Toyin Saraki, Founder-President of The Well-being Foundation Africa (WBFA) and wife of former Senate President Bukola Saraki has been appointed …
Bunmi Adeniba, an experienced marketing professional and commercial operator with a strong bias for using consumer insights and her understanding …
A 12-year-old Nigerian has made history after making a new discovery in the field of Mathematics. Chika Ofili, who is …
The Queen has appointed the first black person to the Order of the Garter, Buckingham Palace has announced. Baroness Valerie …
Caleb Smith, a Black teenager from Prince George’s County, Maryland, has become the youngest glider pilot in the United States. …
Four Africans have been appointed by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey to serve as board members of his Bitcoin Trust (BTrust) …
Adeoye Fawaz, the 18-year-old boy who works as a bus conductor, has emerged as the overall champion in a chest …
A Kenyan-born academic has become the youngest black professor at the UK’s prestigious Oxford University, the educational institution says. Patricia …
Kristen Hayden is the first Black woman to win a national diving title. Indiana University’s Kristen Hayden wrote her name …
New York will appoint Keechant Sewell as its first-ever woman police chief to head the largest force in the country, …
Miss South Africa, Lalela Mswane, has finished second runner-up in the Miss Universe contest held in Israel. The annual pageant …
The smartest family in Britain today, is a Nigerian family, for the following reasons 1. At 11 years old, Christina …
President Biden just made a major nomination within his administration that is set to make history. It was recently announced …
CEO, Rehoboth Property International (RPI), Sanmi Adegoke has become the first black recipient of the Property Awards Entrepreneur of the …
Astronaut Jessica Watkins is on her way to becoming the first Black woman to join NASA’s International Space Station crew. …
Two Kenyan inventors have created what is said to be the world’s first bio-robotic arm operated by brain signals. The …
Diana Wilson, CEO of Yielding Accomplished African Women (YaaW), has won the award for Female Innovator of the year at …
Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been named as one of this year’s “Library Lions” by the New York Public …
Rice University’s board of trustees has selected Reginald DesRoches, who is now serving as school provost, to be the university’s …
A Maryland high school English teacher Keishia Thorpe who has worked to open up college education for her students has …
South African playwright and novelist Damon Galgut on Wednesday won the 2021 Booker Prize for “The Promise”, his third shortlisted …
Eric Adams is the winner of the mayoral election in New York City making him the 110th mayor and second …
Dr. Uchechi Iweala, son of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has broken a medical record in …
Zimbabwean author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga was honored with the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. Dangarembga is “a …
Kenyan marathon icon Eliud Kipchoge has won the Best Male Athlete of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Kipchoge was feted with …
The founder of a New York City preschool that teaches children about their African heritage is one of five winners …
US President Joe Biden has appointed Nigerian-born Enoh Titilayo Ebong to the post of Director, United States Trade and Development …
Former African Footballer of the Year and Chelsea’s Legend, Didier Drogba, has been appointed Ambassador for Sports and Health by …
A Kenyan peace ambassador is the winner of the prestigious US Institute of Peace (USIP) Women Building Peace Award. Josephine …
A Nigerian Medical doctor, Dr Richard Okoye, breaks records by developing the first medical app that speaks all languages. Dr …
The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth has honoured Fareedah Oyolola, a secondary school student at Greensprings School, Lagos, as …
The wireless earbud is the latest trend in the communication world. And virtually all mobile phone brands are coming out …
The Nobel Prize is an international prize awarded annually since 1901 for achievements in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, …
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. Announcing him as the winner on Thursday, …
A Nigerian Teacher, Dr Peter Ogudoro, has been honored by the social media giant, Facebook. He won an award, as …
Nigerian gospel artist, Osinachi Egbu, popularly known as Sinach, says she has received a certificate of recognition from the 18th …
The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, Prof. Muhammad Bande, has been conferred with the Distinguished Alumni Award …
History was made on the CBS reality competition Big Brother. Earlier this week, the first-ever Black winner, Xavier Prather, took …
A professor of virology and former vice-chancellor of the Redeemer’s University, Ede, Oyewale Tomori, has been appointed to serve as …
US President Joe Biden has nominated Dr John Nkengasong to lead the well-resourced public health programme aimed at combating HIV/Aids, …
Mashudu Tshifularo, a professor at the University of Pretoria made history by performing the world’s first 3D-printed middle-ear replacement surgery …
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed Nigerian-American Joseph Ladapo as Florida surgeon general and Secretary of the Florida Department of …
David L. Steward is an African American entrepreneur who founded World Wide Technologies and is its current Chairman. His net …
Nigeria’s Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the only Nigerian on The Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the world. Okonjo-Iweala, the …
Somali-British novelist Nadifa Mohamed and South African author Damon Galgut are among the six shortlisted authors for the 2021 Booker …
Former Vice President, World Bank, Africa Region, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has been elected as a member of Fundação Dom Cabral …
Onyema will serve on the WFE board for a three-year term, representing Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) region. Onyema, in a statement …
Babajide Orevba Munir Muhammad Sada has joined English club Arsenal and will play in the team’s kid’s academy according to …
