Tara Durotoye is convinced that consistency plus the grace of God have been the keys to her success. Durotoye is the founder and CEO of Nigeria’s House of Tara International, a makeup company she started in her early twenties by going from door to door doing Bridal makeup. Durotoye admits that when she started, she [...]
BudgIT is an example of young Africans using technology to tackle issues of transparency and accountability. The Nigerian tech start-up aims to ensure that Nigerian citizens are well-informed on public finances and how their government allocates money. BudgIT presents state and federal fiscal information in more accessible ways, through the use of infographics, maps, interactive features [...]
Chris Abani is a Nigerian author and poet. He has won many awards for his work including the PEN Hemingway book prize for GraceLand. The sprawling, swampy, cacophonous city of Lagos, Nigeria, provides the backdrop to the story of Elvis, a teenage Elvis impersonator hoping to make his way out of the ghetto. Broke, beset [...]
by Zanele Mhlaba I have always enjoyed reading. At boarding school in grade six, we would have competitions to see who could read the most books in the least amount of time. Every week we were allowed to pick a book from the school’s one room library which was filled with secondhand books from the [...]
Ola Orekunrin studied medicine in England, her passion for helping people coupled with a tragic event brought her home to Nigeria, to set up Flying Doctors. On a visit to Lagos, Ola’s sister became very ill and needed to be transported elsewhere to receive better urgent care. We realized there was no air ambulance service [...]
Here are a few female singers from around the continent. These are their most recent videos released within the past few months. A lot of different styles going on. What do you think? Which is your favorite and who are you listening to right now? Efya [Ghana]- Getaway Tiwa Savage [Nigeria] – Ife Wa Gbona [...]
Forbes magazine has been around as a leader in business and financial news for a long time, in 2011 Forbes Africa launched. The magazine created the Person of the Year Award which is given to an individual who has had major influence over events of the preceding year. Readers make nominations and a final shortlist [...]
Ice Prince of Nigeria’s latest offering. According to Ice Prince, Aboki is a Hausa word meaning “friend.” Do you like it?
