Covering all Southern African stories is The African Exponent's Busisiwe. She bases in Pretoria to deliver all significant stories that matter right onto your computer. Storytelling defines her life.
Planning an international trip? Whether it's Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand or beyond, discover the best places to visit in Southeast Asia. Almost 130 million tourists visited Southeast Asia in 2018, and that number is only expected to grow in the coming years. Southeast Asia has been a budget destination
A 11-year old Nigerian hyper-realistic artist, Kareem Waris Olamilekan, has been named the winner of a top Taiwanese award. Kareem Waris Olamilekan emerged the recipient of Taiwan’s Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation‘s “22nd Fervent Global Love of Lives Award”. According to the organizers of the award, the
Kenya has the best runners in the world. Isn't it ironic, then, that a country with such a record didn't have its own running shoe till now? For years, Kenyan athletes have had to purchase running shoes from foreign brands because there was no local option.
Do you want to rock something new this year? https://www.instagram.com/p/B1uL8ptAYtN/ with highlight ideas you shouldn’t consider. Light Brown Hair with Highlights Looks to Consider This Year If you have brown hair, you may not be so ready to switch to something lighter than your
The Great Green Wall of Africa is a determined effort to plant a stretch of trees across the continent, covering the whole Sahel-Saharan region from Senegal (West Africa) to Ethiopia (East Africa). It was a plan endorsed by the African Union in 2007 and if it fully comes to fruition,
Former Plantashun Boys member who has come out to lay ownership to the award-winning song, African Queen seems is ready to take his tussle with former bandmate, 2 Face Idibia. Blackface and 2Face are at loggerheads over the track which has won many awards within and outside the continent. It
Nigerian Nobel prize for literature winner, Prof. Wole Soyinka has called on Commonwealth nations to investigate the UK. The professor made the comments following the decision by Britain's Prime minister, Boris Johnson to suspend parliament. He believes this will set a bad example for African countries, especially the
A Zambian Disc Jockey popularly called Hero DJ was beaten to pulp and given a horror facial transformation after playing a South African music in a Nightclub. This comes at a time when emotions are still raging over recent xenophobic attacks on foreigners living in the rainbow nation. One social
Kenyans are less bothered with the security of personal data posted on the internet; a global survey shows, implying they could be an easy target for cybercriminals. Only four in every ten internet users in Kenya are concerned about their privacy online, a new report by the United Nations Conference
Robin Longoria 58, of Mansfield Texas, Unites States of America (USA) last week pleaded guilty to facilitating illegal adoptions of children through bribing Ugandan High Court Judges. On August 29, Longoria pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violation of the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by committing
Colonialism in Africa brought an erosion of identity for the Africans. They were taught to abhor anything that were aliened in their immediate surroundings. It resulted in Africans being assimilated into the European way of doing things. Africa was distanced from its own culture and own identity. The effect of
South African designer Palesa Mokubung is the first African designer to collaborate with the fashion giant H&M. The Swedish retailer joined forces with Mantsho, Mokubung's label, to create a collection celebrating the elegance and vibrancy of Africa. Mokubung's career began in 2000 when she
The UK has announced that it will give aid to female entrepreneurs in Africa in a bid to break down barriers faced by female entrepreneurs in Africa. Up to 10,000 women with essential business training are set to benefit from the aid. Africa has the highest concentration of female
The passion behind Senegalese-born entrepreneur Magatte Wade’s perseverance runs close to home indeed: born in a small fishing village south of Dakar, Wade now runs organic skincare company Skin Is Skin, whose products are currently stocked in the upscale Whole Foods supermarket chain across the United States. She is
A U.S. presidential candidate has promoted an African made belt he wore in a campaign video. The United States presidential candidate, Thomas Steyer, will be contesting in the 2020 general elections. During one of his campaign videos, the presidential hopeful wore a unique belt. The belt's distinctive
Kenyan chef Maliha Mohammed is the new Guinness world record holder for the longest cooking chef. The Mombasa-based chef cooked for 75 hours non-stop, breaking the previous record held by Rickey Lumpkin from California, USA, who cooked for 68 hours 30 minutes and 1 second non-stop in December 2018. “I
