Video game lets you return African artifacts from Western museums
Facebook Tweet Email Link “Is it stealing to take back what was stolen?” That’s the query requested within the trailer for “Relooted,” a video game by which gamers type a…
Nathi Mthethwa: South African ambassador had faced corruption claims before he was found dead at foot of Paris hotel
French prosecutors are piecing collectively clues over the loss of life of South Africa’s ambassador to France, Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa. Early findings, authorities stated, counsel Mthethwa had apparently fallen…
African diplomats and experts reflect on developments in science and technology and their implications for international peace and security and on the Continent
On 17 September, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) convened a digital regional briefing on Security and Technology for African diplomats and experts. The…
These African fintechs just made CNBC’s list of the world’s top companies
The list highlights companies which can be constructing new methods to pay, save, and handle cash. These African companies will not be just rising quick. They are additionally serving to…
ASU student works to protect African penguins at local aquarium
When Arizona State University student Makaela Ross studies to work every day, 35 pairs of vast, black eyes are ready. “It’s like working with 35 toddlers,” Ross mentioned, laughing as…
African science and tech ‘missing’ from Wikipedia
Despite Africa’s rising digital footprint, the continent’s science and expertise stays underrepresented on Wikipedia, one of many world’s most visited sources of data. While Africa accounts for round 10 per…
African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent’s true size
Facebook Tweet Email Link Reuters — The African Union has backed a marketing campaign to finish the use by governments and worldwide organizations of the Sixteenth-century Mercator map of the…
How African designers are making their mark on global fashion
NCS — In latest years, African designers have discovered assist from worldwide celebrities together with Beyoncé, Alicia Keys and Naomi Campbell. Now a rising variety of the continent’s fashion manufacturers…
A long-lost Klimt painting of an African prince goes on show
NCS — An early painting by the famed Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, thought misplaced for the reason that Thirties, is on view for the primary time since its current rediscovery.…
Mbongeni Buthelezi: The South African artist turning plastic into portraits
NCS — While different artists would possibly use watercolors or oil paints, Mbongeni Buthelezi makes use of waste plastics to create extremely textured portraits at his studio in Booysens, Johannesburg.…