For Black investors, Philadelphia offers opportunity for wealth creation. According to Select Greater Philadelphia, a non-profit entity highlighting Greater Philadelphia’s unique business assets to national and global audiences, it points out that “generating more than $450 billion in gross regional product, Greater Philadelphia exerts global influence as one of the nation’s biggest markets”.
In African societies, the institution of marriage is as complex as it comes. With many cultures observing long-standing traditions, norms, and procedures by which the union between a man and woman is conducted, marital choices undergo a certain level of scrutiny and considerations that require the involvement of family, and communities in the selection of spouses.
Across Africa, there is a growing discontent among the younger generations who feel that not only are their leaders disconnected from the aspirations, and realities of the people whom they are elected to serve, but the same leaders also seem committed to brutalize as well as deny them their needs and rights to a quality standard of living.
Along the southwestern coast of Africa lies the Republic of Namibia. With an estimated population of about 3,093,708 based on Worldometers’ elaboration of the latest United Nations data and a territory of 317,874 sq. miles, Namibia is considered a young democracy in Southern Africa after gaining independence from South Africa in 1990.
Among the many peace ambassadors are several African women whose contributions have made them trailblazers in conflict mediation and post-conflict reconciliation. Below is a list of African women who remain trailblazers in the quest for peace across the continent.
Parenting has remained a critical factor in shaping, moulding, and ensuring the proper development of every Black young adult in readiness to confront life’s highs and lows. Providing guidance, direction, discipline, and counsel especially as this is perhaps the greatest and most important responsibility of a parent is crucial for the development of the next generation.
“What if Africa’s single greatest resource isn’t buried in the ground, but lives and works in every corner of the globe?”
Africa, home to 18.83% of the total world population which translates to about 1,548,441,880 people based on Worldometers’ elaboration of the latest United Nations Data.
America’s culinary history cannot be told without referencing the impact of food trucks as an entrepreneurial vehicle in shaping some of the growing food businesses that have continued to contribute to the growth of its economy as well as create jobs for many of its citizens.
In the Maghreb region also lies Tunisia, a country that boasts of beautiful beaches, lively weather, a rich mix of Arab and Berber cultures, a haven for pottery and mosaic artworks, a thriving hub of festivals from music to film and the renowned Sparrow Hawk or falconry festival of El Haouaria.
Access to quality healthcare has remained one of the critical focuses of the millennium development goals the 189 member states of the United Nations signed up to at the September global summit held at the UN headquarters in New York in 2000. These goals, which included improving maternal and child health, were succeeded by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015 and effective from January 1, 2016.
