Author: Ewang Johnson
As May draws to a close and Africa commemorates Africa Day, the message this year cannot be missed: Africa’s future will be determined by how it treats its youth. It is time to stop speaking of young people as future leaders and start acknowledging them as current architects of the continent’s trajectory. The youngest population in the world lives here. Over 60% of Africans are under the age of 25. That is not a side note to development, it is the headline. Yet, too many institutions continue to treat Africa’s youth as a risk to be managed rather than a…
A second season of a French special ops war drama, a new series from “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong, a star-studded mafia drama called “MobLand”, and the Judy Blume classic teen novel “Forever” updated for our modern times. FRANCE 24’s Charli James and Dheepthika Laurent discuss the hottest TV series of the moment. Source link
No Ju-han/ NetflixFrom the final series of Netflix’s gruesome dystopian thriller to the return of the Emmy-winning series set in a Chicago restaurant – and Owen Wilson in a golf comedy.Apple TV+1. StickGolf has been the source of some goofy, wildly popular films, with Bill Murray in Caddyshack, and Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore and next month’s Happy Gilmore 2. But Owen Wilson veers toward the sincere, feel-good route in this comic series, as a one-time professional golfer nicknamed Stick, who has since been divorced by his wife and lost his job at a sporting goods store. When he spots…
African fintech companies are changing the way business gets done, making B2B payments faster, simpler, and more accessible for small and medium-sized enterprises. With mobile-first tools and digital credit options, these innovators are helping businesses sidestep traditional banking hurdles and trade more easily across borders. By cutting transaction costs and boosting efficiency, they’re also laying the groundwork for stronger economic ties across the continent. As we mark Africa Month this May, fintech leaders point to a future where Africa sets the pace in building inclusive, tech-enabled financial systems. Harry Scherzer, CEO of Future Forex says African fintech is no longer…
In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with Adrien Rozé and Clément Savoye from French pop rock band Kids Return. Despite being born and raised in Paris, they could be mistaken for being from the UK or the US, their musical references being the likes of Oasis and The Strokes. They’ve just dropped their second album “1997”, a nod to their year of birth but also two musical movements that started that year – French Touch and Britpop. Kids Return have just finished a North American tour, performing in locations such as the Red Rocks…
Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)To reach Everest’s summit Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had to climb sheer rock, while battling treacherous ice and a deadly lack of oxygen on the most dangerous part of the mountain. Seventy-two years ago, they shared their victory with the BBC.”I think my first reaction was definitely one of relief,” New Zealander Edmund Hillary told the BBC on 3 July 1953, as he described how he and Nepalese sherpa Tenzing Norgay felt when they stood on the highest point on Earth. “Relief that we had found the summit for one thing and relief that we were…
Webb Fontaine Summit (WebbFontaine.com) with the theme “Innovate The Future” took place between May 12&13 in Dubai, bringing together 40 ministerial, port, and customs delegations from 20+ countries. The event provided a platform for collaboration and knowledge exchange, to co-construct tomorrow’s digital solutions, with an emphasis on the role of intelligent data management in driving progress. With the digitalisation of trade practices at the forefront of discussions, the summit focused on how technological innovations, particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI), can transform global trade and customs operations. Throughout the summit, the delegates had the chance to see the latest innovations in action,…
Okay, hear me out. Yes, this article is not only going to speak positively about the Adult Swim show Rick and Morty, but it is going to illustrate how the show, particularly the sixth episode of Season Two (“The Ricks Must Be Crazy”) actually argues for the existence of God. Now, I am not naive to the sentiments of its creators, Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland—who may or may not identify as atheists themselves (Harmon at least seems open to the numinous world)—nor to its characters’ pathos regarding God. The general contempt for God displayed by Rick, a stand-in for…
Marcel Ophuls, Oscar-winning director of “The Sorrow and the Pity,” a landmark documentary exposing France’s WWII collaboration with Nazis, died aged 97, his family said Monday. Son of famed German filmmaker Max Ophuls, he “died peacefully on May 24,” his grandson said in a statement. Source link
Following a record 15-minute standing ovation at its world premiere, Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value is winning rave reviews and generating the biggest buzz from the Cannes Film Festival.Did the Cannes Film Festival save the best for last? Norwegian Joachim Trier is one of the last directors to premiere in its main competition this year, but he’s getting rave reactions for the film, Sentimental Value, starring Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, and Trier’s longtime actor collaborator, Renate Reinsve. The film about a fractured Norwegian family is now a favourite to take the coveted Palme d’Or prize.Actor Stellan Skarsgård had a hoarse voice…