The Santuri Electronic Music Academy supports east African music producers, DJs and sound engineers trying to break into the industry, particularly...
Somalia is beckoning foreign investors with new oil exploration opportunities. Judy Waguma spoke to Mogadishu-based attorney Mohammed Fatih Sheikh, a graduate of the University of Dundee’s Law School, about his ambitions for this determined but battered nation.
Facebook is running a campaign of cool people doing cool shit on Facebook called #RealPeopleRealStories and so they sent me over to his house in Langata. Three floors up block 8. I had gone to his Twitter before but the man who opens the door doesn’t quite look like him but then again who...
We do not yet have the language to fully honour people like Njeri and Emma in their complex contribution to struggles for liberation. Instead, we speak of them only in relation to their husbands.
According to academic thought, protest songs can express the perceived imperfections in the status quo. It can also provide other narratives and possibilities for contemporary culture and give voice to the voiceless masses. It can also be seen as a propaganda device for political...
"When I am in the water I feel something extraordinary, something special in my heart," Sambe said, wearing a t-shirt of the "Black Girls Surf" project (BGS), which helps Black girls and women around the world break into professional surfing.
HIV and pregnancy are the leading causes of deaths among adolescents and young women aged 15-24 years in Kenya. Over half of the 46,000 new HIV infections in 2018 occurred among adolescents and young people.
Kenya has halted imports of secondhand clothes to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The move limits fashion selection, but opens doors for the country’s designers and manufacturers.
Tackling the ongoing coronavirus pandemic effectively to ensure Africa grows back and builds back better in the aftermath of COVID-19 requires boldness never before seen on the continent, says Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Speaking during an...
We speak to the Kenyan Afro-pop sensation about their latest album, their evolution as artists and Black Lives Matter. Sauti Sol recently dropped their fifth studio album and it is a jubilant gift for the undeniably turbulent times the world finds itself experiencing. Midnight Train is a...
Nollywood is the second largest employer after agriculture in Nigeria. In 2014, Nollywood was worth $5.1 billion and made up 5% of Nigeria’s GDP.