Nigeria: How Lagos Residents Enjoyed a Merrier Holiday Season With Hollandia’s Blue Santa Campaign
[This Day] To spread joy and make this past holiday season more memorable for Lagos residents, Hollandia, a leading dairy brand, launched its Blue Santa campaign. Lagos residents were treated to a special surprise courtesy of Hollandia’s Blue Santa cam…
Sierra Leone: From a Colonial Hill Town to Idris Elba’s Island Masterplan, What Can Two Sierra Leone Developments a Century Apart Tell Us About Urban Elitism?
[The Conversation Africa] Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, is celebrated as a city founded to resettle freed slaves in the 1790s. Over the following century, it became a truly cosmopolitan port city as people from across western Africa and the America…
Nigeria: Wizkid, Dice Ailes Among Stars Living in Banana Island’s Opulence
[Leadership] Musician of royal descent, Dice Ailes, who made a splash in March 2023 , by moving into his luxurious three-bedroom, three-bathroom Banana Island home, with a swimming pool has joined stars like WizKid, P-Square and other notable Nigerians…
Uganda: Diminishing Recreation Centers in Kampala – a Threat to Community Well-Being
[Nile Post] Kampala, the vibrant capital city of Uganda, is experiencing a concerning trend with the diminishing presence of recreation centres, posing a threat to the well-being and social fabric of its communities. Once bustling hubs of activity, the…
South Africa: The Legend of Johannesburg – From Afrophobia to Acts of Kindness
[African Arguments] Zukiswa Wanner pays homage to a city where the contradictions of violence and Ubuntu seem more marked than perhaps anywhere else.
South Africa: Artists Dada Khanyisa, William Kentridge Heal Johannesburg’s Wounds and Put the Spring Back in Her Step
[Daily Maverick] In the first weekend in Spring, we left William Kentridge’s studio called The Centre for the Less Good Idea in downtown Johannesburg’s Maboneng art district, mesmerised and enchanted.