The West African country of Ghana has become notable for welcoming the African Diaspora back home. After 2019’s Year of Return, when former president Nana Akuffo-Addo began giving African descendants of chattel slavery Ghanaian citizenship, African Americans continued repatriating, and are also settling in other African countries, notably Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Kenya.
As the country’s solar-equipment business grows, solar energy is one of the most easily available resources in Africa. This energy source is a cleaner, and typically less expensive, kind of electricity that, once installed, offers African institutions a tremendous chance to develop.
FunTimes Magazine joined partners from Temple University’s Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection and Lincoln University for an oral history methodology training session with student scholars preparing to document the lived memories of elders whose lives connect African, Caribbean, African American, Civil Rights, and Pan-African histories.
If you are looking for your next pair of sunglasses, these Black-owned brands have something to help you kick off your 2026 summer.
This tension between America’s ideals and its realities makes Philadelphia an especially powerful setting for Juneteenth celebrations. The holiday serves not only as a remembrance of emancipation but also as a reminder that freedom in America has often been fought for, delayed, and won one struggle at a time.
A country does not become a serious player in artificial intelligence by merely announcing its intent. It becomes one by writing rules, building systems, and deciding who gets to control the machinery underneath it all. That is the gamble Kenya is making right now.
While university education remains important, many young people are recognizing that skills can open doors to entrepreneurship, financial independence, and global opportunities in ways that traditional career paths sometimes cannot.
In Africa, Artificial Intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept discussed only at technology conferences or projected as humanity’s next great advancement. It is rapidly becoming an everyday tool. Whether through the algorithms shaping social media engagement and marketing, or the software driving mobile banking and enabling seamless financial transactions, AI has gradually found its way into homes, businesses, classrooms, hospitals, and even local markets.
Dakar, in late March, looked less like a stage set for fashion than a test case for industrial ambition. RTS reported that Senegal hosted the African Sourcing and Fashion Week for the first time, with the government using the occasion to promote local cotton transformation and attract investment; the event drew visitors from more than a dozen African and European countries and nearly 90 exhibitors.
This one-stop financial services platform has significantly reshaped Nigeria’s financial landscape. Offering services ranging from payments and transfers to savings and loans, what began as an ambitious entrant into Nigeria’s highly competitive fintech ecosystem has evolved into one of the country’s most recognizable financial platforms, serving millions of customers and processing billions of naira in transactions daily.
