How Africa’s largest tax rebellion by Igbo market women disrupted colonisation in 1929
It is seen as the first major challenge to British authority in Nigeria and West Africa during the colonial period. For two months in 1929, […]
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Diagnosed with HIV as a pregnant teen, Livey Van Wyk beat the odds to become Namibia’s youngest mayor
Jo-Ann Livey Van Wyk was diagnosed with HIV at the age of 17 while she was still at school, and this naturally changed her life […]
Meet the Cape Verdean student in the U.S leading the African nation’s first-ever Olympic swim team
Latroya Pina is the first member of her family to learn how to swim and now she has been selected to represent her country, Cape […]
This 26-year-old Nigerian is now the highest paid robotics engineer in the world
A 26-year-old Nigerian, credited for building the world’s first gaming robot, has just become the highest paid in the field of Robotic engineering. Silas Adekunle […]
This Nigerian twins created cryptocurrency worth £100m in mum’s kitchen
Steve Williams (left) and brother Sam have become multi-millionaires ( ) Identical twins who grew up in a tough south Londonneighbourhood became multi-millionaires by designing […]
Rwanda: Turning beetroot into wine
Assumpta Uwamariya has found a way to upscale the Rwandanwine industry with an unusual ingredient. Instead of grapes and bananas, which are commonly used in […]
Let’s not lie to ourselves: Britain and Ghana do not have a ‘shared history’
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are currently in Ghana for a five-day visit. Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, have embarked […]
Even a kidney stone could not stop this black gymnast from becoming the world’s best
Since the 2016 Olympics, gymnast Simone Biles has not competed internationally, especially after revelations in January that she had been sexually abused by a former […]
Rejected from Maths class for being a woman, this Ugandan became the first female graduate in East and Central Africa.
Her rise to become a mentor and an inspiration to many girls and women came out of a rather unfortunate incident, which occurred while she […]
Nigerian Bamgbopa Abayomi is Africa’s first international amputee footballer.
In the 2018 world cup, the Nigerian jersey was the most popular and beautiful jersey designed by Nike and selling out within minutes of release. […]