10 Breakfast Hacks That Will Change Your Mornings
Many would argue that breakfast food staples are the best foods in the world. Part of what makes them great is that they’re delicious in almost any combination and prepared anyway, which makes...
View ArticleGuide To Rural Ghana: What You Need To Know Before You Go
When a good friend of mine, Laylaa, returned from doing field research in a small, low income area called Nii Boi Town (near La Paz in the capital Accra), I was interested to hear what she had...
View ArticleUber: Hacking South Africa’s Cities In A Taxi Cab
One of the most disruptive brands ever, Uber helped unite the taxi industry and social media, and it’s alive and well in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Lagos. In South Africa,where unemployment...
View Article10 Things You Didn’t Know About Equatorial Guinea’s President, Teodoro Obiang
Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is Africa’s longest-serving leader, having been in power since the 1979 coup that overthrew his uncle, former President Francisco Macías...
View Article10 Mystical World Heritage Sites In Africa
Some world heritage sites in Africa are so mystical that it’s hard to believe they are real. People travel here to experience a miracle, or take in the powerful energy of the place — or just be in the...
View ArticleGhana Looks To Produce Raw Materials And Finished Goods
From Ghana Web President John Dramani Mahama has recounted Ghana’s role as the trail-blazer in Africa on account of her leading role in virtually all the political activities of the continent stressing...
View ArticleHow Tax Reform Will Boost Revenue For Angola
From Macauhub Angola’s Executive Project for Tax Reform (PERT) had a cumulative impact of 361.100 billion kwanza (US$3.647 billion) in non-oil tax revenues from 2011 until the end of the first half of...
View ArticleProfit For Kenya’s Central Bank Hits $157M
Written by Jackson Okoth | From Standard Digital The Central Bank of Kenya ( CBK) posted a net surplus of Sh13.5 billion from Sh3.6 billion the previous financial year. However, the bank of last...
View ArticleGetting Around Lagos, Nigeria Without Losing Your Sanity (or Money)
Though there are many horror stories about the traffic and public transportation systems in Lagos, most of them are severely exaggerated. It’s true that traffic in the city can be terrible, but it can...
View ArticleEveryday Sayings That Make No Sense
The English language is a weird thing, and we are constantly inventing new ways to express ourselves. Unfortunately, sometimes we try to get a bit too creative, and don’t realize that the expressions...
View Article10 Things People are Tweeting About Peyton Manning’s NFL Touchdown Record
Peyton Manning set the NFL’s new all-time record for career touchdown passes. He threw his 509th completed touchdown pass to teammate Demaryius Thomas on home turf at Denver’s Sports Authority Field at...
View ArticleWorst Songs of the Last Decade
“Baby,” Justin Bieber The lead single on his debut album, Justin Bieber’s “Baby” gave 12-year-old girls everywhere a reason to catch Bieber Fever. But nobody, I repeat, absolutely nobody, else, should...
View ArticleOil and Gas Africa: Ophir Runs Up The Score In Equatorial Guinea
As a frontier market, the countries of Africa represent both tremendous opportunities and tremendous risks. On the risk side of the ledger are all the usual complications of international trade and...
View Article10 Things You Didn’t Know About South Africa’s Springbok Rugby Team
Rugby is more than a sport in South Africa – it’s a way of life. Though it hasn’t reached the all-encompassing popularity of football, it still enjoys a massive following. The Springboks rugby union...
View ArticleCar Bomb Targets Egyptian Security Force, Kills At Least 25
Reporting & Writing by Yusri Mohamed, Maggie Fick From Reuters A car bomb killed at least 25 Egyptian security personnel in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday, security sources said, in some of the...
View ArticleHow Liberia’s Slum Dwellers Are Fighting Ebola Without Gov’t Help
Written by Heidi Vogt | From The Wall Street Journal Two months after Liberia’s largest slum fought a government-imposed Ebola quarantine, residents are in a desperate push to conquer the deadly...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Lumia 730 Smartphone On Its Way To South Africa
From It Web Africa Microsoft’s dual SIM card smartphone, the Lumia 730 is expected to be available in South Africa next week, the software giant announced on Thursday. A statement from Microsoft says...
View ArticleSatellite City To Sprout From $1.7B Tanzania, China Investment Deals
From Reuters Africa Tanzania and China have signed investment deals to build a $1 billion satellite city and $500 million financial centre in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, the latest sign of...
View ArticleFashion Trends That Need To Be Stopped
Inappropriate hat-wear There are two major offenders in the inappropriate hat-wear game: fedoras and knit caps. The two couldn’t be more different, but are both more likely to make you look like an...
View Article10 Fall Produce Items You Should Be Using More
This fruit is also called a feijoa but nicknamed the pineapple guava because it has the qualities of both of those delicious fruits. The fruit looks similar to small, unripe avocados, and inside has a...
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