African Development Bank Head Adesina: Tech and Innovation Key to Zero Hunger in Africa
Africa has the necessary partnerships and technologies to eradicate hunger, said African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina.…
Colombia to offer Swahili lessons in schools in nod to African heritage
Swahili will be taught in Colombian schools as a foreign language option, Colombia's vice president has announced. She says the…
African unity at 60: Revisiting the 1963 Addis Ababa conference
I recently visited the site of the birth of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa. The legendary…
West Africa shows how unity can create peace in the continent
Africa is often portrayed as a continent ravaged by war, terrorism, poverty and political instability. But over the past five…
‘We showed them what it meant to be Jamaican’
The success of the Jamaica College (JC) robotics team in the recent FIRST Tech Robotics Championship is being hailed as a…
Brazil’s Black travel movement embraces heritage and promotes Black entrepreneurship
It opens with a pale white woman floating on her back in a pool and then cuts to some iconic…
New App Inspired by the ‘Greenbook’ Aims to Connect the Diaspora
The historic Negro Motorist Greenbook once served as a guide to help Black travelers safely move about the country during Jim Crow…
This chef visited 48 African countries to create a new ‘Afro-fusion’ cuisine
Dinner at Meza Malonga is not just a meal – it’s a tour of the African continent. Delicately plated dishes…