There has been an occasional outcry from former France colonies about the use of the CFA. A currency France created in the 1940s for its African colonies. The CFA is pegged to the euro and guaranteed by national currency reserves deposited with the French treasury. Protesters gathered in several West African capitals. Saturday to demand their countries abandon the CFA France in favor of a common African currency. Passions over the issue have been reignited. It since Senegal arrested and expelled an activist for burning a CFA bill at a rally last month. Senegal is one of 14 countries in…
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Egypt has knocked South Africa from its long-standing top spot regarding investment in Africa. This is according to Rand Merchant Bank’s (RMB) latest Where to Invest in Africa report for 2018. Interestingly, this is the first time SA has not been in the top spot since the report was initiated seven years ago. Nigeria, on the other hand, has for the first time not featured in the Top 10. Also, this is due to the erosion of its short-term investment appeal by recessionary conditions, according to the report. ALSO READ: British Investments in Egypt Hit 46 Billion Pounds Moreover, the…
Ghanaian Hip Hop Artist Sarkodie’s new album Highest has shot to the top of the iTunes album charts in Ghana. And also landed the #2 spot on the iTunes album charts in Nigeria. The album also reached the top 20 on the iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap album charts in both the UK and the US. It landed at #13 and #7 respectively. In other parts of the world, the album gained massive strides as well. It reachesed the top 30 on the iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap album charts in Canada and Switzerland. SAMPLE THE ALBUM HERE>> Packed with 15 brand new songs,…
South African comedian Trevor Noah walked away with his first Emmy this weekend at the award’s Creative Arts ceremony in LA. His win was for his YouTube comedy special, The Daily Show: Between the Scenes. The special won the Emmy for Best Short Form Variety Series. It beat Behind the Voice, Epic Rap Battles of History, Honest Trailers, and The Star Wars Show. ALSO READ: Trevor Noah Set To Produce The Story Of 8-Year Old Nigerian Chess Champion Trevor Noah’s Debut Trevor Noah took the reins from well-respected host Jon Stewart in 2015. Also, he has held his own, growing the viewership numbers by…
Togolese have had it with the Gnassingbe family rule. They are calling for President Faure Gnassingbe to step down and bring an end to his family’s 50 years in power. “50 ans c’est trop” (50 years is too much) their placards say A draft bill to reduce the presidential term limit to a maximum of two has been dismissed by the opposition as merely playing for time. “(The president) can deceive us once or twice, but he is not going to deceive us again this time around,” said opposition leader Jean Pierre Fabre, who led Wednesday’s protests. Shutting down the…
One of Africa’s major challenges is in the health sector. This week, African Ministers of Health have adopted six frameworks aimed at addressing six major health challenges affecting the continent’s health sector, amid calls to increase and mobilize funding to operationalize them. The frameworks were adopted during the five-day World Health Organization’s 67th regional committee meeting that took place in Victoria Falls. 6 Frameworks for Africa’s Healthcare The frameworks speak to the following Universal health coverage Healthcare human resources Management of environmental determinants of health Sexually transmitted infections Non-communicable diseases Yellow fever ALSO READ: Agricultural Preservatives May Be The Cause Of…
TEDGlobal 2017 Session 8 is the last session and the part where attendees declare their intent to take all they have learned and proceed with a purpose to change the world. TEDGlobal 2017 Session 8 Speakers This session kicks off with a few minutes of audience feedback, with a lineup for the mic and 60 seconds each on the clock — including a solid shout-out to Ghada Wali, a report from the flooding in Houston, Texas, and a stirring manifesto from Ory Okolloh. An excerpt: We are called upon to decolonize our spaces, our education, and our minds. We are…
TEDGlobal 2017 Session 7 is about discovery, liberation, and channeling of human potential in ways that make the world around us a better place. TEDGlobal 2017 Session 7 Speakers William Kamkwamba is the boy who first stole the hearts of the audience with his windmill presentation in 2007 when he was only 14 years old. Since then, he’s co-written a book, graduated from African Leadership Academy and Dartmouth, traveled the world, is working with farmers to get their crops into supermarkets, and more. “My dream,” says Kamkamba, “is to continue the work I’m doing, trying to find the ways of solving some…
TEDGlobal 2017 Session 6 is about urban development. Cities are a constellation of dreams — dreams that are constantly dying and being born. TEDGlobal 2017 Session 6 Speakers Christian Benimana Had to go far away from home. There were no schools of architecture in Rwanda, so he traveled to Shanghai, where he observed that, though impressive, China’s urban city and housing infrastructure was built at a great human and environmental cost. Rwanda now is witnessing a great building boom of its own, and Benimana has made it his mission to advocate for a model of architecture that is uniquely African,…
TEDGlobal 2017 Session 5 is about Re-patterning culture, identity, language. The speakers in this session are artists, designer-scientists, and visionaries who are remaking the world around them. TEDGlobal 2017 Session 5 Speakers Self-styled “wild woman” Thandiswa Mazwai came off as both fierce and vulnerable in her performance. To recover, the audience watched this lovely short film featuring TED Fellow Walé Oyéjidé, a lawyer turned fashion maven for the menswear line Ikiré Jones. Their vision brings traditional African prints to tailored menswear, blending cultures, traditions, and signifiers to make gorgeous stuff. ALSO READ: Tanzania Electric Train Commence Trial In July Natsai Audrey Chieza Points out that over the past century,…