South Africans Worry That 45 Years After Steve Biko’s Murder Still Remains Unsolved
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Thandisizwe Mguldwa Steve Biko died at the hands of apartheid security agents at the age of 30 on 12 September 1977. 45 Years On, his Killers are not on the SA Police Service’s most wanted list. After so long, I think President Cyril Ramaphosa […]
Monarchy Faces A Balancing Act With Africa And The Rest of The Commonwealth
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. Queen Elizabeth touring the secretariat of Karu Local council, near Nigeria’s capital Abuja in 2003 By Roger Southall On her 21st birthday, 21 April 1947, when Britain’s Princess Elizabeth was accompanying her parents and her sister on a tour of South Africa, she spoke “to all the […]
Seychelles Diversifies Offering With Sports Tourism In The Mix
TRAVEL & TOURISM – Enjoy the beauty of Africa, Caribbean and other exotic Black destinations. Praslin has been identified as an area where sports tourism facilities can be explored. A number of sites have been identified in Seychelles to build facilities for sports tourism activities as part of the government’s plan to diversify the tourism […]
As a Person of Color: Do You Want to Know Why Sickle Cell is Likely to be In Your Bloodline?
AFRICA WELLNESS This is the section that provides answers to your various health and wellness issues, especially for people of African descent – holistic, diagnostic, curative, historical, and intervention. Our experts will assist with tips on how to improve your quality of life. Editor’s Note: Over the years, cause of many a death among people […]
South Africa Misses Vital Chances As New Zealand wins Los Angeles Rugby 7s Tournament
ARTS, STYLE & ENTERTAINMENT This is YOUR lifestyle gallery – of what is new and what is happening in the U.S. And the Black World, not excluding Africa. For this section if you have any news we should know about – let us know at: [email protected] By Our Staff with Agency reports Favorites, the Springboks […]
Controversy: Did Burna Boy Create a music genre called Afrofusion?
ARTS, STYLE & ENTERTAINMENT This is YOUR lifestyle gallery – of what is new and what is happening in the U.S. And the Black World, not excluding Africa. For this section if you have any news we should know about – let us know at: [email protected] By Nnamdi O. Madichie Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu was born […]
Ecobank Graduates Thirty-Five African Women Entrepreneurs From A Leadership Training Program
AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. The African business sector has just become a lot richer. Thanks to the first cohort of 35 women entrepreneurs from 9 African countries who recently successfully completed the Ecobank Ellevate Leadership Training Program. According to Ecobank, this is an innovative impact-driven programme, designed to equip […]
Nigeria’s Former President, Obasanjo Says Africa Will Decide Her Energy Future
AFRICA INC. – Rising economies, start-ups, and Black wealth, etc. By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa “Africa is the lowest producer of greenhouse-gas emissions and needs to lift nearly half-a-billion citizens out of poverty,” says Obasanjo. “Responsible management of our hydrocarbons and investment in our economies is necessary to ensure a just energy transition and sustainable growth for […]
Mpendulo Jele: Farewell To One Of South Africa’s Noble Sons and Freedom Fighter
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. South Africa lost one of her top diplomats and a distinguished member of the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU), Mpendulo “Squires” Jele. A friend of the media and in particular, The African Times/USA with its offices in Los Angeles where Ambassador Jele served in the […]
Is The “Bad Boy” of Kenyan Politics Ready To Upset The Applecart And Become Africa’s New Good Man?
AFRICA THOUGHT – News features, commentaries, analyses, interviews & Op-ed. By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa AFRICA and her friends all over the world are keeping their fingers crossed and hoping for the best as Kenya produces new leadership. Barring unforeseen circumstance including a an appeal at the country’s Supreme Court, William Samoei Arap Ruto will be inaugurated […]