The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
I’m not Ashamed Of Having Four Baby Mama’s…
Popular Nigerian music executive, Ubi Franklin said having four baby mama isn't something he is ashamed of or a thing of regret. He wrote in a Twitter string, "I got in my 34 years on…
Two Female African Writers Nominated For Prestigious Award
Ethiopian-American Maaza Mengiste, writer of The Shadow King, and Zimbabwean Tsitsi Dangarembga, with her novel This Mournable Body, were on the waitlist for the 2020 Booker Prize has been gotten with festivity on the African…
Empowering Women In Uganda Through Taxi Amidst COVID-19
Empowerment in Uganda is on a whole new level has they have initiated a empowerment scheme that empowers particularly the female gender, it is called the Diva Taxi. It's a way eradicating unemployment in the…
Business: Women powering the revolution in Africa digitally
On this edition of Business Africa, we meet the women bossing Twitter timeliness across the continent. Also on this show, two sides of the Covid-19 coin; a contact tracing app in Ethiopia and the pandemic's…
Two African women still in running for WTO…
Two African women are among the five candidates still in the running to take the World Trade Organization top job. No Africans and no women have ever been at the helm of the global trade…
I don’t mind marrying all the women I’m…
Top Nigerian music producer and owner of Mavin Records, Don Jazzy, remains one of the most eligible bachelors in Nigeria. Just recently, the producer decided to tease his followers after he posted a photo on…
Breaking: Women occupy 30% of Burundi’s new cabinet
Women make up over thirty percent of Burundi’s new cabinet according to a government release issued over the weekend. President Evariste Ndayishimiye in a decree nominated a sixteen-member cabinet to help run government business. The…
WHO restates harsh impact of COVID-19 on African…
The World Health Organization earlier this week (June 17) reiterated concerns over the rate at which covid-19 exposes women in Africa “to a higher risk of abuse and gender-based violence.” This comes after hundreds of…
NEWS: Women’s bodies continue to pile up as…
A chill-out session between a group of friends led to the discovery of a woman's body under her boyfriend's bed. The friends suspected foul play when they did not see their friend's girlfriend, Silindile Ndlovu,…
South Africa: Ramaphosa condemns surge in violence against…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned as “inhumane acts” the violence against women which, according to police, have skyrocketed since the relaxation of the containment in his country, the most affected by the coronavirus…
Taribo West narrates how his teammates sneaked women…
Legendary Super Eagles defender Taribo West claims that some of his teammates at France 1998 World Cup sneaked women into their hotel rooms before their round of 16 tie against Denmark. According to West, who…
Ecobank celebrates International women’s day
Ecobank Nigeria, Managing Director, Patrick Akinwuntan (middle), on his left, Executive Director, Commercial Banking, Carol Oyedeji and other female Ecobankers during the Bank’s commemoration of this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) at the Bank’s head…
Sudanese women Complains about slow progress on rights
Sudanese women played a vital role in the move leading to the fall of Omar al-Bashir in 2019. But women activists in Sudan say there’s slow progress for their rights since the fall of Bashir.…
Semenya Loses Court Appeal Against IAAF’s Testosterone Ruling
South African two-time Olympic 800-metre champion Caster Semenya has lost her appeal against rules designed to decrease naturally high testosterone levels in some female runners.
