Today we meet, Thato Kgatlhanye (24) a young woman who is a goal getter and assured about what she wants. At the age of 18 she founded Rethaka, which produces recycled schoolbags that double up as solar-powered lights that children can use to study at night.
These four youths have their dreams anchored in Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria and Zimbabwe their home countries, but their daily realities are defined by America – by the immediate challenges in their MIT classrooms, as well as the larger social issues confronting the world outside of those classrooms.
Meet our MCM today, Malawian Mike Chilewe Jnr (27) the founder, and owner of a multimedia advertising firm, Innovertising, as well as Lala Limited, a holding company involved in various activities from manufacturing toilet paper to agricultural exports.
Stella Mwangi continues to outdo herself and establishing herself firmly as an African musician par excellence. Set it Off her latest offering has been picked as theatrical music score and trailer soundtrack on Hollywood film: A Bad Moms Christmas, which is set to premier in the USA on the 3rd November, 2017.
Bessie Head, an author, teacher and journalist was born to a white woman and black man on this day in 1937. Bessie and her husband, Harold Head were both anti-apartheid activists. In celebration of the birth of one of the finest female African writers on the continent we bring you our favourite quotes from her.
In May 2017, South African rapper Cassper Nyovest released his latest album, the 16-track Thuto. Uzoma Ihejirika says the album contains ruminations on the past, cheery predictions for the future, and a deep-seated appreciation for the present.
When Godfrey Magila was six years old, his relatives had to hide everything electronic from him as they would find it dismantled. For instance instead of watching the television, he would dismantle it. The 25 year-old Tanzanian, who is the founder of Magilatech a software development and security auditing firm is our Man Crush Monday for today.
Kudzanai Chiurai born in 1981 and the first black recipient of a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Pretoria is an important figure in the African contemporary art scene. His multi-media art is not only breathtaking but thought provoking.
#Nigerian writer #BenOkri recently penned a powerful poem paying tribute to the victims the #GrenfellTower in London. #Okri’s eulogy while expressing grief, also expresses anger in the circumstances surrounding the tragedy, which was avoidable.
Today is another Wednesday. We feature our Woman Crush Wednesday who runs Orgella Entertainment, an online and broadcast media in South Africa. Allegro Dinkwanyane (27) has described herself as a young aspiring media mogul who is not only ambitious but also focused.
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