Charles Drew discovered that there was a possibility of storing blood plasma for up to two months or more. An yet, it is popularly told and even transcribed in fiction, such as M*A*S*H TV series, that Drew would have died due to a refusal of a blood transfusion because of his skin color. (Read more...)

Khadijah comes from a political background. Politics happens to be a family trend. (Read more...)

Woods registered close to 60 patents in his lifetime, including a telephone transmitter, a trolley wheel and the multiplex telegraph in which he defeated Thomas Edison's lawsuit. (Read more...)

Ekow Nimako perceives himself as a "futurist" who blends Africanfuturism, Afrofuturism and Afrofantasy. (Read more...)

Odunsi was all smiles on March, 2021 as her name was sounded as winner of the Global Open Mathematics Tournament. (Read more...)

Adichie defines a feminist as “a man or woman who says yes there’s a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it, we must do better.” (Read more...)

In 2008, Opeke raised $240 million for a fiber optic cable stretching from Portugal to Nigeria. (Read more...)

A crippled son of a king, whose birth subjected his mother to ridicule among her co-wives, whose existence bred shame to his own. This was the beginning tale of a young man whose determination and intelligence brought about the birth of one of the greatest empires that ever existed. (Read more...)

If you have ever used FaceTime, Skype or WhatsApp to communicate, then you should thank Marian Croak. The so-called "Ma Bell" made it all possible, thanks to her leadership and forward-thinking vision. (Read more...)

Born a slave, married at 14, mother at 17 and widowed at 20. (Read more...)

From September the 12th to September the 20th in 1992, Mae Jemison was the science mission specialist on the STS-47 Spacelab-J flight. (Read more...)

It was in June 2016 that Samoura's name was inscribed on the historic palms of FIFA, when she was appointed the FIFA Secretary General, charged with overseeing both the commercial and operational aspects of the organization. (Read more...)

Burns started at the bottom of the ladder as an intern at Xerox and worked her way up to CEO. (Read more...)

In the history of both male and female boxing, Shields is the only boxer to simultaneously withhold all four boxing titles namely: WBA, WBO, WBC and IBF. (Read more...)

Adetunji Adegbesan is the Founder and CEO of Gidi Mobile, creators of gidimo, Africa’s leading curriculum mastery & learning-as-a-service platform. (Read more...)

More than 40years after the death of emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, Rastafarians all over the world still consider the emperor as a god of the black race. (Read more...)

Ecobank "First Lady" heads the Ecobank Cemac Cluster with jurisdiction over seven countries. (Read more...)

Paul Kagame, convinced of Africa's potential, with other Heads of States came together to form the SMART Africa Alliance. (Read more...)

Dynamic, passionate, enthused, energetic, determined, and compassionate. These words perfectly fit the profile of Dr. Winifred Byanyima, fondly called Winnie, the lady at the helm of the United Nations program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). (Read more...)

Nikole argues that the history of the United States does not begin in 1776 with the declaration of independence, but in 1619 with the arrival of the first slaves in Virginia. (Read more...)