African Leadership Magazine Blog

It took him eight months of trials to make sure that this rechargeable iron could work properly. In this laboratory, 23-year-old Baraka Safari Elie spends his whole day making these rechargeable irons, the first of its kind in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They are rechargeable and can conserve energy for up to 3 hours. Young Safari Elie says he wants to...

Buried deep in the ground of the outback of Western Australia geologists have discovered the scars of a large 100 million-year-old meteorite crater. Signs of the meteorite crater were first detected while a drilling company was digging for gold in private gold fields south of Ora Banda, a former mining town turned ghost town in Western Australia's remote north. With a diameter of about...

Many Parisians consider the area a no-go zone of prostitutes, drug dealers and petty criminals. It's also seen clashes between youngsters and French police — and, in July, anti-discrimination protests, inspired by the Black Lives Matters movement in the United States.  But Jacqueline Ngo Mpii's "Little Africa" walking tour instead showcases the talent and energy of the neighbourhood's African diaspora. "Barbes is...

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to put huge stress on people’s and businesses’ finances, in an effort to meet some of the crunches, today PayPal and Visa announced an expansion of service to get cash into people’s hands faster. Instant Transfer — a service where PayPal lets people and businesses quickly access transferred funds by moving them to bank accounts (cutting down waiting time...

Pearl Dairy Farms is now exporting its range of milk powder products to Ethiopia, Malawi and South Sudan underpinned by the ratification of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. With the expansion of these markets; Pearl Dairy products are now sold in over eight countries and growing. Algeria is next on the list of potential markets as the...