Soccer Legend Becomes President In Liberia’s First Independently Run Election In 70 Years
As a footballer, George Weah won accolades few could hope for. He became the first non-European player to pick up the Ballon d’Or and seizing…
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Eritrea Gets First Winter Olympian
Shannon-Ogbani Abeda will soon don a ski suit hued with the vibrant colors of the Eritrean flag as the country makes its Winter Olympic debut this…
Here Is How African Countries Rank On The 2017 ITU Global Information and Communications Technology Index
The ninth edition of the annual Measuring the Information Society Report (MIS) has been released. This is to show how countries are doing. The report is…
TAKE OUR POLL: Which Of These 5 African Teams Will Advance Furthest At The FIFA 2018 World Cup?
The 2018 FIFA World Cup draw is out. The groups seem evenly distributed without any obvious ‘group of death’ this time around. The event will…
Twitter Lite Launches In 6 African Countries
Twitter Lite, Twitter’s stripped-down version of its service for Android has been rolled out to a dozen more countries. This includes 6 African countries Algeria,…
GAME CHANGER: African Billionaire Opens $300m Industrial Plant In Congo-Brazzaville
The Dangote group has opened a $300 million cement production plant in the Republic of Congo. The facility which has a capacity of 1.5 million…
Miss Universe 2017 Title Goes To One of 10 African Contestants
South Africa’s Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters has been crowned Miss Universe 2017 in a tough pageant with 92 contestants, only 10 of which were African. She is the…
TAKE OUR POLL: After Robert Mugabe’s Resignation, Which Of These 5 African Dictators Is Most Likely To Step Down Next?
In a very recent and surprising turn of events, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe resigned, becoming the 3rd African President to step down from power…
President Mugabe Is Forced To Surrender His Throne… At Last!
2017 has blown in vast winds of change on the African continent. From development projects to a rapid emersion into the promise that technology provides.…
Dr Fernando Wangila is East Africa’s CIO of The Year And Here Is Why
The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA’s) Head of IT Fernando Wangila is the CIO of the year Award winner in East Africa’s 2017 CIO100…