth van Zyl | From IT Web Africa Big data has become a buzzword in corporate boardrooms, but it could also mark the difference between winning and losing a football world cup final....
View Article10 Of The Funniest Comedians In Ghana
In the news lately for promoting marijuana use and his alleged beef with fellow comedians, Kwadwo Nkansah, aka Lil Wayne, is one of Ghana’s most popular comedians. He is a man who loves center stage...
View Article10 Things You Didn’t Know About Francophone African Linguistics
There are 31 Francophone African countries — nations where French is either the first or second language. But they seldom receive the type of press devoted to their Anglophile African counterparts. You...
View Article10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Make With Avocado
Avocado nuggets? What? These little treats are flaky and crunchy on the outside, and oozing with warm, creamy avocado on the inside. We like that this recipe from Healthwithoutsacrifice that uses panko...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s Construction Industry Expected to Slip
From SA Commercial Prop News New forecasts from the JSE’s construction and materials index suggest that the South African construction sector is struggling mainly due to muted economic growth and...
View ArticleFighting Ebola In Urban Africa: Better Survival Chances?
The ebola virus fatality rate is as high as 90 percent, but Canadian Dr. Tim Jagatic of Doctors Without Borders says he saw a survival rate of 50 percent in a group of patients in Conakry during the...
View ArticleItaly Decides To Lift Travel Ban On Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh
From Ahram Online Italy has decided to lift its travel ban on the popular Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh in South Sinai, its ambassador to Cairo Maurizio Massari said on Wednesday, as reported by...
View ArticleEthiopian-Egyptian Cooperation Increases
From AlMonitor Cairo is working on resuming the Ethiopian-Egyptian activities that were suspended on all levels. This comes in tandem with the preparations for the expected visit of Egyptian President...
View ArticleExperts Warn Of Ghana Food Shortage
From Ghana Web The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) made a passionate appeal to the government to urgently release fertilizers to farmers to avert low crop yield this year and imminent food...
View ArticleTransport Magnate Murdered In Kenya
From The Voice of Russia A prominent Kenyan businessman was shot dead in Kenya’s port city of Mombasa late Friday, police and eyewitnesses said. The murder of transport magnate Shahid Bhat, which...
View ArticleMilitary Breaks Truce Before Talks: Mali Government
From Business Standard Armed groups in northern Mali were on the move today in violation of a truce ahead of peace talks next week, the government said, amid reports of renewed fighting. “Corroborating...
View ArticleIMF Says It Will Restart Malawi Funding Discussions
From StarAfrcia The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it will by October resume talks with the Malawian government on support under the Bretton Woods institution’s Extended Credit Facility...
View ArticleMozambique Projects $80M In Fish Exports In 2014
Mozambique is looking to increase its fish exports for 2014. Its fisheries ministry announced it is targeting a six percent increase in fish exports this year, earning the country $85 million in...
View ArticleMorocco On High Alert Following Terror Threats
From MSN Money Morocco has put its security services on high alert after intelligence reports revealed a “serious terror threat” from Islamist militants returning home after fighting in Iraq and Syria,...
View ArticleSenegal Nationals Urge Suspension Of Relations With Israel
From Business Standard Senegalese nationals have urged their government to suspend diplomatic relations with Israel due to the ongoing offensive in Gaza strip, a media report said. They expressed their...
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