Promoting Africa
Meet Pretty Yende: an opera singer From South Africa who is bringing greater diversity to classical music. At 32, this artist is the pride of South Africans, and is making classical music relevant for the 21st century Yende grew up in South Africa, in the Thandukukhanya township, in a segregated society just before apartheid ended. At…
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Morocco's national football team won the 5th African Nations Championship (CHAN) on Sunday, February 4, 2018 with a 4-0 victory over Nigeria. They become the first host nation to claim the African Nations Championship (CHAN) title. The star of the night was Zakaria Hadraf, the right winger who swept Morocco into the lead with the last…
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With 100 dollars (52,690 FCFA) investment, young Frank has designed a bicycle that rolls on water. Made from cork, aluminum and small pieces of wood, his bicycle floats on water, and rides like an ordinary bicycle. The source of his inspiration was a documentary that showed young children swim across a river to school. "I…
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Rwanda has successfully provided universal eye care to all of its 12 million citizens, through a partnership between the government and the organization Vision for a Nation (VFAN). Specialist nurses in Rwanda have visited about 15,000 villages as part of a life-changing project. More than 3,000 eye care nurses based in 502 local health centres…
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The African Union (AU) has finally launched the long waited Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM). African countries have thus taken a major step towards opening the continent’s skies. The Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) is a flagship project of the African Union Agenda 2063, an initiative of the African Union to create a…
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The novel "Americanah" by the famous Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie might soon be adapted to cinema. Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o has acquired adaptation rights. Lupita Nyong'O has acquired the rights to adapt Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's award-winning novel Americanah's, which could be produced by Brad Pitt. The novelist also announced that Lupita Nyong'o should probably take the role…
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Ugandan-British actor Daniel Kaluuya has been nominated for an Oscar Award as Best Actor for his role in the hit horror film Get Out. Daniel Kaluuya faces strong competition from established Hollywood stars including Denzel Washington and Daniel Day-Lewis – as well as Call Me By Your Name's Timothée Chalamet, 22, who is the youngest…
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