Author: Ewang Johnson
As Unstoppable Africa 2025 returns to New York, UN Global Compact CEO Sanda Ojiambo explains how GABI is driving partnerships, sustainability, and youth-led innovation to redefine Africa’s global economic role. New African: The Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI) has quickly established itself as a powerful platform. Can you explain its origins and why it was important to create such a dedicated initiative for Africa at this moment? Sanda Ojiambo: GABI was established in 2022 to reshape the narrative on Africa, and also reshape how global business engages with Africa and how Africa engages with global business. For too long, the…
Born in Tehran and exiled in Paris, Golshifteh Farahani has become one of the faces of international cinema. At just 42, the Iranian actress has already appeared in more than 50 films in numerous languages. An outspoken artist and a strong voice for women’s rights, she’s presiding over the jury at this year’s Deauville American Film Festival in Normandy. She spoke to FRANCE 24’s Louise Dupont about her latest projects, her career choices and her perspective on Iran. Source link
Lawrence points out how important it was to stay true to the spirit of a novel that is often labelled as King’s most pessimistic, with its grim violence and chilling despair perhaps explaining why its journey to the screen has been so (aptly) arduous. First George A Romero and then Frank Darabont owned the rights to the book but failed to get it over the finish line, despite having previous with King in the form of Creepshow and The Dark Half, in Romero’s case, and The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile and The Mist, in Darabont’s. Lawrence succeeded where they…
New leader takes reins as region gears up for era of AI and cloud.JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 10th, 2025-/African Media Agency(AMA)/-SAP has appointed Nazia Pillay as its new Managing Director for Southern Africa.Sergio Maccotta, Senior Vice President at SAP Middle East and Africa South, says: “Our purpose as a business is to help the world run better and improve people’s lives, reflected in our ongoing commitment to transformation and corporate responsibility throughout the continent. Nazia will bring vital expertise and leadership skills to one of SAP’s most important regions as we continue to empower youth, drive innovation within our customers…
Actress Kim Novak receives a special tribute at the 51st American Film Festival in Deauville, while newcomers Cole Webley, Christian Swegal and first-time directors Scarlett Johansson and Kristen Stewart screen their features in the Normandy resort town. FRANCE 24’s Genie Godula takes time out from her duties as mistress of ceremonies to bring us the highlights, with Pamela Anderson’s Talent Prize kicking off this year’s festival and a rich selection of documentaries and retrospectives also on the bill. Source link
Pocket history Pockets for women have long been an afterthought. “In the 16th and 17th Centuries, women did have a kind of pocket,” says Stevenson. “They had what they called tie-on pockets which tied around the body and were underneath the skirts, which had a slit in the sides so you could reach into them.”These tie-on pockets were often heavily decorated and used to store items like keys, money, handkerchiefs and sewing kits, as well as valuables like watches, snuff-boxes and smelling bottles.Getty ImagesIn the 16th and 17th Centuries, women wore tie-on versions that fastened around their waists, under their skirts…
The stage is set for the most influential gathering on Africa’s trade and investment calendar as African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), African Union Commission (AUC) and African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, announced the official line-up of prestigious speakers for the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025), taking place from 4th – 10th September 2025 in Algiers, Algeria.For seven days, more than 35,000 delegates and 2,000 exhibitors from across 140 countries will converge in Algeria’s capital, Algiers, creating a global marketplace forecast to unlock over US $44billion in trade and investment deals. The agenda promises game-changing conversations, high-level negotiations, and vibrant cultural showcases all…
As the Gallagher brothers take the world on a new musical Oasis for a whole new generation, Gavin Lee is pleased to welcome British art photographer & music video director Michael Spencer Jones. Over the decades, he’s collaborated with the likes of U2, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, The Verve & Oasis. And now we get an intimate look at his life and legacy. Known for his love of surrealism, Dalí, Magritte, Mr. Jones has published an extensive digital collection of his work spanning decades in a book of living history. “Definitely Maybe: A View From Within” (https://www.spellboundgalleries.com). Source link
The glory of this novel is foremost in the life force of its characters, particularly Elizabeth Bennet, who is the most appealing of literary heroines, backing her own judgement and vitality against odds that are often overwhelming. But there is a richness to the reading experience that consists of much more than cheering on this spirited young woman. It lies in the multiple and inconsistent narrative standpoints Jane Austen adopts. As a reader you are made complicit in these, sometimes without noticing. The virtue of this method is that the novel becomes satisfying in ways more complex than you at…
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 9 September 2025/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Africa Re-Union, a landmark artistic initiative, is to be unveiled at the FNB Art Joburg, transforming the fair into a stage of reclamation and imagination, where art became manifesto and memory became movement. It reverses the context of the infamous 1884 Berlin Conference — where Africa was carved and divided without consent — by restoring the continent as author of its own story and architect of its own destiny. Conceived and co-created by pan-African thinker and founder of Brand Africa, Thebe Ikalafeng, realised on canvas by South African artist Mark…