Africa Movie Academy Awards: Adjetey Anang wins, check out full list of winners

Adjetey Anang (Credit: Instagram – @adjeteyanang. Photo taken by Manuel Photography) The 2022 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) came off on Sunday, October 30, in Lagos. The Ghanaian feature film Borga won three awards including Best Screenplay, Best Actor in Lead Role and Best Actor in Supporting Role. Actor Adjetey Anang won the Best Actor

Nigeria leads with eight awards as Tanzania, South Africa win big

The 18th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards, held on Sunday, will remain memorable to attendees and winners as Nigerian films are led with eight awards. At the awards ceremony that had King Sunny Ade serenading nominees and African film enthusiasts, and practitioners, Tanzania’s ‘Tug of War and South Africa’s ‘Surviving Gaza’ came after

Building a sustainable real estate market for Africa [Opinion]

Reflecting on the past two decades, the COVID-19 pandemic has been the most catastrophic disruptor to the semblance of order the world was accustomed to. Yet, despite the market and economic fallouts across different sectors, the African real estate market has remained resolute and steadfast in achieving year-on-year growth. This can be attributed to various

2022 MEST Africa Challenge top 5 finalists announced

MEST Africa has announced the five African tech startups that have made it to the grand finale of the 2022 Africa Challenge pitch competition.  The startups are Sproutly (Nigeria), Kweli (Senegal), Swoove (Ghana), Hisa (Kenya) and Desert Green Africa (South Africa). The pan-African pitch competition opened applications in July this year for pre-seed and seed-stage

What does Lula’s Brazilian victory mean for Africa?

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the veteran left winger and former president of Brazil, has dramatically returned to power after a bitterly-fought run-off victory over rival Jair Bolsonaro. Lula, the fifth-time left-wing candidate, and founder of the Worker’s Party, has secured 50.9% of the vote to Bolsonaro’s 49.1% after 99.97% of votes have been counted.

Nigeria’s Sproutly among Top 5 in 2022 MEST Africa Challenge

MEST Africa has disclosed the top five startups that made it into the grand finale of the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge pitch competition. Applications for the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge kicked off in July this year for pre-seed and seed-stage technology startups in Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, and South Africa to bid for the ultimate

Kenya squash team to debut Africa Senior Championships

Kenya squash team will make their debut in the Africa Senior Championship starting Thursday in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. A team four of players will leave this morning for the week-long show which ends on November 11. Coach-cum- player, James Dalidi said they are ready to showcase their talent and will be targeting the top five places. “We