Africa’s Next Billion (World Economic Forum 2014)

May 5, 2014 | konknaijaboy

Source: World Economic Forum

Africa needs to create an enabling environment for domestic and foreign investment to realize its potential and ensure sustainable and inclusive growth for its population, panellists agreed at a session on Africa’s Next Billion, held on … Read More

Event: Miss Teen Africa UK 2014 [Aug 16, 2014]

April 24, 2014 | konknaijaboy

Miss Teen Africa 2014 takes place at Grade II Listed Camden Centre in the heart of London Bloomsbury on Euston Road on Saturday 16th August 2014.

Young ladies aged 13-19 with origins in the 56 countries of Africa will … Read More

Child Prostitution in Ethiopia – Shocking Inside Story in Pictures

April 18, 2014 | konknaijaboy

Source: iNDEPTH AFRICA

EDITOR’S NOTE: Graham Peebles  wrote the article below about growing child prostitution in Ethiopia in 2012 and till today the number of children going into prostitution on Addis Ababa street continues to grow at alarming rate. Around … Read More

Davido tops MTV Africa Music Awards 2014 Nominations

April 17, 2014 | konknaijaboy

Shining a spotlight on the African continent and the amazing achievements of Africans around the world, MTV Base today revealed the nominees for the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards KwaZulu-Natal supported by Absolut & The City of Durban.

The prestigious … Read More

How Nigeria will become Africa’s biggest economy – Could this Be Iweala’s Answer to the World Bank Analysis?

April 4, 2014 | konknaijagirl

Nigeria is to “rebase” its gross domestic product (GDP) on Sunday 6 April, which should push it above South Africa as the continent’s biggest economy. The BBC’s Matthew Davies explains how rebasing works.

What is rebasing?

The United Nations … Read More

Music: Cocoa Na Chocolate by D’banj, Femi Kuti, Fally Ipupa, Omawumi, Diamond & more! (Prod. by Cobhams) [Snippet/Full Song]

March 31, 2014 | konknaijaboy

ONE. org today launched one of the continent’s biggest musical collaborations ever, ‘Cocoa na Chocolate’, in support of a new campaign to boost investments in agriculture: ‘Do Agric, It Pays’. Nineteen of the top recording artists from across Africa who … Read More