Fat Joe, DJ Drama & Cool N Dre collaborate on “Africa” which features French Montana, Lil Yachty and was co-produced by 808-Ray & Cool N Dre. Get the song and read the lyrics.
Read ArticleFat Joe, DJ Drama & Cool N Dre collaborate on “Africa” which features French Montana, Lil Yachty and was co-produced by 808-Ray & Cool N Dre. Get the song and read the lyrics.
Read ArticleTunecore AfricaTuneCore, the leading digital music distribution and publishing administration company for independent artists, has launched operations in Africa. Jade Leaf has been hired as Head of TuneCore for Southern Africa and will share responsibility for key countries in East Africa with Chioma Onuchukwu, who has been hired as Head of TuneCore for West Africa. Both Leaf and Onuchukwu will report to Faryal Khan-Thompson, Vice President, International, TuneCore. Onuchukwu will…
Continue Reading“I won’t lie, I was a dead guy,” Joeboy declares raising his hands in surrender as if to confess his greatest truth. “I had only one shoe. Nike. It was fake. I know. But I wore it like that. It was all I had,” he continues, before offering me a slice of pizza.
Read ArticlePaying her respects. Duchess Meghan took time out of her royal visit to South Africa with Prince Harry and 4-month-old son Archie to honor a student who was killed in Cape Town. Buckingham Palace confirms to Us Weekly that the Duchess of Sussex, 38, quietly paid tribute to Uyinene Mrwetyana on Thursday, September 26, at the location where the 19-year-old was killed in August. Meghan tied a ribbon at the site in an effort to denounce…
Continue ReadingBritain’s Prince Harry, his wife Meghan Markle and their 4-month-old son Archie were set Monday to kick off a 10-day visit to southern Africa that will have Harry follow in the footsteps of his deceased mother, Princess Diana. “Africa (is) a region of the world that over the past two decades has been a second home to me,” Harry wrote on Instagram a few weeks before the trip, which is their first official tour as…
Continue ReadingYeni Kuti, the eldest daughter of the late Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has condemned the xenophobic attacks being unleashed on Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa, describing them as disheartening and saddening. Speaking with PM News, the journalist and dancer accused African leaders of creating disunity among themselves ‘when they should be fighting for Africa’s unity’. “I think it’s very sad that black people are fighting black people….
Continue ReadingNigerian Afropop/AfroBeat sensation, Wizkid has emerged the first African artist to hit 8million streams on Spotify. Spotify, an online music streaming platform that pays royalties based on the number of artist streams, made this known. Wizkid beat former record holder, Congolese rapper and singer, Maitre Gims to become number one in Africa.
Continue ReadingNigerian Music diva, Yemi Alade has made history as the first female African artist to hit one million subscribers on video streaming platform, YouTube. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this feat comes months after Alade became the second Nigerian artist to hit hundred million views on YouTube for the song, ‘Johnny’. The ‘Oh My Gosh’ singer took to her Instagram page @yemialade to announce the feat and reflect…
Continue ReadingMati Diop, a French-Senegalese actress and director, has become the first black female director to win an award in Cannes Film Festival’s 72-year history. News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Diop took home the Grand Prix , equivalent of a silver prize, for her film ‘Atlantics’, a Senegalese drama about sexual politics among young migrants. The Grand Prix award, bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the…
Continue ReadingMeasles cases have soared between 300 and 700 per cent worldwide through the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last year, the World Health Organisation said Monday, as concern grows over the impact of anti-vaccination stigma. So far this year, 170 countries have reported 112,163 measles cases to WHO. At this time last year, 163 countries had reported 28,124 cases. The most dramatic rise in cases…
Continue ReadingNamibia has become the first African nation to export 21 tonnes of beef to China, the world’s largest consumer market. The Southern African country transported 6.5 million tonnes of beef, 250,000 tonnes of mutton, 2.3 million tonnes of pork and 1.7 million tonnes of chicken per annum to China. The export has made Namibia the important market in the world of Africa, minister of Agriculture, water and forestry, Alpheus Gou-Ina…
Continue ReadingMore women die from caesarean delivery in Africa than in high-income countries, a study published in the Lancet medical journal revealed on Friday. Cesarean section (C-section) is a surgical procedure used to deliver a baby through incisions in the abdomen and uterus. A caesarean section is often necessary when a vaginal delivery would put the baby or mother at risk. The study was conducted in over 180 hospitals in 22…
Continue ReadingJeff Bezos:still world’s richest man Jeff Bezos remains the world’s richest person, ahead of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, according to the latest Forbes list of the ultra wealthy, while far behind President Donald Trump jumped 51 spots in the ranking. He is now 715th in the world, far behind Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, who is 136th with a net worth of $10.9 billion. Mike Adenuga is 156th, with…
Continue ReadingIndependent investigation has confirmed that cigarettes sold in Africa are more toxic than those smoked in Europe. However, there are fears that such toxic cigarettes may be in circulation in Nigeria and are being smoked even by teenagers. The implication of smoking such toxic cigarettes, according to medical experts, is the rise in deaths from respiratory diseases such as lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia. Also, despite the…
Continue ReadingForbes has released their 21-man richest men in Africa list, for the year 2019. This list was released today, 9th of January, 2019. The list has revealed that there were fewer and poorer billionaires on the African continent in 2019. Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote retained his place as the richest man in Africa on the newly released Forbes’ list of African billionaires. He, however, lost almost $2bn compared to his last…
Continue ReadingAfrica’s 2017 Top 10 Richest Countries (McKinsey Global Institute) | Back in 2010, McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) described African growth potential as the “Lions on the move.” It has since given the green light as you will be able to see on the list of our top ten richest countries in Africa. Due to the continents oil-rich soil, human capital, sports, and athleticism among many others, this is a growing continent. African is the…
Continue ReadingMeet Mansa Musa, The 14th Century African King & Richest Man In History (Worth Over $4Trillion) | Forget Rockefeller, Gates & Jeff — 14th century Malian emperor Mansa Musa is likely the richest man ever. Imagine how much money the richest person in history would have. Now add a couple hundred billion, and you’ve probably gotten closer to how much wealth Mansa Musa had circa 1324 C.E. Economists have determined…
Continue Reading10 African Leaders that Could be Brothers (And They Don’t Know This) | THE world is full of delightful quirky events – like April 20, which was National Look-alike Day in the US. Americans shared pictures of people they thought looked alike or those they believe look like them, which got me thinking about our own presidents, several of whom actually bear more than a passing resemblance. •Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro…
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