Lupita Nyong’o, a Kenyan actress, has become the first black person to chair the Berlin International Film Festival jury. The annual film showcase, also known as the Berlinale, is one Read More..

Julie Mehretu has done it again. The Ethiopian artist has broken the record for an African artwork at auction. On Wednesday, at Sotheby’s Now Evening Auction in New York, her Read More..

Mariama Bâ’s only poem “Festac…Souvenirs De Lagos” (“Festac…Memories of Lagos”) has been discovered by French literary scholar Tobias Warner, 46 years after it was published in L’Ouest Africain, a newspaper publication owned by Read More..

Image Source RADIO is thriving across Africa. Exact figures are difficult to come by because audience research differs across countries. However, studies estimate radio listenership to be between 60% and Read More..

Image Source By 2035, more young Africans will enter the workforce each year than in the rest of the world combined. This is the future, but even today, Africa has Read More..

Within a decade, one in three entrants to the global workforce will be from Africa. Over the next 30 years, the majority of the world’s new workers may well be Read More..