St. Croix’s Iconic Resort, The Buccaneer Gets a Boost With Better Air Connection to USVI

TRAVEL & TOURISM – Enjoy the beauty of Africa, Caribbean and other exotic Black destinations. Travelers seeking to experience “a vibe like no other” on St. Croix, the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, now have increased options for getting there from the mainland United States, and better yet, improved connection options. “We welcome the operation […]

Lake Natron of the Great Rift Valley: Where Animals Are Turned into Stone

AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Caleb Onyeabor Lake Natron is a salt and soda lake located in northern Tanzania. It is situated in the Great Rift Valley and is fed by mineral-rich hot springs, which results in its high alkaline levels. The lake’s pH can reach as high as […]

Delayed But Not Denied: A Gallant Black Vietnam Vet Finally Gets His Due – Medal of Honor

AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. He engaged in hand-to-hand combat with his North Korean foes, wounded but unbowed, Col. Paris Davis finally got his deserved recognition nearly 60 years after winning a last-ditch battle with systemic racism within the US military. Recently, he was recommended for the nation’s highest military […]

Diaspora Remittances Driving Local African Development

AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. A customer deposits money at an "Orange Money & kiosk on June 29, 2015 in a district of Dakar. By Chiek e Tidiane Wade Remittances, investments and expertise from Africa’s 160 million strong diaspora are vital for the continent’s future growth. This is the conclusion reached by the African […]

How Founders of Color Were Rattled With the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. By an AP Report/The African Times-USA In the hours after some of Silicon Valley Bank’s biggest customers started pulling out their money, a WhatsApp group of startup founders who are immigrants of color ballooned to more than 1,000 members. Questions flowed as the bank’s financial […]