It’s been five years since the world lost Africa’s finest journalist, Komla Afeke Dumor, who died on January 18, 2014, at the age of 41. The revered Ghanaian broadcaster suffered a cardiac arrest in London where he was working as the pioneer presenter of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World News programme, Focus on Africa,Continue reading “Celebrating Komla Dumor, the iconic journalist Africa will never stop missing”
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Scientist keeps Nobel Prize despite claiming white people are born with higher IQ than blacks
American DNA pioneer James Watson who was recently stripped of his honorary titles at a leading research institution in New York for repeating racist views he expressed in 2007, will keep the 1962 Nobel Prize he won with two others for his part in discovering the DNA double helix. In 2007, the now 90-year-old Watson told Britain’sContinue reading “Scientist keeps Nobel Prize despite claiming white people are born with higher IQ than blacks”
Why the Swiss haven’t stopped Cameroon’s dictator from lavishly staying in Geneva
Cameroonian leader Paul Biya is known for living a notoriously lavish lifestyle in Geneva where he has unofficially created a seat of government in a 5-star hotel. The 85-year-old has spent a lot of his time as president at the Hotel Intercontinental which has a great view of the Swiss Alps. Several former hotel managersContinue reading “Why the Swiss haven’t stopped Cameroon’s dictator from lavishly staying in Geneva”
Meet the Liberian-born entrepreneur who just acquired Essence magazine
An independent black company Essence Ventures LLC just acquired Essence, the premier black women’s lifestyle magazine, from Time Inc. This acquisition makes Essence a fully black-owned publication for the first time in nearly two decades. The owner of Essence Ventures LLC is a 48-year-old Liberian entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist Richelieu Dennis. He is the co-founder of the personal-care products company Sundial Brands, which heContinue reading “Meet the Liberian-born entrepreneur who just acquired Essence magazine”
5 Christmases with terrorists, the plight of 112 Nigerian schoolgirls held by Boko Haram
Thanks to one of the world’s deadliest terrorist group in Nigeria, 112 girls are far from celebrating the Christmas holidays for the fifth time since their capture in April 2014 by Boko Haram. Boko Haram has killed about 20,000 people and forced more than 2 million people to flee their homes since 2009 in an insurgency aimedContinue reading “5 Christmases with terrorists, the plight of 112 Nigerian schoolgirls held by Boko Haram”
Ismail Akwei 