A childhood dream took him from Ghana to China to study aviation engineering, but a talent for video making turned him into a YouTube sensation and gave him a new mission. Kobina Ackon, known to

Need a laugh? Then you can join over 3 million other followers who can’t get enough of the humor of Layi Wasabi. The Nigerian comic, whose real name is Isaac Olayiwola, began his skit-making a

20 years since his last exhibition at London’s Serpentine Gallery, artist Yinka Shonibare has mounted an astounding show of works that is both colorful and complex. Showcasing his signature use of Dutch wax cloth, the

Oscar-nominated for best foreign picture, Io Capitano tells the heart-warming and gut-wrenching story of a pair of cousins attempting to migrate from Senegal to Europe. With accolades aplenty abroad, the film’s director and crew embarked

Although it began its life in the UK, the cooking-oriented show Ready Steady Cook has made its way to South Africa, and audiences are transfixed. The show’s combination of good-hearted competition, audience interaction, and the

Vivo, co-founded by Wandia Gichuru and Anne-Marie Burugu already has 26 stores spread across Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. For its launch at Atlantic Station in Atlanta it brought along Kenya-made brands including Anjiru, Ikwetta, and

Africa’s most celebrated dancer and choreographer, Germaine Acogny, turns 80 on 28 May. Born in 1944 in Porto Novo in Benin, Acogny moved with her family and settled in Senegal as a young girl. She

In celebration of Africa Day on May 25, Instagram launched its international and pan-African campaign ‘Made By Africa, Loved by the World’. In a first, this year’s Instagram campaign celebrates women of impact, spotlighting four

May 2025 will mark the opening of Machaba Safaris’ newest luxury camp, situated on the edge of the Monachira channel, in the northeast region of the Moremi Game Reserve in Okavango Delta. The camp, raised

Earlier this month, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based airline announced that flight EK783 will go and come between Dubai and Lagos, Nigeria, starting later this year. The plane servicing flyers is a Boeing 777-300ER with