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Google has chosen Nairobi for its first product development centre on the continent. The announcement was made nearly 7 months after the tech giant revealed a 1 billion dollars investment plan in various projects in Africa over the next five years. The american company said it will hire more than 100 tech experts including software engineers, researchers and designers in… Read More

Technology is changing the way art works are drawn, displayed and sold in different parts of the world. More traditional art works display and exhibitions are moving onto the digital space where many artists are able to sell their work to art collectors on the non-fungible tokens (NFTs) Market. Nigerian Art curator Somi Nwandu and creator of Afrofutourism is part… Read More

Troops have been deployed to support rescue operations since massive floods hit South Africa more than a week ago. Following up a declaration of a national state of disaster, President Cyril Ramaphosa dispatched top ministers to the city of Durban and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province, where at least 448 people have now died and 40,000 are homeless. The country has declared… Read More

Côte d’Ivoire’s new vice president, Tiemoko Meyliet Koné, took the oath of office on Wednesday before the Constitutional Council in Abidjan, a day after his appointment to the post which had been vacant for nearly two years. “I solemnly swear on my honor to respect the Constitution, to conscientiously fulfill the duties of my office, in strict compliance with its… Read More

Carine Kanimba, the adopted daughter of imprisoned Rwandan opposition figure Paul Rusesabagina, called on President Paul Kagame on Wednesday to release her father, saying his fate was in his hands, during a press conference in Brussels. “As my father always says, during the genocide when he stood up to the people who wanted to hurt people inside the “Milles Collines”… Read More

Togo’s prisons will reopen to the public on Friday for visits to inmates after two years of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Justice Minister Pius Kokouvi Agbetomey announced on Tuesday. Inmates in the West African country have been deprived of visiting rights since April 13, 2020. According to authorities, this was part of the plans to protect inmates “from… Read More

Last December, Congolese Rumba was added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list sparking hopes for Democatric Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo where this musical genre is very important. Its economic impact was very much discussed at the first edition of the international Rumba festival organized by the French institue of Pointe-Noire in the Republic of… Read More

Marine and terrestrial wildlife species are facing the brunt of devastating floods in South Africa, coupled with extreme weather events across the continent linked to climate change, according to biodiversity experts. Africa has already faced several climate-related woes in the past year: the ongoing fatal floods following insistent cyclones in the south, extreme temperatures in western and northern regions, and… Read More

President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a state of national disaster in South Africa. This comes a week after terrible floods left at least 443 people dead in the Durban area on the east coast. “The cabinet met in special session last night and decided to declare a state of national disaster,” the head of state said in a televised address… Read More

An exhibition featuring over 200 never-before-seen and rarely seen works by Jean-Michel Basquiat is being exhibited by the family with a mission to make public his young life. Basquiat, who died in 1988 at the age of 27, left works representing paintings, drawings, ephemera, and artifacts that have ended up in the private art collections of celebrities like Yoko Ono… Read More