SMEs Are Key To African Development
Technology and entrepreneurship present new independent employment paradigm By Simone Cooper SMEs are Africa’s employment lifeline, providing an opportunity for the continent to positively leverage its demographic dividend for growth and sustainable prosperity. The African Development Bank reports that while 10 to 12 million youth enter Africa’s workforce each year, only three million formal jobs […]
SA Harvest Celebrates 30 Million Meals And Third Birthday On World Food Day
Sunday 16 October marks the global commemoration of World Food Day, the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) – a date that is focused on increasing awareness of world hunger and poverty and inspiring solutions for world change. It also marks the three year anniversary of food rescue and hunger relief organisation SA Harvest and […]
Factors Contributing To Immigration Application Inefficiencies In Sub-Saharan Africa
By Nompumelelo Mdletshe and Tarissa Wareley At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, immigration facilities around the world suffered widescale processing delays under pressure from travel restrictions, new regulations, and lockdowns. Two years later, many countries are still reporting backlogs in the finalisation of applications. Sub-Saharan Africa is no exception, with various other factors unique […]
Farmers Surpass Global Food Security Target In Two Years Through Agroforestry
Trees for the Future Releases Latest Data on Hunger, Poverty, and Landscape Restoration In a report released Thursday, Trees for the Future (TREES) shares the short and long-term effects of agroforestry systems on hunger, poverty, and landscape restoration. The report confirms that TREES’ Forest Garden Approach effectively achieves the triple bottom line of food security, economic resilience, and environmental impact. “Farming and agricultural land use are key factors in […]
The Ever-Expanding Imagination of Blitz Bazawule
Ghanaians are natural storytellers, but the artist Blitz Bazawule has an exceptional gift, which he’s applied to multiple media, including music, film, and now literature. Inspired by magical realism, he weaves complex, wildly entertaining stories that are rooted in reality but enhanced by the unknown. As a youngster in Accra in the 1980s, Blitz Bazawule […]
West African Style Comes Home Through the Eyes of Interior Designer Eva Sonaike
For London-based, Nigerian designer Eva Sonaike, it’s all about color. Tapping into the traditions of West Africa, she creates interiors and home furnishings that utilize bold colors and patterns that are uplifting and unabashedly African. In a world where the dominant home décor aesthetic has been minimalist or country house chic for seasons, Eva says […]
US Museums Return Trove of Looted Treasures to Nigeria
This past week, three US museums announced their plan to return 31 Benin bronzes to Nigeria, marking a significant advance in the movement to repatriate African artworks stolen during colonialism. In a joint ceremony in Washington, DC, the National Gallery of Art, the National Museum of African Art, and the Rhode Island School of Design […]
African Food is Having a Long Overdue Moment in London
Across the globe, there is increasing interest in African cuisine, but a series of factors seem to be coalescing to make London one of its premier hotspots. Exploring and celebrating the phenomenon is a new book by food journalist, Jimi Famurewa, called Settlers: Journeys Through the Food, Faith and Culture of Black African London. The […]
A Shining Moment of Pan-African Promise in a New Book
A new book from photographer Marilyn Nance, Last Day in Lagos, showcases the unbridled passion, creativity, and push for Pan-Africanism that existed at a signature event in 1977. As a 23-year-old, recent graduate of Pratt Institute, she joined the 17,000 artists who converged in Lagos for FESTAC ’77, the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts […]
St Helena Offers the Perfect Getaway for the Post-pandemic Traveller
The island is a British Oversees Territory in the middle of the South Atlantic and was first colonised by British settlers in the Seventeenth Century. The small island is home to more than 4 000 inhabitants, known locally as Saints, who are famed for their hospitality and welcoming nature. St Helena is a haven for […]
