Farafina magazine was started in 2004 as an online magazine. It was in this original incarnation that the magazine established contact with contemporary writers based in Nigeria and overseas, publishing the early work of such writers as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sefi Atta, Petina Gappah, Tolu Ogunlesi, Yemisi Ogbe and Victor Ehikhamenor.
Below is issue 15 of [...]

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs has awarded the 2008 Patricia Blunt Koldyke Fellowship on Social Entrepreneurship to Ada Onyejike, cofounder and chief executive officer of the Girl Child Art Foundation (GCAF) in Nigeria.
Onyejike’s GCAF uses the arts to empower and educate young women in Nigeria where sons are often more highly valued than daughters, [...]

You might not care much if I started blabbing about the most expensive cellphone in the world. But you may be more interested if I mentioned that Alexander Amosu, a UK-based Nigerian owns the business that makes those phones.
I first heard of Alexander Amosu watching Dragons’ Den, a TV business reality show while holidaying [...]

Imagine the task of delivering temperature-sensitive vaccines in a country twice the size of California, depending on only dirt roads to reach the remote villages in need. In a developing nation such as Mozambique, VillageReach makes all the difference for children, women and men living in far-flung villages.

A local solar drying business links Ugandan rural farmers with export markets. Fruits of the Nile exports about 120 tonnes/year of high-quality dried banana and pineapple from its factory in Njeru, Uganda. The fresh fruit is prepared and dried in simple locally made solar driers.

Located in Republic of Benin along the western coast of Africa is the Songhai center, a one-of-a kind organization that seeks to create viable socio-economic environments in Africa. The center is able to link agriculture to industry and commerce through an integrated effort that focuses on promoting sustainable social entrepreneurship and building capacity to efficiently harness local resources.

When I am at work, I have no needs and I remember nothing else. That is why I don’t really like public holidays or weekends…they make me feel sick.

Back in 2006 - within 10 years of relocating to the U.S - Wilfred became the first Kenyan to be awarded the Ronald Reagan Republican Gold Medal in 2006 by senior members of the US Congress for his hard work and entrepreneurial resourcefulness. This week he scored another milestone in his entrepreneurial pursuits.

Nigeria, Abuja: Visafone, the new entrant in the Nigerian mobile phone industry has big plans: The company will offer “hybdrid” cell phones to its subscribers.
The phone operates on GSM and CMDA networks, simultaneously, “the dual SIM phone is a compact, state-of-the-art, multi-functional and technologically advanced mobile device with 2.0 mega pixel camera, video. It [...]

Here it is: the last entry for 2007! And one to push you into top gears in ‘08.
If you have been keeping sleepless or restless nights lately over an idea that may fetch you money, then you need to read about Amsale, whose break came while planning her wedding. Amsale couldn’t find what she [...]