Africa’s cultural export is now measured in runway shows, gallery sellouts and playlist numbers. Creative work from the continent occupies major stages and museum walls while influencing global tastes in music, fashion and visual culture. The commercial effect follows the cultural one: brands and artists translate visibility into markets, and those markets in turn fund bigger, riskier projects. This […]
Top Expensive Nigerian Weddings
Moses Bliss and Marie Wiseborn – estimated $1 million Tolu Oniru (Toolz) and Tunde Demerun – $1 million Banky W and Adesua Etomi – estimated $1.3 million Priscilla and Juma Jux – Estimated $1.1 million Kenesglow and Ugo –$2 million Halima Babaginda and Hauwa Lawal – $3 million Davido and Chioma – Over $5 million Fatima Dangote and Jamil […]
48 Hours in Nairobi, Kigali, Zanzibar: Culture, Cuisine and Quiet Surprises for a Long Weekend
For travelers who want to experience the continent’s contrasts within a single long weekend, these three destinations form an elegant route that moves from savannah to skyline, from remembrance to renewal, and from city heat to ocean calm. East Africa offers a rare blend of energy, memory, and serenity, and few itineraries capture that essence better than a two-day […]
Bold ‘25: The Most Influential Africans in 2025
2025 has been the year Africa’s influence stopped being a talking point and became a measurable force. The continent that was once just exporting raw materials now incubate cultural movements, finance new industries, and steer global conversations. The people who matter in 2025 are those who build infrastructure, tell stories with global reach, shape policy that unlocks markets, fund […]
Fashion Forward; African Luxury Designs and Sustainable Couture Trends
Africa’s Next Growth Frontiers: Where Capital Meets Capacity
Africa’s economic picture for 2025 is no longer a single story of crisis or promise. Recent regional forecasts show steady recovery and pockets of rapid expansion driven by private investment, commodity cycles and renewed policy focus on industrialisation. Growth projections for the region have moved upward this year, and a growing number of countries are delivering above-average GDP gains […]
Afrobeats x the Orchestra: Asake’s Red Bull Symphonic at King Theatre
On November 8, 2025, Asake brought a new sound to Brooklyn’s King Theatre. Backed by a full orchestra under the baton of Glenn Alexander II, he translated club-ready grooves into sweeping string lines, brass accents and layered percussion. The night folded Fuji cadence, Afropop swing and Amapiano pulse into arrangements that pushed his vocal lines into unexpected places. The […]
“I Am Not a Theory”: Lupita Nyong’o on Typecasting, Agency and Career Choices
Lupita Nyong’o said she received offers to play enslaved women even after winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2014 for 12 Years a Slave. She described being pitched roles that recycled trauma and racial shorthand, including suggestions that she appear on a slave ship. Nyong’o said she had to “deafen” herself to commentators who framed her […]
Full List of All CAF Player of the Year Award Winners
CAF Player of the Year Award Winners 2025: Achraf Hakimi 🇲🇦 2024: Ademola Lookman 🇳🇬 2023: Victor Osimhen 🇳🇬 2022: Sadio Mane 🇸🇳 2019: Sadio Mane 🇸🇳 2018: Mohamed Salah 🇪🇬 2017: Mohamed Salah 🇪🇬 2016: Riyad Mahrez 🇩🇿 2015: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 🇬🇦 2014: Yaya Toure 🇨🇮 2013: Yaya Toure 🇨🇮 2012: Yaya Toure 🇨🇮 2011: Yaya Toure 🇨🇮 […]
𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Here is the Full List of the 2025 CAF Award Winners
▫️ African Player of the Year: Achraf Hakimi 🇲🇦▫️ African Female Player of the Year: Ghizlane Chebbak 🇲🇦▫️ Interclubs Player of the Year: Fiston Mayele 🇨🇩▫️ Best Goalkeeper: Yassine Bounou 🇲🇦 🧤▫️ Best Female Goalkeeper: Chiamaka Nndozie 🇳🇬 🧤▫️ Best Young Player: Othmane Maamma 🇲🇦▫️ Best Young Female Player: Doha El Madani 🇲🇦▫️ Coach of the Year: Bubista 🇨🇻▫️ […]