Ethiopia: Africa’s First Commodity Exchange Transformed Economy
In the Guardian, Lauren Everitt of All Africa.com interviews Eleni Gabre-Madhin on how a market has empowered Ethiopian farmers by focusing on distribution as...
Nelson George: 'Funk is the Link Between Soul and Hip-Hop'
Black pop culture curator Nelson George screened his upcoming VH1 Rock Doc, Finding The Funk, on opening night of Atlanta’s BronzeLens Film Festival. Finding...
Lupita Nyong’o Named New Face of Lancôme
Vanity Fair is reporting that Academy award-winning actress and fashion darling Lupita Nyong'o has been named the new face of Lancôme cosmetics. Pria Rayo...
Africa: China and Russia’s Footprint Challenges U.S.
Writing for Bloomberg.com, Michael Cohen, Samer Al-Atrush, Henry Meyer and Margaret Taley contextualizes United States National Security Adviser John Bolton's "new strategy" for Africa....
Ghana: Former President Jerry ‘J.J.’ Rawlings Dies
BBC is reporting Ghana's former president Jerry "J.J. Rawlings has died after a brief illness at a hospital in Accra. Rumors are swirling that...
Young Guru Talks Music: ‘Era of the Engineer’
The digital age has led many people to think it only takes a MacBook and GarageBand to make quality sound recordings.
Young Guru says there’s...
Christiane Taubira: France’s Justice Minister Subjected to Racist Slurs
Writing for The Root, Breanna Edwards writes that France's Justice Minister Christiane Taubira has been subjected to a slew of racist slurs and insults...
Justine Sacco Fired: AIDS is No Laughing Matter
Justine Sacco, the PR executive whose hateful and hurtful Tweet about AIDS in Africa that went viral on the Internet has been fired. In...
Rwanda: First-Ever Reality Show ‘Zamuka’ Models Entrepreneurism
Search for Common Ground (SFGC),an international NGO, is hoping to inspire and launch a new generation of young entrepreneurs with Zamuka – the first...
Libya: Africans Trying to Reach Europe Sold Into Slavery
BBC Africa is reporting Africans trying to migrate to Europe are being sold into "slave markets" in Libya. The BBC reports:
"Victims told International Organization for...
