The President/CEO of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote is still Africa’s richest person for the ninth time in a row, as disclosed in Forbes Africa’s Billionaires list for 2020. The recently released list captured only eight African countries with billionaires; Egypt and South Africa have five billionaires each, followed by Nigeria with four and Morocco with two. The Nigerian-born businessman maintained …

In a speech celebrating 30 years since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa stated that “It will forever be remembered as one of the most memorable days in the history of the world,” Ramaphosa said, speaking from the City Hall balcony in Cape Town, in front of a giant statue of Mandela. On February 11, 1990, …

Overall, Team Nigeria won a total of 14 medals – 7 gold, 5 silver, and 2 bronze – at the just-concluded African Championships in Algiers, with all but one of the 15 wrestlers that represented the country at the competition returning home with a medal. Nigerian freestyle wrestlers capped what could best be described as a remarkable outing for the …

Speaking in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, Osinbajo explained that there is no payment of VAT on food, drugs and educational items. The Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the 7.5 per cent value-added tax in the country, remains the lowest in Africa. The federal government increased VAT from 5% to 7.5% from February 1, 2020. The Vice …

Prolific Kenyan Afro-Pop Band signs with World Leading Music-Entertainment Company January 30, 2020 –Universal Music Africa (UMA), a division of Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, today announced the signing of an exclusive recording agreement with award-winning Kenyan Afro-Pop collective Sauti Sol. The Kenyan Afro-Pop band is comprised of vocalists Bien-Aimé Baraza, Willis Chimano, Savara Mudigi …

American rapper, Meek Mill says dreams of owning a house in Africa. This is coming days after Cardi B revealed she will be filing for a Nigerian citizenship and Ludachris completed the process of becoming a Gabonese. Just when Africans are yet to recover from the joy of having Cardi B, Offset, and Ludachris on their way to becoming Africans, …

The African Giant Burna Boy has yet again bagged another record. The Nigerian singer is the African artists with the highest number of monthly listeners on spotify. Grammy Nominated act, Burna Boy has amassed over 11.2 million monthly listeners on popular streaming platform Spotify. Burna Boy is the African Artiste with most monthly listeners on Spotify 11.20M+. 🦍 pic.twitter.com/X5Qc4JVV7Z — …

Watch out — the hunger for access to financial services in Africa is yet to be satiated. Out of the top five countries that had the highest search volume of hot keyword “bitcoin” on Google in the last 12 months, three are in Africa. In particular, Nigeria tops the chart, followed by South Africa. These soaring high volumes of search …

Cable Network News (CNN) recently released their list of top 10 best and biggest african musicians omitting DMW boss and Sony Music act Davido. CNN has dropped a list of 10 of Africa’s biggest music stars and while these names were not categorically ranked, here they are below; See the full list below: 1. Burna Boy 2. Angelique Kidjo 3. …

Nigeria’s African Gaint, Burna Boy just got nominated for the 62nd Grammys Award 2020, he made it to Best World Music Album. He becomes one of few Nigerians who have been nominated to win this prestigious award. Also See: LOL! This Is Why Teni Wants Burna Boy To Win The Grammy Award Recall, on his song he said he will …