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With a somewhat unusual provenance, a new art gallery in Tokyo aims to become a center for contemporary African art. Backed by a member of a prominent family in French luxury goods, a German cultural entrepreneur and a Japanese actor, Space Un synthesizes their shared passion for African art and a desire to promote cultural… Read More »A New Tokyo Art Space Will Champion Contemporary...
He also uses sustainable materials, bringing a modern feel to the streets of Lagos. As a design and build firm, elArc DESIGNS Limited’s design thinking process challenges inertia and fear-driven assumptions that put a damper on creativity. It redefines problems in human-centric ways resulting in strategic, practical and solution-focused design concepts. DW
Paul Onwuanibe leads Landmark Group, a real estate developer and a key player in Nigeria’s tourism and hospitality industries. The group’s leisure beach, listed among Nigeria’s best seven beaches in 2023 by the Lonely Planet travel guide, is a lucrative part of the 13-hectare mixed-use Landmark site along the Atlantic Ocean beachfront in Lagos’s affluent… Read More »Concern as...
To mark Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel’s 125th birthday celebration in 2024, Mother City, a curation of artworks from the Norval Foundation’s Collection will be on show at the legendary Belmond property. Punctuating The Nellie’s grand halls and public spaces, artworks through the lens of 16 artists’ nuanced practices will find a home at the… Read More »Capetonian Hotel Celebrates Art...
Kweene Trails is a mobile, seasonal camp in a remote corner of the delta on a private concession that can handle 10 visitors, but hosts only one group at a time. This exclusive area lies on a stretch of the Kweene River system adjacent to the Sandveld tongue in the Western Okavango Delta. What makes… Read More »Diary of a Nine-year-old Camping in the Okavango Delta
Better known as the ‘Hardest Geezer’ on social media, Cook achieved something that nobody ever has: running the entire length of Africa, from tip to tip, crossing the finish line in Tunisia after a whirlwind 352-day journey. His original plan to run from Tunisia to South Africa hit a roadblock when he couldn’t secure an… Read More »Russell Cook’s Reflective Journey in Africa
The royal artifacts that were taken in the 19th century from the Asante Kingdom of Ghana. 15 of these items were returned by the British Museum, while the remaining 17 were returned by the Victoria and Albert Museum. However, these artifacts were delivered on a loan deal, renewable in the next three years. The 150-year-old… Read More »UK Returns 32 Royal Artifacts to Ghana’s Ashanti...
Johannesburg taxi commuters say they fear for their lives when using public transport in the city.
Ace Magashule is adamant that the National Prosecuting Authority has nothing on him.
The lobby group argues that the bill poses a threat to the Afrikaans education.
Exchanges including Bybit and OKX have taken advantage of the Indian Ocean archipelago state’s low taxes and light-touch regulation. As a result, Seychelles’ incoming on-chain bitcoin flows between 2019 and 2022 were equivalent to nearly 2.5 per cent of GDP, the IMF finds. Relative to everywhere else, that’s huge. Second and third on the list… Read More »Africa’s Smallest and Least...
French media group Vivendi’s Canal+ has made a mandatory all-cash offer to acquire the remaining shares of South African broadcasting giant MultiChoice that they don’t already own. Considering the continent’s rapidly growing population, the combined entity could reach a potential audience of over 1 billion people in Africa alone. Canal+ has a strong presence in… Read More »A Proposed...
Africa’s largest retail group is by no means a bit-player in the relationship. The fund will invest $125 million over the next five years in innovative start-ups geared at transforming grocery retail and addressing the sector’s sustainability issues. The W23 Global comprises Shoprite, Tesco, Dutch-Belgian multinational retail group Ahold Delhaize (which has a footprint across… Read More...
Ten years of profiling record-breakers, history-makers and risk-takers determined to rewrite the narrative on Africa. The 10th anniversary of FORBES AFRICA’s 30 Under 30 list is testament to the unmistakable potential and talent pool that exists on a continent boasting the world’s youngest population, and their role in together crafting Africa’s growth story. Building a… Read More...
A new documentary, dubbed “Amazing Tanzania,” is scheduled to premiere in May featuring Chinese actor Jin Dong, who is also a tourism goodwill ambassador for the country. The government hopes it will build on the success of Tanzania: The Royal Tour, an internationally-distributed TV program which debuted in 2022 and is credited with helping increase… Read More »Tapping into the Chinese...
Almost a decade ago, the light-rail system in Ethiopia’s capital of Addis Ababa was hailed as a revolutionary solution to the city’s transportation woes. Today, only a third of the $475 million system’s trains are operational, ferrying just 55,000 passengers a day — a fraction of initial projections. Overcrowding, long wait times and frequent breakdowns… Read More »Africa’s Forlorn Projects
They produce more than 50% of the total. Smallholder farmers usually only have access to machinery for some of their tasks: field preparation and harvesting. They have to do everything else manually, like planting and applying fertiliser and chemicals. Doing these tasks manually can reduce yields, which means the farmers make less money from their… Read More »Smallholder Farmers are the...
Uganda Airlines says it has brought to the attention of Interpol an issue flagged by the Ugandan auditor-general, who revealed that the state-owned carrier incurred a loss by transferring hundreds of thousands of US dollars to a bank account falsely attributed to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s civil aviation authority. Uganda Airlines spokeswoman Shakila Rahim… Read More »Dodgy...
Founded by Gbenro Adeyemo in 2021, OMENAI provides a space for both emerging and established artists to showcase their work, aiming to address the lack of visibility for African contemporary art within the mainstream global discourse. In launching OMENAI, Adeyemo told Disrupt Africa he had merged his passion for art with his background in technology.… Read More »A Platform Dedicated to...
Businesses, roads, and homes in Margate suffered damage caused by severe thunderstorms.
SAHPRA recalls two batches of Benylin paediatric cough syrup
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has recalled two batches of Benylin pediatric cough syrup.
On 10 April 2024, the Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) reported to the concerned party that a batch of Benylin paediatric cough syrup had high levels of...