Here are 4 ways to wear a head wrap or turban shown by the lovely @kilahmazing. It’s quick, easy but most importantly, stylish!
The 20 hottest Nigerian songs of 2016 — according to MTV Base
Azubuike Chibuzo Nelson, an indigenous rapper known as Phyno, had the hottest Nigerian song of 2016. MTV Base, premier music channel, defines the “hottest song” as being popular, commercially successful and massively requested. Olamide, D’banj, Reekado Banks, Falz, Humblesmith were …
Music is the only thing I haven’t given up on, says Bem Abu
“Music is pretty much the only thing I have not been able to give up on”, he said, musingly; hopeful and somewhat assured. “I do not allow challenges limit me, especially with the music,” Bem added, in a recent sit …
South Africa’s scrubland plant entrepreneur
South Africa’s Western Cape has more botanic biodiversity than the rainforests of the Amazon. Most of this is composed of « fynbos » – scrubland plants – the majority of which do not grow anywhere else in the world.
Fynbos has given one entrepreneur the opportunity to develop her business from a backyard near Cape Town and to become a major horticultural supplier. Africa Business Report travelled to Paarl in the Western Cape to speak to Jacky Goliath of De Fynne Nursery.
Hafsat Abiola, Nigerian Human Rights Activist
Nigerian human rights activist Hafsat Abiola has been promoting democracy and helping women in the West African country to participate in the country’s governance. She is also the founder and board president of KIND, the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy. She was recently in Washington, DC to receive a Global Leadership Award from the group Vital Voices. Here’s an interview with Peter Clottey where she shares her goals for Nigeria.
Bolt and Ayana crowned 2016 World Athletes of the Year
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt and Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the IAAF Athletics Awards 2016, held at Sporting Monte Carlo on Friday (2). Bolt, who won the award five times …
Somalia’s football Premier League kicks off
Somalia’s Premier League season has kicked off to a fresh start, after FIFA issued communication gadgets to referees.
Local teams are hoping to strengthen the standards of their game, and have brought in many foreign players from across the continent.
Kenyan children learn ballet at Kibera slum
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nairobi, Kenya – With more than 2.5 million people in some 200 settlements, the slum dwellers in Nairobi represent more than half of the city’s population and occupy merely 6 percent of the land, according to a report [PDF] released in 2014 …
Epic Bride & Bridesmaids Wedding Dance
Ghanaian bride Olivia and her Nigerian groom Abi had a fun bridesmaids vs groomsmen dance battle at their wedding! The bridesmaids won, OF COURSE! Choreographed by Crystal Clear Co.