The life of chess coach Tunde Onakoya is being compared with that of Robert Katende (played by David Oyelowo) from the movie, “Queen of Katwe“, thanks...
The story of a 70-year-old woman eking out a living at a backbreaking job being transformed into a celebrity figure with a song produced by a...
“Welcome to my home,” says Nekeng Chuwang, who points me into the living room of his apartment in Jos, which is on a large estate. I’m...
By Humphrey Njoku, bird story agency Disturbed by the way she’s observed teachers were being treated, 12-year old Chimamanda Yvonne Anyagwa, decided to be a change...
On April 25, 2015, more than 50 people gathered in Harare’s Goëthe Zentrum Institute to attend the country’s first-ever Comexposed convention. All of the other people...
In a poor neighbourhood in South Africa, a mom-and-daughter team have found a way to keep many of their neighbours’ children away from crime and drugs:...
When Queen Uwabuofu had her first son, she was in financial despair and could not afford clothes for her baby. Having trained and worked as a...
On a Saturday morning in Lomé, the Togolese capital, Felix Tagba stands patiently waiting at a crossroads. Clad in blue shorts and a white jersey, ready...
Deep in the Nuba Mountains, in the often-troubled South Kordofan region, a cohort of rural women is building an “oasis of empowerment”. The group comprises mothers...
Natsai Mutezo-Mawoni knows exactly how to unleash the power of the universe. As a chemical technologist, she has been playing with chemical bonds and energy for...
“I am a very positive person, and I hope to spread this positivity around. Each and every person has the right to lead a good life,”...
His art is raising awareness of the world’s problem with electronic waste by using old mobile phone keyboards in his work. This is how he does...
When Walt Disney Animation Studios approached Pan-African animation company Kugali Media for a one-of-a-kind collaboration, it had one clear goal—to get Africans to tell the African...
These days, Nelson Boateng calls himself a “reformed plastic bag manufacturer.” The 36-year-old entrepreneur, who at one time recycled tons of discarded plastic sachets into pellets...
Three African countries have scooped the top slots in a global ranking of countries with the most and best tourist-pulling natural beauty spots. From land to...
It is a day like any other in Harare and, as it is customary, the Glamour Boys, a moniker for the Dynamos Football Club (DFC), are...
On November 23, 2022, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) publically unveiled the official match ball of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON). The “new official...
As the continental men’s Africa Cup of Nations – a 65-year-old biannual event first held in Khartoum in 1957 – got underway, many eyes were firmly...
When the 2021 Olympics began, officials barred Christine Mboma and her teammate Beatrice Masilingi from the 400m race. They were allowed to compete in a 200m...
Lubumbashi, in the southern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is known for its minerals, its football team, a local businessman and an attempt at secession. Cartoons...
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