Today, we join in remembering 28 year-old Zara Margaret –Mary Joseph popularly known as Zara Gretti who passed to glory on Friday March 28, 2014 in her Ogba residence in Lagos, Nigeria after a long battle with multiple sclerosis (MS) – an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. The late Zara Gretti…
Read more
17-year old Kwasi Enin’s grades, SAT scores and extracurricular activities have not only put him in the national spotlight, but earned him acceptance to 8 Ivy League colleges and universities. He if the first to apply and get into Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth University, Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University and the…
Read more
Supermodel Naomi Campbell has revealed that she is working on a clothing line. Naomi announced the news after being asked by a fan if one was in the works. “I always had this feeling of, ‘I love working with designers, I don’t want to be their competition, and maybe if I do my own line…
Read more
Gossy Ukanwoke, founder of Nigeria’s first private online university – Beni American University – has been called Nigeria’s Mark Zuckerburg because he – like the Facebook founder -started a social networking site called ‘Student Circle’ when he was in school. The response and audience he received in that venture sparked another big idea to create…
Read more
Confirming the continental appeal and acceptance of the much talked about Africa Fashion Week (AFW), Pokello and Elikem – Big Brother Africa The Chase stars, have become ambassadors for the fashion show billed to hold between May 17 and 18, at the Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The Africa Fashion Week Nigeria (AFWN), organized by…
Read more
Franka Asindi -Chiedu Sean Obedih Y! magazine has announced that Franka Asindi (former Editor of Complete Fashion magazine and Editor at Blanck digital magazine) as the new Editorial Director. Also, award-winning entrepreneur and influential voice in the young start-up eco-system, Sean Obedih joins the team as editor-at-large. Asindi is a trained accountant with a rich…
Read more
The duke and duchess released this informal image yesterday Sunday 30th March for the Mother’s Day celebrations. Prince George is looking like he is growing fast as he is held by a smiling Duchess of Cambridge, the future king seems to have eyes only for the family's pet cocker spaniel, Lupo, who is held by…
Read more
We deliver the most recent information on top stories in politics, sports, current affairs, foreign news and more in this column. Maylasian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, on Monday, informed the families of those missing on flight MH370 that the plane likely crashed in the Indian Ocean west of Perth. Authorites of Bowen University, Osun State…
Read more
Pharrell Williams has teamed up with Adidas Originals to design a collection that will debut this summer. The range will be created with the singer's eco-friendly Bionic Yarn, which is made using plastic debris from the sea through international collective The Vortex Project. Pharrell and Adidas Originals have both been busy with collaborations as…
Read more
Every week, African Start-Up follows entrepreneurs in various countries across the continent to see how they are working to make their business dreams become reality. This week, it puts the spotlight on leading technology entrepreneur Regina Agyarefrom Ghana. She describes her decision back in 2012 to leave her well-paid job at a major international bank…
Read more