Saphon Energy aims to bring bladeless wind power technology to a mainstream consumer audience. The Saphonian sail-shaped body is capable of capturing twice as much wind kinetic ... Read more »
A Nivea advert that features a black woman using the company's product with the tagline 'visibly lightens' has been branded "racist". The beauty brand is advertising its new ... Read more »
Andrew Alli, CEO of the African Finance Corporation, established to help bridge Africa's huge infrastructure gap, sees the creation of larger corporate entities in Africa as a way ... Read more »
In order to let Africans tell their own stories of life in China, two Chinese university lecturers decided to make a documentary film. The lecturers followed the lives of over 20 ... Read more »
Nigeria's poor become poorer due to ill health, and ill health worsens poverty in a vicious cycle, says global health leader Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate, CEO of Big Win Foundation. But ... Read more »
Senegal is hosting a high-level meeting on ending child marriage in West and Central Africa. The prevalence rate of the practice in the country is 32%, according to ... Read more »
It pays to be informed, especially when you need to seek help for yourself or someone you know. Read more »
Heart and lung ailments, cancers, diabetes and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are spreading rapidly in Africa and across the world. The World Health Organization hosted a ... Read more »
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (1949-1987) was assassinated 31 years ago, on October 15, 1987. He was one of the most confident and outspoken anti-imperialist leaders of the late ... Read more »
The ministry of health has confirmed an outbreak of the Marburg virus in the eastern district of Kween. Health minister Ruth Aceng says a 50-year-old woman from Chemuron village ... Read more »
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