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Personality
Lesley Lokko now 1st African woman to win RIBA Royal Gold Medal
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named Ghanaian-Scottish architect, educator and author Lesley Lokko as the 2024 recipient…
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Diaspora
Catherine Cudjoe running to be the first woman Chairperson of the African Advisory Council
Catherine Cudjoe is well known in the Bronx and New York’s African community for her civic work and activism. Popularly…
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News
Ambassador Alima Mahama joins Congresswoman Ilhan Omar in a panel on creating a self-sufficient Africa
Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States Her Excellency (H.E.) Hajia Alima Mahama joined Ilhan Omar, Whip of the Congressional Progressive…
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Business
South Africa: Standard Bank Group Announces its First Black Woman Chairman
In a report published by Bloomberg, Africa’s biggest lender by assets, Standard Bank Group Ltd. has nominated a female Black…
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Personality
KENYA: Prof Okowa Becomes First African Woman in ILC
On Friday, Kenya’s nominee for the International Law Commission (ILC) made history by becoming the first African woman to be…
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Business
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the first African and Woman WTO Director-General
WTO members made history today (15 February) when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria…
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Education
South African woman shortlisted for global teacher prize
A South African woman has been shortlisted for this year’s world’s best teacher prize. Mokhudu Cynthia Machaba is among the…
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News
The woman who woke up the sleeping African Diaspora
Some women just transcend the biblical description of the virtuous woman. Her Excellency Ambassador Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, the former African…
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Entertainment
Lupita Nyong’o becomes Berlinale’s first African jury president
Academy Awards winning Kenyan-Mexican Lupita Nyong’o is making history by heading the Berlinale’s international jury. The 74th Berlinale Film Festival…
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News
Africa’s Catholic heads say no to Pope’s same-sex blessings
In the greatest rebuke yet to Pope Francis, the Catholic bishops of Africa and Madagascar issued a unified statement on…
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