Connecting Africa’s Innovators and Leaders
ShangoxIt’s 11:37 AM PDT on Sunday, March 23, 2025, and the tech winds are blowing strong across the continent, as spotlighted by iAfrica in their March 22 piece, “Africa’s Tech Boom: Innovation Grows Despite Funding and Infrastructure Hurdles.” From Lagos to Nairobi to Cape Town, Africa’s tech scene is popping off, drawing global eyes even … Read more
Picture a massive, living shield stretching across Africa—11 countries wide, 8,000 kilometers long, and 15 kilometers thick. That’s the Great Green Wall, an audacious plan to fight desertification, poverty, and climate chaos in the Sahel, a semi-arid belt hugging the Sahara’s southern edge. Launched in 2007 by the African Union (AU), it’s not a literal … Read more
No group has claimed responsibility, but an official said the attack followed a pattern of raids by Islamist militant group al-Shabab.
It’s 10:04 AM PDT on Sunday, March 23, 2025, and a seismic shift is rippling through North Africa, courtesy of a fresh scoop from The New Arab. Tunisia has yanked itself out of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, slamming the door on its citizens’ and NGOs’ ability to petition this AU-backed judicial … Read more
It’s 8:59 AM PDT on Sunday, March 23, 2025, and Africa’s energy scene is buzzing with a hot scoop from The Citizen Tanzania. Tanzania’s state-owned Tanesco and Zambia’s private Kanona Electric Company are hashing out a landmark electricity sale deal that could beam Tanzania’s power to Zambia—and maybe beyond. Announced March 22, 2025, these early … Read more
Ebrahim Rasool arrives home to a jubilant crowd after being declared unwelcome in the United States.
Some locals find they cannot compete with those holidaying from the diaspora who are nicknamed I Just Got Back.