It is a new direction for Benson Gicharu, a 33-year old Kenyan boxer, who has won many medals for his country. Benson who retired from Boxing in 2018 has now ventured into art painting. Although Painitng is the new thing for him he wants to raise another boxing champion from his community. @Nyash88 Read More

The UAE hosted its second annual Future Blockchain Summit, gathering together thousands of technology industry experts, government bodies and international companies. Topics of debate at the two-day event included blockchain’s impact upon different sectors and its potential implementation on a worldwide scale. THE FUTURE OF BLOCKCHAIN In 2017, blockchain had a market valuation of $706 million, but some experts forecasts… Read More

Military council pledges civilian government Sudan’s ruling military council on Friday promised the country would have a new civilian government, a day after the armed forces overthrew President Omar al-Bashir after 30 years in power. The council, which is now running Sudan under Defence Minister Mohammed Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf, said it expects a pre-election transition period it announced on… Read More

Often described as mothers to the nations their husbands lead, Africa’s first ladies are often expected to be unifying figures, serving the president of the nation and the voters who entrusted him the mandate to lead. A first lady by definition is the wife of the head of state, and it therefore follows that most African nations led by a… Read More

It has been a huge last ten days for African politics with fifty years of presidential rule between two leaders grinding to an end with striking similarities. Abdulaziz Bouteflika of Algeria would perhaps be the most shocked by the turn of events given that all was “well” not necessarily with him but with his ambitions to continue in office. In… Read More

Zimbabwe government’s plans to compensate white farmers who lost their land years ago in a fast-track land reform programme has angered a South African firebrand politician, Julius Malema. According to Malema, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, EFF, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was being a sellout by agreeing to compensate the farmers. Speaking in Johannesburg, Malema said it was particularly… Read More

The continent’s football governing body, the Confederation of African Football, CAF, is all set to conduct the draw for the 2019 African Cup of Nations, AFCON. CAF said its Executive Committee at a meeting on Thursday, 11 April 2019, in Cairo, Egypt approved the draw procedure for the tournament slated for Egypt later this year. The procedure was proposed by… Read More