Pizza and coffee are not a common combination, but in South Africa they are economically linked, particularly if they’re American brands.
For many of the young women who intern and volunteer at one Africa’s most prestigious institutions, the opportunity quickly became a nightmare.
Culturally, Africa is having a real moment. In the last few years, fashion, films, music and art from the continent have punctured the outdated image the west has of an African aesthetic. Now, the household has become the latest area showcasing contemporary design.
A belly flop can be a painful and very public failure, but not in this case.
France is set to make good on president Emmanuel Macron’s promise to return Africa’s stolen art and artifacts.
One of South Africa’s major life insurance companies has been forced to change its payout policy for deaths due to violent crime this week, a move that could have significant ramifications for one of the country’s most profitable sectors.
MTN’s new “smart feature” phone is meant to be as affordable as a feature phone, as multifunctional as a smartphone and will help Africa’s largest phone network dominate mobile phones in Africa.
The commercial success of Marvel’s Black Panther film in 2018 belies just what a risk it was for Stan Lee to create the revolutionary African character. Lee, who died this week at the age of 95, created the Black Panther in 1966 with writer and artist Jack Kirby.
The early box office success, and swift criticism, of the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, is also attracting interest in Freddie Mercury’s African roots. The country of his birth, may not have embraced him, though.
As the world remembers the end of the First World War, Zambia is fighting to ensure that its role in the war is remembered. World leaders gathered in Paris on Nov. 11, Armistice Day, to honor the war’s fallen soldiers.
A South African soccer legend plans to become the country’s streaming hero.
In the global imagination, Africa’s cities are usually limited to safari stopover or the site of compounded suffering. Now, one of the advantages of increased investment on the continent is that more business travellers are jetting in, and they’re growing tired of the hotel’s bland buffet.
Hollywood deal-making will hit peak this week as the American Film Market opens in Santa Monica, California. Among the throng of film execs and ambitious producers at the world’s largest motion picture trade event is a group of South Africans who carry more than the hopes of their entertainment industry.
On Monday (Oct. 29), a specialized unit of police officers began patrolling Cape Town’s embattled train stations. While the recruits lined up for inspection at the public relations launch, the rest of the commuters waited their turn to board the fewer than 40 functional trains after a spate of arson attacks gutted the system. The police were there to put an end to the fires, while officials try to figure out who’s behind the vandalism.
One of the world’s most air-polluted regions is a province of green rolling hills and wild flowers in eastern South Africa. Mpumalanga has the largest single area infected by the deadly air pollutant nitrogen dioxide, according to an analysis of satellite imagery released by Greenpeace on Monday (Oct. 29).
Zimbabwe, with its natural wonders and ancient ruins, has recently been listed as one of the best countries to visit by Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2019.
South Africa’s national electricity supplier is finally making good on its promises to take renewable energy seriously.
Wandering around this year’s Johannesburg Arts Fair in September, photographer Graeme Williams stopped dead in front of a familiar image. The photograph of black South African children marching past a tank of white police officers was his—except that it wasn’t.
As a commodity, sand has historically been ignored underfoot, but as the world realized that it was not in fact an infinite resource the same rush that has characterized unethical mining practices is now threatening the world’s most treasured sand deposits: pristine beaches.
Africans are making French a truly global language.
In daily updates from his social media team and gossip site TMZ, Kanye West is exploring Uganda in a neon green sweater and no political awareness. West and his wife Kim Kardashian West wore matching fluorescent shirts with the Ye’s World Food Program logo as they visited an orphanage on Tuesday. On the back, their shirts read ‘Saving Lives, Changing Lives.’
Belgian voters have elected their first black mayor, who also happens to be father of one of the country’s best known footballers. Pierre Kompany, though, doesn’t want to be known for his son’s fame or his race, he just wants to be a local representative.
Kanye West believes that Uganda will help him finish, and perfect, his long-awaited album. The publicity may be good for Uganda, but the trip could be dismissed as the latest stunt in months of disconcerting public appearances for the Grammy-winning rapper.
The aroma of fried chicken is no longer enough to lure hungry customers in the highly competitive South African fast food market.
