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Rwanda – Mara X & Mara Z, first smartphones entirely manufactured and assembled in Africa

Mara Group, a new tech company based in Rwanda, Africa, made history last month, by launching the first manufactured and assembled smartphones in Africa: Mara X & Mara Z. "While smartphones are assembled in other African nations (Egypt, Algeria, and South Africa all have assembly plants), according to Reuters, those companies all import the components." Mara is the first company…

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Young South African ‘Sim Tiger’ on the way to become a golfing legend, at only 7 years old

Simthandile ‘Sim Tiger’ Tshabalala, has shown such outstanding talent on the golf course that the world will not be able to not notice him ! Humble beginnings Simthandile Tshabalala learned how to play golf from YouTube videos he was watching with his father, Bonginkosi Tshabalala. The young Sim tried several sports, tennis, swimming, cricket, soccer,…

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Ghana robotic team wins World Robofest Championship

Team Acrobot from West Africa Ghana took first place in the Senior Game Division at the Robofest World Championships, held Saturday May 18 at Lawrence Technological University, in Southfield, Michigan. Team Acrobot from the Ghana Robotics Academy Foundation Team Acro-Bot, nine girls from the Methodist Girls’ High School in the Eastern Region of Ghana, were…

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African trio share Premier League Golden Boot

Three African players, Mohamed Salah, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Sadio Mane are joint-winners of the Premier League Golden Boot 2018/19. The race to be crowned the English Premier League's leading scorer this season was great for Africa. Indeed, it ended in a three-way tie as the African trio of Sadio Mane (Senegal), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon), and…

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