Africa’s food and agribusiness will be worth an estimated US$1 trillion by 2030, African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Dr Akinwumi Adesina told participants of the World Food Prize Foundation’s Norman E. Borlaug Dialogue (https://apo-opa.info/45SJK8Q) in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday.

Amsterdam – Lemi Ghariokwu: The King of Covers, a selection of thirty designs by the Nigerian illustrator and designer, will be on display at Amsterdam-based record shop Rush Hour Store from November 1-28, 2023. The renowned artist, best known for his long-standing collaboration with Fela Kuti, the father of Afrobeat, will open the exhibition himself […]

Exclusive Preview of New Documentary on the 1980s and 1990s Dancehall Scene in New York at ADE 2023

Brussels – – The 7th Edition of the African Diaspora Agrofood Forum (ADAF2023) returns Brussels at Tour & Taxis from 20 – 22 October 2023’, featuring ‘Entrepreneurship through Transformative Sustainable Development’.

The Caribbean Ancestry Club (CAC) is hosting a workshop “How to Find my Caribbean Ancestors?”, at the Nationaal Archief in The Hague November 4. The organizers, who bill themselves as a community platform for and by ABCSSS community members, note in their Facebook announcement that this event “is your chance to embark on this important journey with us if you always wanted to delve into the archives to search for your Caribbean ancestors from the ABCSSS islands?”

Amsterdam — The memorial “National Reflection on Covid” that opens today, Friday 29 in the Provinciehuis in North Brabant, will present an as inclusive as possible picture of the Netherlands during the corona years. On the eve of the opening ceremony, Arno Brok, the King’s Commissioner in the province of Fryslân, emphasized that much effort went into including stories from the Caribbean islands into the retrospective.

Ghana is working on a policy framework to move public transportation from a dependence on petroleum fuels to electric vehicles, Vice President Bawumia has disclosed.

AMSTERDAM — When Dutch king Willem Alexander officiates the opening of the roving memorial “Reflecting on Covid” on Friday September 29, 2023, in the province of Brabant, one face will stand out on stage: that of St. Maarten singer Kenyo Baly. The charismatic 27-year-old performer with the velvet baritone will be singing the song “Hometown Glory by Adele.”