Hugh Ramopolo Masekela was born on April 4, 1939, in Witbank, South Africa. He began singing and playing piano as a child. But at age 14, after seeing the film, YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN, where Kirk...
Rolihlahla Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in Mvezo, Transkei, on July 18, 1918, to Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Mandela, principal counsellor to the Acting King of the Thembu...
Ayariga was born in Bawku in the Upper East Region of Ghana. He was educated in Ghana and Nigeria and the United States of America. He attended the Barewa College in Zaira in Kaduna State, Nigeria....
Mr. Prosper Bani is a senior manager and specialist in international peace-building and development processes. For over 15 years, Mr. Bani has led innovative processes in peace and development with...
Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is perhaps Africa's youngest Deputy Minister. Appointed at the age of 28, Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa served as Deputy Minister of Information in the Republic of Ghana. He is...
South Africa's governing African National Congress has been defeated by the opposition Democratic Alliance in local polls in the capital Pretoria.
With counting almost over, the DA has 43% of the...
South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has suffered its worst electoral setback since apartheid ended in 1994.
With 92% of the votes counted after Wednesday's municipal elections,...
The Mahama-led National Democratic Congress government, through the manoeuvrings of Finance Minister Seth Terkper, has outwitted the International Monetary Fund, having its way on the critical issue...
Ghana has had to scrap its 4th Eurobond sale in as many years after investors virtually rejected the bond by demanding astronomic rates amid concerns on the health of the economy.
A statement issued...
Johannesburg-based South African football club Kaizer Chiefs have announced former Ghana international defender John Paintsil as their new assistant coach.
Paintsil was last playing for Maritzburg...
Johannesburg, 3 November 2015 - Despite a global youth unemployment landscape that can appear statistically bleak, an EY survey on youth entrepreneurship finds optimism is widespread among young...
A British Airways plane crash landed after its landing gear collapsed upon touching down in Johannesburg. The flight, operated by South African franchise Comair, had flown from Port Elizabeth to OR...
Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is perhaps Africa's youngest Deputy Minister. Appointed at the age of 28, Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa served as Deputy Minister of Information in the Republic of Ghana. He is...
Talented Photographer Ilan Godfrey, in a photoseries called "For Legacy of the Mine",explores the human cost South Africa’s monolithic mining industry, tracing the threads of exploitation and...
With all the skill of a master weaver at a loom, Esther Ogble stands under a parasol in the sprawling Wuse market in Nigeria's capital and spins synthetic fibre into women's hair.
Nearby, three...
