Kenya hoping to lure American investments with Obama’s visit

May 26, 2015 Kenya’s cosy relationship with the U.S is seemingly growing by the day. Within a few months, two of the most important political figures would have visited the East African state—Secretary of State John Kerry was welcomed a few weeks ago, while the country is bracing up for President Obama’s visit in July.

Africa In Perspective: How Big is Africa?

May 22, 2015 One way to measure the size of Africa is from the North—the coast of Tunisia—to the South—the tip of South Africa, which is a total of 4, 989 miles. The distance from East to West, Somalia to Gabon, is 4,655 miles. The total population of the continent is about one billion. A

Nigerian graphic designer stumbles onto the world’s art stage

May 21, 2015 When Karo Akpokiere received news in January that his work would appear on the Venice Biennale, this Lagos-born draughtsman and artist only had a vague sense of the exhibition’s importance. Months later, standing alongside a wall-hung display of 50 of his new drawings, Akpokiere explained how it was only when the artist

The return of the death penalty to South Africa

May 19, 2015 I was a young primary school pupil on March 2 1978. It was the morning uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operative, Solomon Mahlangu, was executed by the apartheid government at the then Pretoria Central Prison. I will never forget the feeling I had that morning when my late elder brother told me about

Burundi coup bid: Some coup leaders arrested

May 15, 2015 Three leaders of a failed coup against Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza have been arrested, his spokesman says. However coup leader Gen Godefroid Niyombare is “still on the run”. He told the AFP news agency that he and his followers were going to surrender, adding: “I hope they won’t kill us.” The president

Whereabouts of Burundi President Unclear

May 15, 2015 Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura, was quiet Wednesday night following an attempted coup, but the whereabouts of President Nkurunziza remain unclear. The president was in neighboring Tanzania Wednesday for a summit of East African leaders when an army general announced that Nkurunziza had been overthrown. This followed weeks of violent protests against the president’s

Struggling Ivorian telco may be saved by Nigerian billionaire

May 14, 2015 Mike Adenuga, Nigeria’s second richest man, has moved to buy Ivorian mobile telecoms operator Comium Cote d’Ivoire. According to multiple reports, Globacom, a Nigerian mobile telecoms operator owned by Adenuga, has lodged a $600 million takeover bid for the operator. The move is perceived by many to be a strategic one where

Life In The Diaspora: 12 South Africans Making It In The U.S.A.

May 11, 2015 There’s a joke in South Africa that the country’s greatest export is highly skilled people who leave in search of better opportunities. South Africans who emigrate go mainly to English-speaking countries. By 2010 the research consultancy Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies said there were up to 700,000 South Africans living abroad, with 192,000

How To Make It As A Nigerian In America

May 13, 2015 Its Easy to Succeed in America For so long-I have heard about how difficlult it is for Nigerians and black people to succed in America. With evidence I have come to the conclusion that this is actually the opposite. Indeed a new book by Yale law professor Amy Chua lists Nigerians amongst