Frida Karani is culinary specialist in the US Navy, the 2016 US Armed Forces Chef of the Year and a Petty Officer 1st Class. She recently added being a winner in the popular Food Network show Chopped to her résumé.
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Africans rising Zimbabwean scholar wins prestigious Audrey Richards Prize
Simukai Chigudu has won the prize for Best Doctoral Thesis in African Studies.
Africans rising Roar Nigeria – a platform for students to develop apps that help meet local needs
Nigeria is gradually taking the lead in setting up incubation and tech hubs where startups and young people develop software programmes and apps. Roar Nigeria, the first fully fledged university-embedded technology hub in West Africa, is training young tech experts and innovators – despite funding challenges.
Africans rising Malema calls for the adoption of Kiswahili as Africa’s common language
South African opposition party EFF leader Julius Malema has called for the adoption of Kiswahili as Africa’s common language. Malema also called for a border-less continent, a common currency, and “a United States of Africa”.
Africans rising Zakia Hussein Ahmed, Somalia’s first female Brig. General in the Somali Police Force
Brigadier General Zakia Hussein Ahmed has become the highest ranking female in the Somali Police Force after recent promotion from her previous rank as Colonel. She becomes the first woman in the country’s police history to attain the rank.
Africans rising Meet Kenya’s Fridah Mokaya; University of Connecticut’s first black Female Nuclear Physics PhD graduate
Moving from her native Kenya to pursue a masters in Physics, Dr. Fridah Mokaya went on to join the University of Connecticut PhD program as the only black Physics PhD female (student) in her department but feels “coming from nowhere with no connections” worked in her favour
Africans rising George Weah to honour Arsène Wenger with Liberia’s highest award
Can you imagine a better award like the “Knight Grand Commander of the Humane Order of African Redemption” to be given to Arsène Wenger? Wenger will be honoured by the Liberian government for his contribution to African football. Do you think Wenger has done more for African football than any other coach?
Africans rising Kofi Annan: a complicated legacy of impressive achievements, and some profound failures
Kofi Annan was the first UN employee to rise to the position of Secretary General but his tenure also had a darker side.
Africans rising Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General dies aged 80
Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan has died aged 80, the Kofi Annan Foundation announced. He “passed away peacefully on Saturday after a short illness”, the Foundation said.