iROKOtv, dupped the 'Netflix of Africa', is a Nigerian based video on demand service created to digitalize and distribute Nollywood contents. (Read more...)

Amobé revealed African creativity and diversity to the world through the cultural programs he offered, notably "Acoustic", "Africanités", or "400 millions de critiques" on TV5 Monde and France 24. (Read more...)

The winner of the Goncourt des lycéens in 2020 with her novel "Les impatientes" experienced the same suffering as her heroines. (Read more...)

From the top of his 2 meters, for more than 140 kilos, Teddy Riner looks at the world of judo with pride after more than 15 years of career. (Read more...)

Cheick Sanou, was a very bulky child who suffered from bullying at a young age and received the nickname "Biby" added to the bullying. (Read more...)

Oshoala is currently one of the most decorated African female footballer, a record holder of 5 times African Women's Footballer of the Year award. (Read more...)

Nahum manufactures and markets medical robots for surgery, the latest of which is a robotic solution for the minimally invasive treatment of liver cancer. (Read more...)

With 11 NBA titles in his 13-year career, Bill Russell remains the most ringed player in NBA history to this day and for a long time to come. (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...)

On January 16, 1988, Tina Turner set a record in her performance of the album, "Break Every Rule" at Estadio do Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as she sold out more than 180,000 tickets to become the artist with the world ticket record for a solo concert in the Guinness Book of Records. (Read more...)

Akon is the brain behind Akon Lighting Africa, an ambitious project with the primary aim to bring affordable and sustainable solar-powered electricity to 600 million African households and rural communities. (Read more...)

John Amanam rise to fame came from a place of tragedy, an accident that cost his brother a limb. (Read more...)

Thursday 7th of October 2021, the Swedish Academy announced the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature to be Tanzanian-born Abdulrazak Gurnah making him the first Black to win the prize since Toni Morrison in 1993. (Read more...)

In 2021, Burna Boy won the award for Best World Music Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards for his album "Twice as Tall", a crown to his rising music career. (Read more...)

Thanks to the Cardiopad, the populations in rural areas can have their heart conditions monitored, by the best heart specialists in the country, without physical displacement of the latter. (Read more...)

Harriet established her own underground route to free slaves and she never lost a passenger. She threatened those who wanted to give up in the course of the journey with a gun, forcing them to choose between freedom and death. (Read more...)

The Human Genome Project, an effort of international research to determine the sequence of the DNA of the human genome, missed out many variables from the genomes of Africans. (Read more...)

Jesse Owens is the athlete who alone succeeded in 1936 in seizing up the Nazi propaganda machine, by becoming the first black athlete of international renown. (Read more...)

On December 5th 2020, history was made as Giannis Antetokounmpo signed a 5 years contract worth $228 million with the Milwaukee Bucks. (Read more...)

Acha Leke has diligently constructed a vast network in Africa and connected himself to the major actors who aspire to bring growth and prosperity. (Read more...)