Africa Ranking
African Countries With The Cheapest Mobile Data Prices 2020, Nigeria Ranked 13th
Somalia has the most cheapest mobile data in the Africa and the 8th most cheapest in the world, says a new report.
According to a report by Cable.co.uk, a UK price comparison website, Somalia ranks 7 out of 228 countries...
Facts
100-Million-Year-Old “River Monster” Discovered Beneath Africa’s Sahara Desert
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The first ever evidence of a dinosaur which swam, lived and hunted underwater has been discovered in the now-barren wilderness of the Saharan desert.
Paleontologists have unearthed new fossils in southeastern Morocco that provide a deeper understanding of one of...
Business
World Bank Report: Kenya Leads in Mobile Money Transactions in Sub-Saharan Africa
A new report by World Bank has ranked Kenya as the highest user of Mobile Money Transactions in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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The World Bank report also indicated that two-thirds of adults worldwide without an account cite lack of money as...
Miscellaneous
Top 30 Most Visited Websites in Nigeria (2020 Research)
What top websites are Nigeria’s visiting in 2020? How much time do they spend on these websites? What are they searching for on google?. Here’s a list of the Latest Top 30 Most Visited Websites in Nigeria and the...
Technology
Ethiopia Joins the List of African Nations with Satellites in Space
Ethiopia on Friday launched its first satellite into space, joining the list of African nations striving to develop space programs to advance their development goals and encourage scientific innovation.
The satelite is the first-ever earth observatory satellite designed to collect...
Society & Culture
These are the Five Countries Leading the way in Fintech Innovation in Africa
A recent report on the Global Fintech Index City Rankings 2020 released by Findexable has ranked south Africa as the leading Fintech destination in Africa.
Fintech has become an important sector of our daily lives as it has created more...
Technology
Nigeria Has the 8th Best 4G Coverage in Africa – GCI Index 2019
The Global Connectivity Index (GCI) for 2019 published by technology company Huawei has ranked Nigeria eighth in Africa for 4G coverage.
Despite somewhat ranking high continentally, Nigeria ranked 75th globally on a list that included just 79 countries.
The index is...
People & Politics
Two Nigerians Shortlisted for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2020
Two Nigerian Innovators have recently been announced by the United Kingdom’s Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) as candidates for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2020.The innovators, Aisha Raheem and Victor Boyle-Komolafe, were shortlisted alongside 14 engineers and entrepreneurs...
Lifestyle
Top 20 Most Visited Websites in Ghana 2019
According to Alexa Inc website traffic statistics for 2019, Google is the most visited website in Ghana while Ghanawe.com is the most visited indigenous website in ghana.
According to Alexa Inc website traffic statistics for 2019, Google is the most...
Society & Culture
Africa is the world’s fastest-growing continent for software developers
As tech ecosystems and hubs continue to sprout across Africa, an accompanying effect has been an upswell in local software engineering talent.
It’s proven enough for even global tech giants to notice: Microsoft is investing over $100 million to open...
Latest News
African Tribe: The Artistic Ndebeles of Southern Africa
The Ndebeles are an African ethnic group living in South Africa and Zimbabwe known for their artistic talent, especially with regard to their painted houses and colorful beadwork. Not much is known about these people except that they originated from the larger Nguni tribes who make up almost two thirds of the black population in South Africa.
Society & Culture
Matriarchal Communities in Africa: African Communities Where Women Reign Supreme
From the Umoja community in Northern Kenya to the small rural community of Arnado Debbo in Niger state, Nigeria. These here are three African communities with long-standing traditions where to be a woman is superior.
Society & Culture
African Tribe: The Dinka People Of South Sudan
The Dinka are a pastoral-agricultural people that make up the largest ethnic group in South Sudan. They vary their lifestyle by season – in the rainy season they live in permanent savannah settlements and raise grain crops like millet,
Society & Culture
For The First Time, Married Women In Botswana Can Own Land Alongside Their Husbands
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Married women in Botswana can for the first time be allocated state land even if their husbands already have an allocation of their own, President Mokgweetsi Masisi has said.
History
Slave Brokerage: How Early U.S. Newspapers Facilitated The Sales And Purchase Of Slaves
In the earliest history of US stock brokerage, one stock stood out both in nature and the revenue it generated – humans. The more preferred name for the merchandise was slave, and the stock market were the first US newspapers
