Applause Africa will host its seventh annual African Diaspora Awards (ADA) on Saturday, December 2nd, 2017, at 7 pm at the premiere Florence Gould Hall, located in New York City. Red carpet arrivals will begin at 6 pm. The ADA Awards ceremony applauds outstanding African leaders who have been engines of impact and change to inspire …
In 1979, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), Black Student Union saw that it was critical to organize a national conference for Black students and the Black community to learn about and discuss the social conditions of Black people. Those student visionaries of the Black Student Union, which later evolved into the African Student Union, wanted …
Shooting into the political limelight when her husband, former president Jerry John Rawlings became Head of State of Ghana briefly in 1979 and then from 1981 to 2001, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings has been a fierce advocator for women’s rights. She believes in women’s vital role of promoting Peace, family, country and the world at …
“Nigeria will be represented at the Winter Olympics for the first time ever after their women’s team qualified for the bobsled event at the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang. Driver Seun Adigun and brakemen Ngozi Onwumere and Akuoma Omeoga completed the fifth of their required five qualifying races on Wednesday, becoming the first African team, …
“Wendy Appelbaum is the only daughter of South African tycoon Donald Gordon. She previously served as a director at Liberty Investors, an insurance and real estate firm her father founded, and was one of the company’s largest individual shareholders. She went on to sell her shares and became cash rich. Along with her husband, she …
On December 10, 2017, Her Network will celebrate women in diverse industries who manifest admirable zeal in their industry, identified by their ability to positively affect lives by hanging the narrative through their work while leaving a legacy for future generations. Here are the official nominees… ADVOCACY Omotade Alalade – Omotade’s passion for impacting other …