Touch down in Kigali, Rwanda, and you’ll quickly notice a few things about the city. Hills rise from the earth, tufted with verdant trees like bubbles in a champagne glass. Hopeful energy bounces around the clean streets from morning until night. On almost every corner, near roundabouts, outside of restaurants or bars, groups of motorcycle taxis sit waiting and ready to take riders around Kigali. Every bike looks the same: a red body accented by streaks of silver. The drivers all wear green helmets, and they carry an extra that they give to their customers. ALSO READ: Taxi-Hailing Company Uber Introduces…
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Balancing a heavy clay pot on his head with a baby tied to his back, policeman Francis Ogweng caused a scene. He marched down the busy highway towards Uganda’s capital, Kampala. With traffic backed up to the horizon, crowds of men stared and laughed as the baby girl swaddled in white cloth slipped precariously down Ogweng’s back, pulling his khaki uniform into disarray. “We want to put ourselves in the shoes of women,” Ogweng, an assistant superintendent in the Uganda Police Force (UPF), told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “Is it difficult to carry water? Is it difficult to carry a…
We are often disgusted by Africans who do not respect their position or who take us for granted in their call of duty. So when South Africa’s Minister of Home-Affairs saw the following video making the rounds on Twitter of an employee in his area of responsibility this morning, he reacted with the following statement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWCQTcftK-M I was this morning informed about the video circulating on social media platforms, and have asked the Department of @HomeAffairsSA to investigate this matter and take swift action against the official. pic.twitter.com/ZwllSemEyZ — Malusi Gigaba (@mgigaba) March 14, 2018 Twitter Reaction However, the Minister’s…
Andela is building a network of technology leaders on the African continent hosted the Andela Women in Technology Summit. The event is in commemoration of International Women’s Day. It further reinforces Andela’s commitment to diversity and inclusion in Nigeria’s tech ecosystem. The conference was hosted at EPIC Tower in Lagos. It had the theme ‘Investing in Tomorrow’s Leaders.’ ALSO READ: 2019 International Women’s Day Celebrations Is All About Balancing Consequently, over 100 women in tech and business met to take part in lively discussion and debate with female executives, senior technologists, and developers. This includes Taiwo Judah Ajayi [Director of People…
As is again appropriate thanks to an absurdly strong box office sprint, I wanted to play another round of “What milestones did Black Panther set this weekend?” So, without further ado, here are a dozen or so records or milestones that the Chadwick Boseman flick set or established over its third Fri-Sun frame… Highest-grossing solo/non-sequel superhero movie: With $501 million in North America and $897m worldwide, Black Panther has passed Fox’s Deadpool ($363m/$783m in 2016), Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman ($413m/$821m in 2017) and Sony’s Spider-Man ($403m/$821m in 2002) to become the biggest non-sequel and non-ensemble superhero flick of all time. Everything else in this…
Italy has elected its first black Senator, Nigeria born Toni Iwobi who has been in Matteo Salvini’s party for more than 20 years. Iwobi, is an IT entrepreneur and a Bergamo resident. He became a town Councillor for the League at Spirano in 1995. The 62-year-old announced “with great emotion” on his Facebook page that he had been elected to the senate. ALSO READ: 6-Year-Old Nigerian DJ Talks About the Difficulty of Combining Career and Education “I am very thrilled to tell you that I have been elected senator… A new adventure is about to begin,” Iwobi wrote after Sunday’s election…
iHub has announced the second cohort of digital startups who will participate in a scale-up accelerator program, Traction Camp. The 27 startups have been selected for the six-month business acceleration program. The program will see the startups receive mentoring from global and local experts, learn through a tailor-made curriculum, increase their regional visibility, and get access to potential partners and investors. The program will culminate in a one-week residency in Kenya. The startups will have the opportunity to interact with and learn from their mentors, coaches, peers, potential partners, and investors. After successfully completing the first cycle of the program,…
A famous painting that went missing for decades before turning up in a London apartment has sold for over $1.6 million (£1,205,000). Often dubbed the “African Mona Lisa,” Ben Enwonwu’s “Tutu” smashed sale estimates at an auction in London on Wednesday. One of a triptych of artworks created by Enwonwu during the aftermath of Nigeria’s bloody civil war, “Tutu” disappeared shortly after being painted in 1974. Its whereabouts remained the subject of intense speculation for over 40 years. However, the portrait was discovered in a family home late last year. ALSO READ: Kehinde Wiley Questions History With New Sculpture At…
When we talk of African movies, Nigeria’s Nollywood snatches the headlines. However, there are other African countries who are not only doing great movies, but are vying for the highest recognition in the industry, an Oscar. 8 graduates from a film college in Kenya will be waiting nervously to find out if their film will take home an Oscar. These graduates of the Africa Digital Media Institute (ADMI) in Nairobi were part of the team making a movie nominated in the category of best short live-action film. ALSO READ: ‘Cook Off’ Lifts Zimbabwe Film Industry Onto The Global Stage The film,…
Patients at the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) endure long waits for the results of their imaging tests like such as X-ray and CT-scans. However, they now have a reason to smile following the installation of a high technology facility. The aim of the technology is to shorten waiting time. The new technology helps doctors to encode patients’ information through voice recognition, thus helping to transfer the details of a patient from a doctor’s voice to imaging experts for processing. ALSO READ: Nigerian Government Calls On Foreign Investors To Support Nigeria’s Technology Ecosystem Voice recognition technology is a computer software program with…