Morocco to Host CHAN After 29 Years
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has unanimously decided to strip Kenya of its right to host the CHAN tournament and awarded same to Morocco. The CHAN tournament is a biennial football...
View ArticleTunisia Leads FIFA African Ranking for the First Time in 15 years.
January 2002, was the last time the North Africans were ranked the best team on the continent a position the Carthage Eagles had assumed the previous July. The Carthage Eagles, who need just a point at...
View ArticleSouth African Finishes Second in Miss Wheelchair World Beauty pageant
Lebohang Monyatsi participated in the maiden edition of the Miss Wheelchair World pageant as one of the two contestants from Africa who participated in the pageant held in Poland. She finished second...
View ArticleSOUTH AFRICA: AIDEN MAKRAM STARS IN DEBUT MATCH
Aiden Markram scored a half-century and took two wickets on his international debut as South Africa completed a clean sweep of their three-match series against Bangladesh with a crushing 200-run...
View ArticleKenya: Music Producer and Headphones maker to promote Art industry
Partnering with headphones maker, PACE Communications, TV and music producer, Jibril Blessing has formed a foundation dedicated to promoting the art industry in Kenya. The foundation will identify and...
View ArticleArtist joins the #MeToo Campaign with her hair
Since the #MeToo started to trend on social media, many people who are passionate about the struggle to end sexual assault and harassment have come up with different ways to make their voices heard on...
View ArticleAFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST
As the race for African Player of the Year and Player of the Year (Based in Africa) is gradually gathering momentum with the announcement of the shortlisted players for the two categories. Eleven (11)...
View ArticleNIGERIA: EMENALO APPOINTED MONACO’S SPORTING DIRECTOR
Former Chelsea Sporting Director, Micheal Emenalo has been appointed Monaco’s Sporting Director. According to the club, he will take charge of “all sports matters”. Emenalo joined Chelsea in 2007 and...
View ArticleHave you Met Ramarni Wilfred?
Ramarni Wilfred is the 11 Years Old genuis who scored 162 on the Mensa’s IQ test to top the list. His scored higher than Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates and Albert Einstein who all have a score of 160....
View ArticleNIGERIA: 27 COUNTRIES STORM CALABAR FOR MISS AFRICA BEAUTY PAGEANT
The Prof. Ben Ayade-led administration has recently organised a pageantry, which serves as a platform aimed at creating awareness about the effect of climate change and its attendant impact. In...
View ArticleKENYA: TRIBUTES POUR IN FOR CALESTOUS JUMA
Following the death of Kenyan academic and notable social media voice Calestous Juma, tributes have continued to pour in from notable Africans. Like when he was alive, news about him continue to...
View ArticleNIGERIA: THIERY HENRY CROWNED KING OF GOALS IN NIGERIA
In a rare show to reward the English Premier League Nigerian fans, Thierry Henry met with the winners of the Guinness “Be a Front Row Fan” promotion as well as other fans. The star who has openly...
View ArticleBeats by Dre features Nigerian Bobsled team in campaign
· Africa’s first bobsled team feature in Beats by Dr Dre video campaign. · The Nigerian women team to participate at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics scheduled for February 9th. The video was part...
View ArticleCameroon: Online Magazine, “From Cameroon” to promote Patriotism
Three youths create an online bilingual magazine to project the good image of Cameroon. The magazine is aimed at promoting tourism, attracting investors and enabling Cameroonians to know all natural...
View ArticleAfro-Jazz Icon Opens Centre to Help Upcoming Musicians
Known in Africa mostly by his stage name “Tuku”, Oliver Mtukudzi has become Zimbabwe’s biggest Afro-jazz icon. The 65 year-old musician taught himself how to play the guitar and has now opened a music...
View ArticleArt Lovers to Bid for Portrait of Long-lost Painting of Nigerian Princess
The portrait of a Nigerian princess which was lost for more than 40 years has been found in a London flat. The painting will be sold at an auction to be screened live in Lagos, allowing Nigerian art...
View ArticleNigeria: NGO and Artistes organize talent hunt to curb crime
Project Alimosho Music Fashion and Award show has in collaboration with some artistes sort the support of the Lagos State Government to use a talent hunt show to reduce the rate of crime. Speaking on...
View ArticleGambia: Youth Ambassador to Promote Job Creation through the Arts
Ambassador of Youth and Sports in the Gambia, Mr Oko Drammeh has begun plans towards a grand and spectacular performance by the country’s and foreign artists to celebrate the country’s 53 years of...
View ArticleInitiative Teaches Bobo Diolasso Inmates to Dance
Although serving various sentences in prison, the inmates of the Bobo Diolasso prison in Burkina Faso are preparing a contemporary dance piece which they have been practicing for the past five months....
View ArticleNigeria: Ford Foundation Donates $600,000 for Museum Project
Receiving the Executive Vice-President of Ford Foundation, Hillary Pennington, and other top executives of the foundation in Alausa, Ikeja, the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode announced that...
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