BUSINESS
Jumia has become the first e-commerce company operating in Africa to list on the New York Stock Exchange
The largest e-commerce operator in Africa, has officially started trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday April 12 as “JMIA”, with shares beginning trading at $18.95, and closing at $25.46. The company offered 13.5 million shares for purchase and raised $196 million. Jumia’s IPO is now the first major African-focused venture-funded tech company…
ECONOMY
Vaccination campaign – Proactive action against HPV and cervical cancer
Among the sustainable development goals (SDGs), goal number three is to promote and ensure good health and well being of people of all ages by promoting preventive and curative or generally provision and access to universal healthcare. In line with this SDG, focusing on health, actions are encouraged to foster public health, including different actions,…
LYFESTYLE
Refilwe Ledwaba: The Impactful Pilot Woman
Refilwe Ledwaba is a South African woman of many hats, hats that she wears with grace. In what has been traditionally a patriarchal society, the opportunities available for women to pursue their interest and excel have been greatly diminished. Some women have defied the odds stacked against them and gone on to excel in fields…
SPORT
Eliud Kipchoge: Athletics Powerhouse? No Doubt About it, no human is limited!
In the days leading up to the Ineos 159 challenge in Vienna, the social media was awash with scientific demonstrations of how it was virtually impossible for one Eliud Kipchoge, the man who set the World Marathon record in Berlin at 2:01:39 in the 2018 Berlin Marathon, to run a sub-two hour marathon. The arguments…
MUSIC
Afrobeats music star Tiwa Savage signs global deal with Universal Music Group
One of the world's leading music groups, Universal Music Group (UMG) has signed an exclusive recording agreement with award-winning Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage. She becomes the first female African artist to sign a global deal with Universal Music Group. "Under this agreement, Tiwa will make music with UMG and have access to their infrastructure and…
MOVIES
Netflix will debut its first African original in 2019: Queen Sono
Streaming giant Netflix announced on Monday that it will launch, in 2019, it's first original series made in Africa: Queen Sono Queen Sono is a thrilling story about a kickass female secret agent who fights crime while dealing with crises in her personal life. The series which is set in South Africa, will star Quantico actress Pearl Thusi. The show which…