09 May 2014 Kenyan Author Ngugi Wa Thiongo has been honoured by the University of Bayreuth in Germany The tertiary institution said it awarded him an honorary doctorate because it recognized Ngugi’s “outstanding contribution to the profiling of African literatures, especially in African languages According to the University Ngugi’s literary works, like “The devil on ... Read More
09 May 2014 Speaking of Clarence Peters, what’s not to love about the Ace Director. The Director has been nominated in the newly introduced Absolut Transform Today Award category of the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards, MAMAs. Alongside been nominated for videos “Run My Race’’ by Burna Boy and ‘’SOS’’ by Young L in the ... Read More
09 May 2014 Miss Kedike , Emi ni Baller singer Chidinma has wowed fans with yet another spanking new video release. The singer released the video for her single “Oh Baby” on her birthday night last week. The video which was directed by Clarence Peters features Flavour and stars star actress Ngozi Nwozu sees the ... Read More
It’s been more than three weeks since members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, dressed in Nigerian military uniforms, stormed an all-girls secondary school and kidnapped nearly 300 school students, disappearing into a nearby forested area. The social media campaign under the hashtag – #BringBackOurGirls started trending in Nigeria two ... Read More
08 May 2014 In Sports news, the 2nd Okpekpe 10 kilometre road race has come to an end, with Ethiopa making an almost complete sweep of the medals table. ThisDay Live tells us that Teshome Asafan came first in the male race with the race’s first sub 29 minutes time of 28 minutes 36 seconds ... Read More
08 May 2014 BusinessDay announces that partner companies of Grow Africa – a programme established by the World Economic Forum, NEPAD, and the African Union to accelerate the transformation of African agriculture, doubled their investment commitments to $7.2 billion in 2013. This information was according to the Grow Africa annual report released recently. $970 million ... Read More
08 May 2014 Kenya has real cause to be proud according to this report from VENTURES AFRICA. The nation recorded 4.7% GDP growth in 2013, slightly higher than the 4.5 percent forecast by the African Development Bank. 2013 also ended with inflation at 5.7 percent, a 3.7 percent decrease from 2012’s 9.4 percent. Nairobi mostly ... Read More
07 May 2014 Protests to bring awareness to the plight of the missing girls of Chibok continued yesterday with a march in Lagos. The march took off from Alausa and featured a strong turnout of people including MD/CEO EbonyLife TV; Mo Abudu, Style Editor ThisDay Style; Ruth Osime, Publisher of Genevieve Magazine Mrs Betty Irabor, ... Read More
07 May 2014 From Ventures Africa, we bring a report that Airports Company South Africa ACSA, has signed a deal with its Ghanaian counterpart to provide advisory and technical consultancy services in all airport-related matters in Ghana. The five-year renewable contract will see ACSA share aviation knowledge around technical, operational, commercial and strategic business development ... Read More
07 May 2014 The World Economic Forum on Africa will hold its 24th edition from the 7th to the 9th of May 2014 in Abuja, Nigeria. The forum has traditionally held in Cape Town, South Africa, its regional headquarters. However, the 2014 edition is moving to Nigeria in recognition of its growing economic status as ... Read More
