Lynsey Chutel

Malkerns, eSwatini

Just when it seemed Africa was left off Netflix’s plan for global content domination, the pioneers of binge-watching have hinted at plans to acquire more original content for the region.

For all its box-office success and cultural significance, Black Panther has had to dodge a lot of uncomfortable issues around cultural appropriation. Now, one of the most celebrated elements of the Marvel film, its original soundtrack, is under fire for alleged creative theft.

For all the promise it holds for the future, artificial intelligence is still guilty of historic bias. Voice recognition software struggles with English accents that are not American or British and facial recognition can be guilty of racial profiling.

Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is no stranger to having her name butchered.

South African construction workers thinking about overstating supplies or flouting safety regulations may now notice a drone hovering above them. Gauteng province’s department of infrastructure development has launched a fleet of drones that will be used monitor building projects including those in and around Johannesburg.

Trevor Noah may not have been “in the crowd when Rafiki held Simba over the edge of the cliff, like an African Michael Jackson,” as his Twitter bio says—but he was in Wakanda.

Sport has long been a litmus test for how South Africa is doing in its quest for racial reconciliation, whether on or off the field. This week, a disagreement between former-star-players-turned-commentators showed that the country still has a long way to go in both.

In the next few days, the world will find out whether it’s possible to stop an outbreak as relentless as Ebola.

A group of women tired of being sidelined at the African Union have revealed the systematic discrimination they face at the union’s Addis Ababa headquarters and beyond. A group of women staffers sent two memos to senior officials and spoke out to the press about the various ways they have been held back by prejudice at the organization that is mandated to protect African women.

Through DStv, MultiChoice has been the dominant player on African television screens in the last decade, available in 48 African countries. Yet, in the last week, the Naspers-owned media giant has been appealing to South African regulators, trying to make a case for why it could not survive any regulation in the face of streaming.

South Africans may be some of the hardest workers in the world—they’re three times more likely to work 60 hours a week than Americans.

Sixteen black actresses staged a glamorous protest on the Cannes red carpet on Thursday (May 17) to bring attention to the pervasive racism in the French film industry.

By now, Childish Gambino’s This is America has been dissected countless times all over the internet and scoured for hidden meanings. In the last few days, the video’s choreographer has emerged as the creative force behind the Childish Gambino’s mesmerizing dance moves.

Netflix seems determined to change how the whole world watches TV, not only through streaming and binge-watching, but by creating smart content that local audiences can identify with and pay for. Africa, however, doesn’t seem to be on Netflix’s plan for global TV domination.

With funding from Europe, the Gambia’s government has devised a roadmap to keep young people off the “back way” and away from Europe.

Vanderbijlpark, South Africa

With his hand stuck in a simple sock puppet, performer Conrad Koch has rediscovered his favorite part about being on stage: fun.

South Africa often feelslike two different countries chafing up against each other—one for the rich and one for the poor. This separation was legislated under apartheid, but post-apartheid South Africa has struggled to bridge the divide.

The actual details of the death of a young man called “Kenneth aka Dagba Junior” from the Lagos suburb of Ketu remain murky, but local news reports are clear on the culprit: gutter water.

Cape Town was on the brink of disaster, and then it wasn’t.

Cape Town has long been Airbnb’s most popular African destination, but that lead is slipping as tourists make bolder moves to undiscovered spots on the continent.

For international tourists, wildlife is a major part of visiting the African continent. But cost and distance often make the same world-famous game parks inaccessible for Africans. Now, advances in virtual reality are putting Africa’s wildlife within reach for anyone with a smartphone and VR headset.

South Africa’s main opposition leader Mmusi Maimane tried to visit detained Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema in May last year. He never got past immigration officials. The trip was an attempt to show that southern Africa’s normally weak political opposition movements can have strength in numbers by building a transnational coalition.