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Deborah Okenla, founder of Your Startup, Your Story, has made it her mission to build and guide a diverse range of entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom. That has transformed to over 17,000 members in six years and she has helped raise over £5 million.
Ahead of a scheduled visit to Kenya by Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla, the Talai clan of the Kipsigis community is petitioning the king to help it receive compensation for land lost during the colonial period.
In 2019, former Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou announced the plans to change the lyrics of the national anthem, 'La Nigérienne' (The Nigerien). A commission led by the country's prime minister was established to change the lyrics.
Botswana is the largest diamond producer in the world. But with global advancement in innovation, President Masisi has called on diamond-producing nations to invest in technology to ensure the sustainability of the industry.
France is trying at all costs to preserve its influence in Niger to keep its place among the greatest economic powers. To this end, it manipulates ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) to trigger a military intervention in the country.
It is the first time a southern European leader has suggested a national apology for the colonial period.
President Vladimir Putin proclaimed the end of "neo-colonialism" in international politics and praised Russia's economic strategy following its ruptured ties with the West.
Africa had been seeking to assert itself on the global economic stage, but continues to run up against the West's dominance, as well as the barrier of the Franc of the Financial Community of Africa (CFA franc), explained Cameroonian economist Jean René Ndouma
The former head of Kenya's anti-corruption agency was one of the keynote speakers at this year's edition of The Platform, a Nigeria Independence Day event organized by Pastor Poju Oyemade's The Covenant Nation ministry in Lagos, local media reported.
In a message addressed to a workshop in the Vatican on neocolonialism, Pope Francis warns against modern economic and ideological colonialism and again, apologizes for those Christians who contributed to the colonization of Africa and the Americas; Lisa Zengarini writes.
Africa has witnessed two military coups in two months. In July, Niger's military ousted President Bazoum. Later, in August, Gabon saw a military takeover, in which the armed forces ousted the recently re-elected president and named General Brice Oligui Nguema, as interim leader.
Let us stop celebrating coups aimed at furthering the interests of a few military elites as acts of anti-imperialist resistance; Tafi Mhaka writes
The Election Petition Court had previously ruled that both opposition candidates failed to substantiate their argument.
Representatives from various African and Caribbean entities joined forces at a historic event this week in the capital of Barbados, Bridgetown, to demand reparations for slavery and its legacy in today's society.
A prestigious Oxford University scholarship programme has been accused of celebrating its colonial history.
Several sub-Saharan African governments are imposing high taxes on mobile money services, a trend that has reversed previous advances in financial services in countries like Tanzania and Kenya. In Tanzania, the introduction of a tax on mobile money transactions in 2021, which ranged from TZS10 ($0.004) to TZS10,000
