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Sudanese-British billionaire Mo Ibrahim just added $100 million to his net worth

Sudanese-British billionaire Mo Ibrahim has increased his net worth by $100 million over the past year. This means that his net worth has increased from $1.1 billion in 2022 to $1.2 billion presently....

[Watch] Liberia’s ex president becomes first woman to win the Mo Ibrahim Prize

Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was on April 28 awarded the Mo Ibrahim Prize. She becomes the first female laureate to win the award. The Prize Committee awarded her the prize for her demonstrated...

Africa’s first elected female president scoops $5m Mo Ibrahim prize

Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been awarded the 2017 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership for her excellent leadership during her time in office. Sirleaf, who handed...

Coveted Mo Ibrahim African Leadership Prize Goes to President Pohama of Namibia

Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohama (pictured) recently became the fourth African president to be awarded the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, according to the BBC. SEE ALSO: Nigerian...

Mo Ibrahim Announces ‘Snapping Cities’ Photo Competition To Explore Urban Africa

  This week, billionaire Mo Ibrahim announced his “Snapping Cities” photo competition, which will provide a closer lens on burgeoning urban Africa. SEE ALSO: IBM’s World Is...

Meet Dr. Mo Ibrahim, Recipient of the 2014 F.A.C.E. List Awards Lifetime Achievement Honor

Dr. Mo Ibrahim is a global expert in mobile communications with a distinguished academic and business career. More recently, he has played a leading advocacy role on issues of African development and governance,...

Billionaire Entrepreneur Mo Ibrahim Calls For African Unity

Sudanese-British entrepreneur, billionaire, and philanthropist Mohamed “Mo” Ibrahim (pictured) has applied his wealth and influence to promote stronger governance and leadership in Africa by...

Mo Ibrahim Foundation to Host Flagship Events in Honor of African Youth

The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has announced that it will host its annual gathering, which pays reverence to African youths who have played a role in combating authoritarian regimes across the continent. The...

Meet Ghana’s Ibrahim Mahama, who built the largest indigenous-owned mining company in West Africa

Get to know Ghanaian business mogul and entrepreneur Ibrahim Mahama. He is the founder and owner of Engineers and Planners, a heavy-duty equipment renting company based in Accra, Ghana.  His company...

Here are 10 top-grossing Nigerian movies you should know

The Nigerian film industry, known as Nollywood, has remained consistent in churning out quality films that tell the true original African stories from different perspectives. Today, Nigerian movies are...

Ibrahim Mahama, the African artist who uses coal sacks to critique the trade imbalances in the global market

The goal of every artist is to have their work live beyond public displays in galleries and museums. These are works whose themes are timeless, whether it is touching on imaginative concepts to a world...

2022 Netflix African movies to watch in your leisure time

The last few years have seen significant expansion and improvement in the African film industry, from acting abilities to recognition by prestigious film institutions to generating top-tier Netflix movies....

How this Burkinabe immigrant beat racism in Italy to get his pizzeria named among world’s top 50

Ibrahim Songne came to Italy in 2004 when he was only 12. And it was around the same time that he first tasted pizza. After taking a bite, he found it “gross and completely tasteless,” he told...

The four richest Black people in the UK right now and how they made their money

It has been exciting to have Black people owning well-to-do businesses across the world despite the unfair political attacks they tend to face in many jurisdictions. In the UK, a few Black people are making...

Top 10 billionaires in Africa right now and how they made their money

Forbes has released its list of richest persons in Africa for the year 2021. Of the 54 countries African countries, only seven African nations have billionaires and the list did not feature women billionaires....

The most-read culture stories of 2020

Culture is a community’s way of life. It could be traditional, modern or a combination of the two. During the course of the year, we featured different culture stories and quite a number captured...

Mali’s most famous musical son Salif Keita crosses over into politics

Malian singer Salif Keita has announced his entry into politics as a member of the West African country’s transitional council which will play a major role in the transition to civilian rule. The...

Western Sahara to reignite Africa’s longest ongoing war of independence against Morocco

Western Sahara’s independence movement, Polisario Front, has declared a 29-year ceasefire with Morocco over with focus reverting to armed hostilities between the movement and the Moroccan government....

Nigeria is famous for military men who become presidents – Here they are

The story of military leaders metamorphosing into presidents is probably half of the entire political history of post-colonial Africa, and nowhere is a better example than Nigeria. The country has been...

When a Nigerian Senate president was removed over whether his name was Evan or Evans

In the many years of uninterrupted civil rule in Nigeria, we have witnessed some political scandals, intrigues and doses of drama, but one that many could not have imagined at the time was the removal...