African acts named in YouTube Black Voices Fund Music Class of 2023

They were named alongside South Africa’s Kamo Mphela and MashBeatz, as well as British-Ghanaian DJ and producer Juls in the development programme which directly supports and mentors black artists, songwriters and producers globally. Launched in 2020, the YouTube Black Voices Fund is a global, multi-year commitment by the company to centre and grow Black creators and

FTX’s collapse has sent shivers down the spine of Africa’s crypto community

Sam Bankman-Fried has quickly become a persona non grata everywhere, including in Africa. Once hailed as a crypto guru, the collapse of his FTX exchange platform has sent shockwaves round the world, taking with it billions of investors’ money. Even as he continues to thread tweets with apologetic overtones, Africans are taking stock of their

FTX’s collapse sends shockwaves through Africa’s crypto community

Sam Bankman-Fried has quickly become a persona non grata everywhere, including in Africa. Once hailed as a crypto guru, the collapse of his FTX exchange platform has sent shockwaves round the world, taking with it billions of investors’ money. Even as he continues to thread tweets with apologetic overtones, Africans are taking stock of their

New report on innovation in Africa finds youth believe the next Mark Zuckerberg could come from the continent | The Guardian Nigeria News

LAGOS, Nigeria, 16 November 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Africa’s youth prefer using local innovations and believe that the next tech billionaire could come from the continent, according to the recently launched Africa – innovator or imitator? Exploring narratives around Africa’s technological capabilities report by Africa No Filter.  The research was done in Egypt, Morocco, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria,

Africa: Bloomberg, Seforall Partner to Accelerate Energy Transition in Developing Countries

American billionaire and founder of Bloomberg Philanthro-pies, Michael Bloomberg, and CEO and Special Representative of the UN Sec-retary-General for Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll), Damilo-la Ogunbiyi, on November 7, 2022 announced an expansion of their partnership to mobilise financing for energy transition in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It is a piece

At least 12 killed in Nigeria after gunmen attack villagers

ABUJA, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Gunmen have killed at least 12 people in an attack on a village in the northern Nigerian state of Plateau, residents and the state governor said on Wednesday, the latest deadly incident fuelled by growing pressure on land resources in the country. Violence between farmers and pastoralists has become increasingly