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.
Her Excellency Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf President and CIC Republic of Liberia Ref: Reclaiming Our Economy by Domestically Empowering Local Companies: The Best Answer to Achieving Vision 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals 2030 – A Call to Withdraw US$59.5 million Pre-Financing Loan Agreement in favor of a foreign company. Dear President
Residents of Nakuru’s Tanners area in Kenya were made spectators of queer drama when a 55-year-old man was found stuck while having sex with his sister-in-law at a lodging. The father of five is said to have left his Kisii home to Mombasa to purchase a family car after
President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo has insinuated that he is not ready to let go of power by holding elections. In a recent interview with German’s Spiegel Newspaper, Kabila said that he made no promises of holding presidential elections this year but the voter registration
Zambia and China are in a diplomatic row following the arrest of 31 Chinese nationals. The arrests were made in a joint operation between the Zambian police and immigration authorities in a town 200km from the capital Lusaka. The arrested people are facing charges which include the employment of children
"The guy was not doing so well, so we had to let him go..." casually quips the converser when speaking about the recent going-ons at work. Back here in California, firing incompetent people is an everyday phenomenon that one simply lives, so much so that no one assumes
Andela has identified Uganda as the next country to host its initiative which focuses on recruiting, developing, and placing teams with world-class software developers. The software developer training program aims to bridge the gap between skilled software developers and the companies that require such talent. Since its launch in 2014
Boda boda is one of the latest additions to the 9th edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner's dictionary but Kenyans and Ugandans are already fighting over its originality and copyright. The two countries have taken it to social media to debate how the commonly used term in the
A 27 year old Nigerian systems engineer has won UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering for his tutoring app, Tuteria. Godwin Benson designed the app to link students to qualified tutors in their area and within their budgets. Users find the skill they want to learn on the app on
Today marks 54 years since the first ever Africa Day celebrations occurred as a commemoration of the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity now known as the African Union. Africa has definitely come a long way since that day in Ethiopia when just thirty African countries met and founded
Introduction The end of the Cold War ushered the era of unprecedented democratic change in the so-called Third World. Although autocratic practices have been challenged by the wave of democratic reforms to enhance political security—yet dictatorships are still widespread in Africa. Some post-colonial pan-African leaders may have been schooled
A multitude of problems assail him at every turn: a dying economy, a restive population, an unflattering legacy, and failing health. At 93 years of age, repeated efforts by his publicists to convince the public the president is still fit to govern, latest information shows that behind the scenes it
Africa has proven time and again to be the perfect scene for legendary love tales. In 1952 after King George VI died, Princess Elizabeth who was on a romantic gateway with prince Philip in Kenya became queen. Prince William also proposed to Kate Middleton at Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya in
Learning is the fuel needed for economic growth; it is the driver of innovation, and a platform to create jobs for many. Additionally, education equips people and their societies, with the skills that enable them to escape poverty, and work towards prosperity. With quality education, societies are bound to take
The World Happiness Report 2017 says Africans who have social support as measured by a set of friends to count on at all times, have freedom to make life choices, and can hold their governments accountable to prevent corruption, are the happiest. Additionally, the fifth annual study reports by the
39 of 54 African countries recently endorsed colonialism. Morocco is now the 55th member state of the African Union after member states approved its readmission. It sounds like one positive story of unity in tandem with the vision of the founding fathers but there is a more complex backstory that
Pan-Africanism and human rights violations are normally supposed to be at two irreconcilable ends of the leadership spectrum but in the African continent’s history, there are confusing characters who have attempted to straddle he fine line between villainry and heroism. In the first instalment in a series that will
