African Leadership Magazine Blog

23-year-old Mary Cholhok has become the second professional netball player from the east African country Uganda. She hopes her story will inspire other young African girls to pursue their dreams. Mary, originally a native of South Sudan moved to Uganda with her family after the death of her father during the civil war in Sudan. Mary, who grew to a height...

Folake Akindele Coker, the CEO of fashion designer brand Tiffany Amber has swapped couture for the production of PPE's. To make this shift possible, Coker said the company initially had to procure over 15 tons of fashion design raw materials. These materials included about 90,000 yards of clothing material, approximately one million yards of thread, and 300 yards of elastic...

Efforts are proceeding in Tanzania to quench a fire that has broken out on the inclines of Mount Kilimanjaro, the most elevated top in Africa. Individuals from the Tanzania National Parks Authority (Tanapa) and nearby individuals have been battling to put out the blaze, which started on Sunday. Their endeavours have been hampered by the height just as solid breezes and...

Hollywood giants Disney is partnering with FilmOne Entertainment, a Nigerian movie production & distribution company to market its new releases in West Africa. The deal gives FilmOne Entertainment the sole rights to distribute movies owned by the American entertainment conglomerate in Nigeria, Liberia and Ghana. One of the directors at FilmOne Moses Babatope in a statement said, 'It is a major...

By Phyllis Wakiaga We have a great advantage in Kenya as a nation of young, vibrant and highly creative youth. They account for about 75% of Kenya’s population, according to the World Bank. However, they are not adequately enabled to participate in our country’s social, economic and political development. There are many reasons for this, some are unemployment, under-employment, lack of skills,...