Purdue University is proud to announce its selection as an Institute Partner for the 2020 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. Beginning in mid-June, Purdue University will host 25 of Africa’s bright, emerging Business leaders for a six-week Leadership Institute, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
Continue reading “Purdue University to Host 2020 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders”Month: March 2020
Former Kenyan International Raquel Otieno hopes that her selection in the team that will represent United States of America in this year’s Masters Hockey World Cup will inspire upcoming players back home. Otieno, who holds a dual citizenship, made the squad that will compete in the World Cup which features women over 45 years.
The competition will take place in Cape Town, South Africa from September 19 to 28.
Continue reading “Ex-Kenyan Hockey Star to Play for U.S. in Masters World Cup”Ope Amosu shares the beauty and love of West African culture through the food he grew up eating. He created ChòpnBlọk, a contemporary West African-inspired, fast, casual pop-up dinner concept serving as a cultural crossroads between West African culinary traditions and local communities in Houston, Texas
by Dana Givens
Continue reading “MEET THE OWNER OF HOUSTON’S ONLY WEST AFRICAN POP-UP DINNER SERIES”Evelyn Woodsen Atieno is the publisher of Afinity Magazine. Her story has been told by major US media outlets including Vice and Huffington Post. Unknown to many, however, Atieno moved to the United States at the age of four with her parents from Kenya.
By MARTIN SIELE | Kenyans.co.ke
Continue reading “Evelyn Woodsen Atieno | Meet Kenyan Woman Behind a Popular US Magazine”Morocco seeks to benefit from the expertise of Moroccan expatriates in Canada.
By Taha Mebtoul
Morocco’s delegate minister in charge of Moroccan expatriates, Nezha El Ouafi, and Quebec’s Minister of Immigration, Simon Jolin Barette, held a meeting in Montreal on February 28 to discuss the prospect of bringing the expertise of Moroccans in Canada to Moroccan organizations.
Continue reading “Moroccan Expatriates in Canada to Contribute to Moroccan Economy”By Hilary Kimuyu | Nairobi News
Five Kenyan-born athletes who took to the field in the United States to try and qualify to represent their new country at the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics, have failed to make the cut.
The five, 2LT Elkanah Kibet, SSG Augustus Maiyo, SGT Leonard Korir, SGT Samuel Kosgei and SPC Haron Lagat are all soldiers in the US Army.
Continue reading “Kenyans in US Army miss 2020 Olympics marathon slots”By The Associated Press
President Donald Trump isn’t the only world leader making it virtually impossible for many Africans to get asylum in the United States. He’s getting plenty of help from allies in the Americas. Ecuador is closing its doors as one of the few countries in North and South America to welcome African visitors, depriving them of a starting point for their dangerous journeys north by land.
Continue reading “Trump Allies in Americas Block Africans’ Path to US Asylum”By Ashley Hanley|Story by Lt. Jennifer K Cunningham
CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – Lt. Victor Agunbiade, a Lake Crystal, Minnesota resident, is a Navy Reserve supply officer currently serving at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti as the dispersing officer in charge of dispersing and money collection for the entire African region. Located in an austere environment, Camp Lemonnier is a U.S. Navy base located in the Horn of Africa and is the only enduring U.S. military base on the continent of Africa.
Continue reading “Lake Crystal Resident Serves as Navy Officer in Africa After Emigrating from Nigeria”When we think of the spy genre, the icons that come to mind first are often the white, male masters of espionage, the James Bonds and Jason Bournes. But the new Netflix series Queen Sono offers its own take on the genre in the platform’s first fully produced African original series.
By TIME MAGAZINE
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