The East African report Kigali will soon go wireless after the government launched a $7.66 million wireless broadband (WiBro) facility that is set to make it the first “hot spot” capital city in Africa.
The facility, whose infrastructure been under construction for the past two years, will go commercial in three months.
The wireless Internet facility was [...]

On December 12, 5,000 volunteers painted 400 houses in Lagos suburb of Mushin in Nigeria. Most materials used were donated, cost estimated at $400,000.

In the sleek laboratories of the University of Cape Town (UCT), the future of African drug discovery is being written. Professor Kelly Chibale is one of its lead authors.

Anita Borg Change Agent Award honors technical women living and working outside the United States who work in their community to attract and support women in technology. This year’s winners are Oreoluwa Somolu and Halima Ibrahim from Nigeria, and Anne Ikiara-Kabaara from Kenya. The Change Agent Award winners are being recognized for their technical leadership [...]

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has declared July 18 Mandela Day, to mark the contribution of the elder statesman Nelson Mandela to world freedom.
In South Africa, the Nelson Mandela Foundation said it was pleased about the UN’s declaration.
“It serves as a catalyst for each and every person around the world to realise that they [...]

“It all started as we prepared for our wedding we realized that there seemed to be no form of database on where Africans in the diaspora can get items that are necessary for a wedding.” – Jackie, publisher of first African bridal magazine, Munaluchi Bridal.

Chimamanda Adichie, award-winning Nigerian novelist gives a brilliant talk about stories and stereotypes at TED.

Nigeria artists hauled in five award while the Kenya got three at the 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) in Nairobi, Kenya. Nigeria’s hip-hop star, D’banj, demonstrated his prominence winning the Artist of the Year Award, which he won at the maiden event in 2008.

THE government of Ghana has described the landing of Glo-1, Globacom’s multi-million dollar international submarine optic fibre cable in Ghana as the beginning of a new dawn in telecommunications industry in Africa.

Pamela Stitch vs. Pascal Atuma. AfricanLoft talks to US-based Nigerian actor and movie producer.