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Winners of Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum awards announced
AWIEF is a women economic empowerment organisation that supports women entrepreneurs in Africa to grow their businesses and fulfil their potential.
National playwright competition to recognise and reward South African talent
The competition, which is open to debut playwrights who have not yet had their work staged, is a joint venture between the National Arts Festival and Distell.
Spotify releases list showing what Africans have listened to in 2021
Sound beats like Pop Rap, Rap, Pop, and Hip Hop topped the list of genres most streamed across the continent.
YouTube extends commitment to support African creators as Africa Creator Week kicks off
The YouTube Africa Creator Week 2021 runs from November 29 to December 3 offering a variety of activities to celebrate and support creators on the continent.
TikTok overtakes Instagram usage among Gen Z – study
TikTok has identified Africa as a key growth market, with its young population, the increase in sales of Chinese-made smartphones, deepening broadband penetration rates and cheaper internet data tariffs.
Siya and Rachel Kolisi’s film to open Africa Rising International Film Festival
Africa Rising International Film Festival director Ayanda Sithebe said the film is a poetic indictment of the prevalence of gender-based violence in South Africa.
US returns over 900 confiscated artefacts to Mali
The United States has returned over 900 confiscated artefacts to the West African country of Mali after a homeland security investigation discovery of funerary objects, Neolithic relics and more in a shipping container in 2009,…
Pretoria Pride scheduled for December after two-year Covid-19 break
Pretoria Pride is set to go ahead on December 4 after a two year break due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic restricting large gatherings in a bid to contain the spread of the virus.
Africa’s biggest film festival celebrates African film excellence in Lagos
The objective of the event is to develop the film industry to a level where African products compete favourably with their contemporaries all over world.
Virtual Africa Tech Festival sets record with 20,000 delegates
This record number of delegates for an online event of this nature represents a cross-section of more than 8,000 companies.