China-Africa Summit 2020

US-Africa Leaders Summit: evaluating progress made six months on

US special presidential representative has reassured that the global superpower remained committed to maintaining strong trade ties with the African continent, something the Biden administration believed faltered with Trump’s presidency. The special presidential representative for the United States-Africa Leaders Summit, Johnnie Carson, made these comments Tuesday (13 June) as a way to reassure America’s African […]

Morocco: Court ruling for girls accused of homosexuality postponed to December 9

A Moroccan court has postponed to early December decision on the case of two teenage girls found kissing each other in Marrakech in October, reports say. The two girls aged respectively 16 and 17 were charged late October with “licentious or unnatural acts with an individual of the same sex” after being caught kissing and […]

Google’s Black Founders Fund to empower female entrepreneurs in Africa

Unlike in 2021, this year, Google is funding an equal number of men and women-founded startups through its Black Founders Fund, which embodies the tech giant’s commitment to invest in Black entrepreneurs in Africa. Google started its Black Founders Fund following the wave of concern in 2020 after the George Floyd protests in the US […]