Ghanaian entrepreneurs earn about USD 150 for every frame they build, while the finished bikes are sold in United States for about USD 950 each.

Almost half of the 72 million children out of school worldwide in 2007 lived in sub-Saharan Africa. In the view of most education advocates, school fees served more as a barrier to the poor than as a source of finance for good education.

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.

Jelani Aliyu, Senior Creative Designer for General Motors and Project Team leader for the Design of the Chevrolet Volt. Jelani talks about growing up in Nigeria and his life as a car designer.

This video is a segment used in a program titled “Stage 9″ a weekly newsmagazine program that highlights good things about Nigeria. [...]

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

One of the most versatile model and actor from the African continent tells AfricanLoft what makes him tick.

The 39-year-old host of “Clean House” hasn’t always had it easy and has suffered several tragedies in her life including the loss of only brother who was shot on his high school campus.

John-Allan Namu, from Kenya, has been awarded the top prize at this year’s CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2009 Awards Ceremony.
John-Allan, reporter for Kenya Television Network, won for his stories ‘In the shadow of the Mungiki’ and ‘Inside Story: Scars and Sufurias’, which were chosen from among 1665 entries from 38 nations across the African continent.
John-Allan [...]

Nigerian author E.C Osondu has won the £10,000 2009 Caine Prize for African Writing, the 10th year of the prize. Osondu also wins the opportunity of taking up a month’s residence at Georgetown University, Washington DC, as a “Caine Prize/Georgetown University Writer-in-Residence”.

Actress Kerry Washington talks about playing a transsexual in movie “Life is Hot in Cracktown”