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Pure African experience! Let's take you through it all. The energy and vibe of The Boma (located adjacent to the Victoria Falls Safari Lodge complex) will captivate you before you go in. When you arrive, you're greeted in the...

Netflix has officially made its entry into the Nigerian market, and Nollywood is conspicuously euphoric. How else do you want to react to Netflix's strategic move into Africa’s most populous nation with a widening youth bulge? It is not...

Kenya based B2B e-commerce startup Sokowatch has raised $14 million in Series A funding toward its mission of revamping supply-chain markets for Africa’s informal retailers. From Nairobi, the company has created a platform that connects merchants directly to local...

2020 looks good for African Startups already. There is a fundraising trend and global investors are taking note. In 2019, funds raised for African ventures (about ninety companies raised over a million dollars) reached $725.6 million, an upgrade from...

Ivory Coast coach resigns Head coach of the Ivory Coast national football team Ibrahim Kamara has resigned from his position by "mutual agreement" as confirmed by the Ivory Coast Football Federation (FIF). "The Ivorian Football Federation thanks the national coach...

Eyimofe, a Nigeria-US independent film, will screen in competition at The 70th Berlin International Film Festival, also known as the Berlinale, which kicks off today and will last through till March 1. The festival has been held every February...

If you heard of a desolate Kunene region of northwest Namibia, then you will then know of a resilient people called the Himba. They are Hunter-gatherers and pastoralists and descend from the southward migrating Herero of Angola. They speak...

A Kuba mask from central Congo staring right at America’s founding father, George Washington, is a poetic faceoff that rings true now more than ever. Two of the works being exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum as African Arts—Global Conversations...

Tanzania is one place you need to visit - in case you didn't know. This is even more so if you're doing an organised safari. Tanzania boasts of about a million tourists annually and has many tourist attractions. Approximately...

January this year saw Sudan's annual inflation rate reach 64.3% - a jump from 57.1% in December 2020; due to rising food prices. Inflation soared in recent years, driven by food, beverages and a black market for the US...