KilimanjaroMedia

30/08/2022

Frank Gerits, Utrecht University In late July 2022 French president Emmanuel Macron concluded a tour of Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau. And he visits Algeria between 25 and 27 August. At first glance, his choice of countries is difficult to understand. Three former French colonies – Cameroon, B...

26/08/2022

Cathryn Birch, University of Leeds; John Marsham, University of Leeds, and Sarah Chapman, University of Leeds Climate change has already increased global temperatures, greatly increasing extremes. This will continue unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to “net-zero”. The 1.5°C target of ...

25/08/2022

Folahanmi Aina, King's College London Insecurity in Nigeria has worsened. In the north-east region, despite gains recorded by the military, the activities of jihadist terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province have continued unabated. In the north-west and north-c...

05/08/2022

By Afeez Bolaji As the summer holidays wind up, the fate of 91 Nigerian students who are studying at the Cyprus International University in Northern Cyprus with Zamfara State scholarships hangs in the balance over outstanding tuition fees. The government of Zamfara State, one of Nigeria’s 36 state...

05/08/2022

A new research study looking at how debt affects daily lives reveals that the true cost of debt is more than making the minimum payments. Having debt can also be detrimental to mental and physical health, and impact life decisions. Commissioned by National Debt Relief and conducted by OnePoll, the s...

25/06/2022

One of America’s most prominent philosophers argues that climate change calls us to rethink world history. By John Thomason On an overcast spring day in Washington, D.C., Georgetown University professor Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò paced the length of a triptych blackboard, telling his students a stor...

07/06/2022

By Jesusegun Alagbe A full nine out of every 10 Nigerian students are currently seeking opportunities to study abroad. This is according to a The Nigeria Market Sentiments and Study Motivations Report 2022 research project produced by a consortium including the University of Sussex, a public researc...

07/05/2022

By Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt Weakly regulated painkillers are causing untold damage in West Africa, but stricter controls could have dire consequences for patients. Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt unpicks an opioid crisis even more complex than America’s. Ayao* is a tall and well-built 15-year-old, and ...

12/04/2022

Women represent the majority of all entrepreneurs today. In 2020 alone, women started 2,000 small businesses nationwide and of those, 64% were founded by women from diverse backgrounds, according to Fundera statistics. While this trend is encouraging, a recent study conducted by the Nasdaq Entrepren...

02/04/2022

By KM Coming soon A proposed super state is being contemplated on the African continent. If it becomes reality, the new country of East African Federation (EAC) will begin to redraw the map of Africa that was imposed on Africans by colonial countries of Europe. It should be the beginning of the deco...

23/03/2022

Peppersoup Junction Grand Opening/Cast and Crew

22/03/2022

Zahara (Abiodun Tokan) African immigrant, beautiful and unmarried opens Peppersoup Junction, a food and beverage shop that sells pepper soup and other Africa...

11/03/2022

By Samantha McGreen Travelling to Uganda can be an extremely interesting and rewarding experience. The people are extremely friendly, and the culture is distinct from all others. A big part of the culture is its food, which in Uganda includes a diverse array. Here are some of the foods enjoyed most....

11/03/2022

By Kevin Mathenge Every morning, except Sundays, Monica Njue wakes up to go to work. She owns and runs an M-Pesa shop in Gatongora, less than 2 kilometres from Ruiru town, Kiambu County. Besides being a mobile money agent, she is a shopkeeper and greengrocer. Monica, a mother of three, started the M...

11/03/2022

By Akpobome Okotete A Nigerian college graduate has undergone at least 16 years of formal education: six years of primary school, six years of secondary school, and four years of college. Even with more than a decade of formal education, both from private and public institutions, Nigerian college gr...

11/03/2022

By Ifeanyi Agwazia Do you know what it’s like to live in a city that never sleeps? Places hidden at daytime spring up seemingly out of thin air once the sun goes down. Alive and bubbly in the dead of night, most of these magical locations are little-known. One such city is the beating heart

11/03/2022

By Esther Mathews The ubiquitous three-legged motorized tricycles, known across Nigeria as keke and which Lagosians call "keke Marwa", have gained popularity as one of the major commercialized transportation systems in Nigeria. They are found in the nooks and crannies of most towns and cities across...

10/03/2022

In search of new markets and new opportunities in Africa, offshore campuses of American Universities in Africa may have opened incredibly new vistas and opportunities for both America and African students. The American University in Cairo is an example of globalization of American education. It was....

10/03/2022