• Issue 36

AFRICA'S PLAN TO KILL VISA

It costs a Ghanaian between $250 - $400 to obtain a visa to Congo (DRC). Remember, this is minus the service fee if you use an agent. Isn't that crazy?!

Unfortunately, this is not an exception but the norm across many African cou....


  • Issue 35

Kenya Currency History: Why 20 shillings is famously called pound (mbao)

It is 1949. Kenya is under British colonial rule. Among the notes in circulations is the twenty East African shilling, an equivalent of one pound. 

Never in a million years would someone have predicted that the name "Pound"....


  • Issue 34

African Nationalities including Burkinabe 🌍

Happy Father's Day to all the dads!

How do you call someone from Madagascar?

Madagasian? Wrong ❌

Below is a list of all African nationalities.
Algeria - Algerian
Angola - Angolan
Benin - Beninese


  • Issue 33

50 interesting facts about African countries, the home of the oldest dress in the world.

Did you know that the West African Franc (WAF) is the currency of eight independent states in West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo?

How about the fact that the most widely sp....


  • Issue 32

The power of a name 💪🏿

Muraho friends!

When Sipho was born, her parents could not decide on a name, and so she remained nameless for two weeks. They eventually got so desperate that the mum started to call the numbers in her phonebook to ask them what....


  • Issue 31

🌭 Time to eat: Best African recipees you need to try

Hey 👋🏿

I hope you're surviving another work week.

Here are some interesting traditional African dishes that you should try out at home:

✅ Mtura, the Kenyan blood sausage delicacy.
✅ Seswaa recipe from Botswan....


  • Issue 30

Coming to age ceremonies

Hello 👋🏿

Rites of passage among African communities are critical to individual and community development. They mark the passing from one phase of life to the next.

In this episode, I will share:

✅ A journey into m....

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