News from outside Canada showcasing people and events involving people of African descent world-wide
Mo Farah’s historic “triple double” at World Athletic Championships
Mo Farah wins historic World Championships 5,000m gold By Tom Fordyce Chief sports writer in Beijing Source: BBC News World Athletics Championships Venue: Beijing National Stadium, China Dates: 22-30 August…
Zambia’s Namwali Serpell wins sixteenth Caine Prize for African Writing
Namwali Serpwell. Source: http://www.caineprize.com/ Zambia’s Namwali Serpell has won the 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing, described as Africa’s leading literary award, for her short story entitled “The Sack” from Africa39 (Bloomsbury,…
Ethiopian Olympic superstar Haile Gebrselassie retires from comptetition
Source: BBC News 10 May 2015 Last updated at 18:48 GMT Haile Gebrselassie has announced his retirement from competitive running. The 42-year-old Ethiopian confirmed his decision after finishing 16th in the Great…
Ghanaian millionaire quits Microsoft to build university that educates young Africans
Source: Ventures Africa Mar 31, 2015 At a time when quite a number of Africans queue up at the embassies of foreign countries, with the hope of being granted visas…
Nigeria’s Tony Elumelu funds 1,000 African entrepreneurs
Tony Elumelu appeared for the first time last year in Forbes magazine’s list of billionaires Source: BBC News Nigerian billionaire Tony Elumelu has decided to fund 1,000 budding African entrepreneurs…
Soccer star Drogba uses $5 million of own money to build hospitals in Ivory Coast
In this day and age, there are only a handful of stories where you hear of athletes doing well. Either those stories aren’t publicized or they just aren’t happening. But…