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Posts By Adedayo Laketu
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250FashionSouth African Designer Thebe Magugu was crowned the winner of the 2019 International Fashion Showcase
The International Fashion Showcase (IFS) is an exhibition which is the collaborative effort including the British Council, British Fashion Council, London College of Fashion,...
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419News & ConflictsFast Company reveals 10 most innovative companies in Africa for 2019
American business magazine, Fast Company has revealed its list of 10 most innovative companies in Africa for 2019. The winners were selected...
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369News & ConflictsNBA To Co-Launch Professional Basketball League In Africa
Most African countries have a common national sport which is football but in the last few years there’s been more interests in...
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586News & ConflictsSierra Leone’s president declares ‘rape scourge’ a national emergency
The brutal rape of a young girl by her uncle in Sierra Leone was the last push needed by the government to...
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1.0KArtSouth African Artist Nelson Makamo’s Painting is the Cover of TIME’s Latest Optimists Issue
TIME magazine has shared the cover for their latest issue. One of the issue’s two covers features actress Cicely Tyson, and the second one...
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768MusicOdunsiTheEngine starts the year with a ‘tipsy’ vibration featuring Raye
OdunsiTheEngine has been having an amazing few months, from releasing a much-acclaimed debut project last year, selling out his first headlining show...
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866News & ConflictsHigh-profile Artists From All Over Africa Sign Petition Against Uganda’s Censorship Law
In Uganda, freedom of expression is protected under the constitution, a law the current President Museveni constatnly scrutinizzes. Right after the government...
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555TechFive Kenyan Girls Tagged ‘The Restorers’ Created an App to Tackle Female Genital Mutilation
Five teenage girls (Stacy Owino, Cynthia Otieno, Purity Achieng, Mascrine Atieno, and Ivy Akinyi) from Kenya are founders of the app i-Cut that helps girls...
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519News & ConflictsUganda Is Using Curvy Women to Attract Tourism
The Minister of Tourism in Uganda was quoted suggesting the use of “naturally endowed” women to attract tourism to the country during a beauty pageant. The...
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538FeaturedAndrogynous Fashion Label Bloke Releases a short-film ‘About Nothing’
Bloke, an androgynous label has grown into an amazing fashion brand daring the basic ideals of what’s fashionable and what isn’t with...
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473MusicDami Oniru is Back From a Hiatus with “Bri’s Lounge” EP
Dami Oniru is back with debut 7-track EP that sways in a rare twist mainstream music. ‘Bri’s Lounge‘ is sounds inspired by...
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440MusicDavido’s ‘Fall’ Is The Longest-Charting Nigerian Song In Billboard History
Davido known for his string of chart-topping hits has been breaking a lot of records outside Africa as Afropop sounds becoming more...
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563MagazineSeun Kuti & Fatoumata Diawara Will Perform Live at the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony
The 61st Grammy Awards Show will be happening this week and Nigerian Seun Kuti’s ‘Black Times’, one of the most promising bodies of work got...
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455FilmChinonye Chukwu Becomes the First Black Woman to Win a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance
Nigerian-American director of Clemency opened up a new chapter at Sundance, one of the biggest film festivals in the world as the...
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1.6KMagazineNigeria’s New Breakout Star Teni The Entertainer Is Unstoppable!
When you think of female Nigerian pop-stars you can call only a handful of names, each with a specific sound, style, and...
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708TechSouth Africans Support of Tech Inventor Nkosana Makate with #BoycottVodacom
Nkosana Makate, a former Vodacom employee invented ‘Please Call Me’ service 20 years ago claims he was never compensated over his intellectual...
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608News & ConflictsEthiopia inaugurates the biggest airport aviation hub in Africa
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has inaugurated the newly expanded Addis Ababa Bole International Airport terminal, the biggest airport aviation hub in...
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586POPChi Modu’s ‘Uncategorized’ Presented in Lagos, Captured by Melanin Unscripted Through Amarachi Nwosu
Creative platform Melanin Unscripted, founded by multi-disciplinary creative Amarachi Nwosu teamed up with celebrated hip-hop documentarian Chi Modu for a short visual story highlighting...
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454News & ConflictsApple’s FaceTime has a serious eavesdropping bug
Apple’s FaceTime app currently has a bug allowing callers to listen through iPhone microphones before the call’s recipient even picks up. Further, if the...
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479News & ConflictsSA Super Rugby teams and Marvel will team up for Superhero Sunday
South African Rugby confirmed that Super Rugby franchises will play their local derbies in next year’s competition in kits inspired by Marvel entertainment...
