Were you aware that Africa Day was previously referred to as African Freedom Day and African Liberation Day? In case you don’t know, Africa Day marks the yearly observance of the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity on May 25, 1963. This occasion is celebrated in numerous countries across the African continent, as well …
Dear Africans, The whole of the Caribbean are our distant, overseas cousins 🤣 Here is why… If Africa were an extended family, it could be described as follows: The Chaotic Relatives: Uganda🇺🇬, Congo🇨🇩, and South Sudan🇸🇸, are always wrapped up in some sort of drama. They never fail to be the topic of family gossip. …
Today, 31st August 2022, marks the second time celebrating the International Day for People of African Descent. Through this Observance the United Nations aims to promote the extraordinary contributions of the African diaspora around the world and calls for elimination of all forms of discrimination against people of African descent. According to the U.N., 2020 …
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Muhammed Lamin Saidykhan is an award winning Pan African Advocate of the year 2018 and was named as 100 most influential young people leaders in Africa in 2019. As a human rights activist he organised widespread protests to get long Gambia dictator Yaya Jammeh to step down. Muhammed Lamin the Movement Coordinators of Africans Rising …
Kwame Opoku is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a forward for USM Alger. Opoku began his career at Division One League side Nkoranza Warriors, before signing for Asante Kotoko. In 2020, Asante Kotoko announced that they had signed him from Nkoranza-based club Nkoranza Warriors on a three-year contract. He scored a brace to earn a win …
At the time we started this journey, we knew that having influence as a person of African descent is meaningless until it is connected to support the protection of human rights and the dignity of our people. Fast forward to 2020, many of our honorees are on the fore front of leveraging their influence to …
What does Excellence mean? According to Oprah Winfrey, Excellence is seen as your Personal Brand and when people come in contact with your Personal brand, you become unforgettable. And that is the effect we are creating for the continent called AFRICA. We at the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD), it …
Nelson Mandela, the late South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 once said “I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.” That, too, is the Africa of my dreams. What’s more, I dream of an Africa that is known around …