Nigerian entrepreneur, Oscar Ekponimo is working to reduce food waste in Nigeria using an app he developed known as Chowberry.
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Africans rising Meet Nkosiyati Khumalo: GQ South Africa’s new editor, the first black editor
Nkosiyati is making history as the first black GQ Editor and although the double title is a bit daunting he brings with him five years of experience at GQ, having worked as the GQ deputy editor and Style editor. “I remember not seeing many people who looked like me at a senior level. That’s even more true when it comes to lifestyle and fashion titles, not just in South Africa, but worldwide,” he says.
Africans rising Machine Learning: Your smartphone is smarter than you think
In the near future, you will be able to organize, plan your life, and take important decisions by simply speaking into your phone. How? Google has the answers, Ayodeji Rotinwa reports.
Africans rising Meet Simukai Chigudu: The newest departmental Lecturer at Oxford Department of International Development
Today we celebrate the academic excellency of Simukai Chigudu, a Zimbabwean scholar who has just been appointed Departmental Lecturer in Development Studies at the Oxford Department of International Development even before submitting his final thesis. Chigudu started out in Oxford by doing an MSc African Studies, before progressing to a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in International Development. Hats off to the African trailblazer.
Africans rising Five Kenyan high school teenage girls to visit Google HQ after creating an app to end FGM
Five Kenyan high school girls will be at the Technovation competition in California U.S. after they created an app, I-cut which seeks to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The girls are the only African team going to California to participate in this year’s international Technovation competition where they hope to win $15,000.
Africans rising A Nigerian restaurant Ikoyi opens on the streets of London
Food and culture are inseparable, and this is what Ikoyi, a restaurant on the streets of London is all about. Started by two friends with the aim of fusing Nigerian flavours to London’s, Jeremy Chan and Ire Hassan-Odukale wanted to bring a twist to their new restaurant by creating a blend of African cuisine. The founders of Ikoyi say: “We want to change perceptions of west African cuisine.”
Africans rising 25 year old Ugandan PhD student, Moses Namara wins Facebook Emerging Scholar Award
The Emerging Scholar Award is part of Facebook’s ongoing commitment to identifying promising doctoral students and supporting them and their research throughout their careers. 25 year old Moses Namara was one of the winners of the award and Ethiopia’s Rediet Abebe was also named as the other winner. We wish the two young Africans the best.
Africans rising Ghana: KNUST builds solar powered vehicle
Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in collaboration with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) Germany produced Africa’s first solar-powered electric 4×4 automobile named ‘aCar’.
Africans rising Meet Samuel Achilefu: The Nigerian On A Mission To See And Kill Cancer Using Light
The #African continent has many talented people who have been able to bring about #innovative solutions to some of the continent’s most pressing issues, among them is #Nigerian Samuel Achilefu, whose development of high-tech goggles help surgeons “see” and kill #cancer cells, which are often difficult to see.