Is Rapper 50 Cent Moving To Africa Amid Bankruptcy?
US-based rapper 50 Cent could be moving to a unknown location in Africa after he filed for bankruptcy in the US. The “Get Rich or Die Tryin” album-maker posted a film on instagram showing construction workers putting the final touched to a mansion with the captions “My crib is almost finished in AFRICA. I’m gonna
10 Of The Most Successful Businesswomen In Africa
The 21st century will be remembered as the era in which women all around the world rose and African women will be recognised right besides their global counterparts. There are a number of African women that are redefining the corporate scene on the continent and are making a mark in contributing to the economic growth
ADAOBI T. NWAUBANI’S STORY SHEDS LIGHT ON CHILD DOMESTIC LABOUR IN AFRICA
At age 10, Titi was taken from her family in the Republic of Benin, and brought to Nigeria to become a domestic help to a family of six. Now aged 12, Titi neither knows her surname, nor heritage. The young child works round the clock cooking, cleaning, washing and scrubbing. In a recent article titled
TRUE CONTINENTAL DOORS: FACEBOOK GROWS IN AFRICA WITH USERS IN NIGERIA AND KENYA
A recent Facebook report shows that 7.3 million South Africans are daily active users (DAU) of the social media network. Followed by Nigeria with 7.1 million DAU’s, then Kenya with 2.2 million DAU’s. Also, the statistics showed, as expected, that major traffic on the social media network comes from mobile devices. These statistics, coupled with the
Nigeria’s new World Trade Center poised to send its economy sky high
Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja is about to get a new heart: a brand new World Trade Center complex. The development is expected to open to the public early next year after the completion of the first phase of construction. It will join a network of 323 locations in 89 countries, started in 1970 with
Five Centuries Ago Africa Was Booming: It Can Rise Again
AFRICANGLOBE – When Portuguese explorers first arrived on the east African coast at the turn of the 16th century, an anonymous recorder on the voyage of Pedro Alvares Cabral noted of Kilwa(off the coast of present-day Tanzania): “This island is small, near the mainland, and is a beautiful country. The houses are high like those of
The US Carried Out 674 Military Operations in Africa Last Year. Did You Hear About Any of Them?
The US military publicly insists its presence in Africa is negligible. Is that why they call it an American “battlefield” behind closed doors? For three days, wearing a kaleidoscope of camouflage patterns, they huddled together on a military base in Florida. They came from US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and US Army Special Operations Command,
If Africa is rising, why are the villages left behind?
In Lagos all the talk is of wealth and economic boom. But a return to my family hometown, still waiting for a tarmac road, tells a different story. I went back to my village in Nigeria this year, after an absence of 10 years. The Igbo are a travelling people: we cross towns, cities, nations
AFRICA CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE RACE FOR FIFA PRESIDENCY
The race to determine the next leader of football’s global governing body has been notably dominated by Africa. In the past, all the leaders of FIFA have emerged from two continents- South America and Europe– but the elections, which will be held onFebruary 26 next year, could see an African emerge as President as so
IBUKUN AWOSIKA BECOMES THE FIRST FEMALE CHAIRPERSON OF FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA
First Bank of Nigeria Holdings Plc. yesterday announced the appointment of Mrs. Ibukun Abiodun Awosika as the new board chairperson of Nigeria’s second largest lender. She takes over the helm of affairs from Prince Ajibola Afonja who is retiring. This appointment makes Ibukun the first woman to assume this position since the establishment of First