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Sadio Mane is transforming his village to a town.
He built a £455,000 hospital and €250,000 school in his village, Bambaly.
He gives each family €70 monthly.
He provided 4G internet for them.
He is building a fuel station and post office.
2,000 people live in his village.
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17-year-old Teenagers in South Sudan.
They are from the Dinka tribe, which has the tallest group of people in the world.
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Happy belated birthday to the African King of Memes, Osita Iheme aka Pawpaw who turned 43 years old yesterday.
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Miss Universe Nigeria, Chidimma Vanessa Adetshina emerges as 1st Runner Up at Miss Universe 2024.
She ranked second in the world.
She is the highest ranked African contestant this year.
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Ugandan Rapper, Dexta Rapper and his father steal the show at a concert.
He has become the most booked Rapper in Uganda since his dad started dancing with him.
His song is trending on TikTok.
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Burkina Faso's 35-year-old President Ibrahim Traore says Africa's story has to change.
He is the youngest President in Africa.
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Lucky Dube's parents separated before his birth. He was raised by his mum who named him "Lucky," because she had several miscarriages before his birth.
He remains Africa's best selling Reggae Artiste.
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A Fake Lawyer named Brian Mwenda has been arrested in Kenya.
He won all 26 cases he handled before his arrest.
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South African students welcome their Nigerian Teacher with a guard of honour, after Nigeria beat South Africa in the AFCON.
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Liberia's President George Weah and First Lady, Clar Weah celebrate with their son, US Player, Timothy Weah on USA's qualification for the Round of 16 of the FIFA World Cup.
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Ethiopia celebrates its New Year today. The country has entered 2017 in its calendar.
Ethiopia has never been colonised. It has been independent for over 2,000 years.
The country has a lot of unique practises which haven't been influenced externally.
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A Businessman in Equatorial Guinea has been involved in a scandal involving over 400 sextapes.
The women in the tapes include wives of many dignitaries. They had unprotected relations.
The Attorney General said he will be tested to see if he has any STD.
Source: Ahora EG.
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People in Sadio Mane's village, Bambaly in Senegal watching him win the 2019 CAF African Footballer of the Year award. He built a school in his village worth €270,000, a hospital & a stadium for his people.
He gives each family £70 monthly & also provides free clothes to kids.
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Nigerian Player, Michelle Alozie has a Bachelors Degree in Molecular Biology from Yale University.
She plays for US club, Houston Dash and works part-time as a Cancer Research Technician.
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A Kenyan Protester kicking back a teargas canister at Police Officers cracking down on protest in over the high cost of living in 2023.
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When he was criticized for his poor English, South African Musician, Papa Penny said: "I speak English the way white people speak my language".
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Nigeria becomes Coronavirus free, as the second Coronavirus patient has fully recovered just like the first patient.
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Ghana's 7-year-old Albert Ofosu Nketia has become an internet sensation following a viral video of him crying then laughing.
He asked his mum for yam, but she gave him plantain instead, and he started crying.
His grandmother sang to him to cheer him up, and he started laughing.
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Niger has suspended the export of gold and uranium to France.
France suspended aid to Niger after the coup.
1 out of every 3 light bulbs in France is powered with uranium from Niger.
Uranium generates electricity, yet only 18% of Niger's citizens have access to electricity.
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Nigerian Bodybuilder, Samson Dauda has won the 2024 Mr Olympia contest.
He will receive a $600,000 cash prize. This is the highest payout ever for a winner of the contest.
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Twitter's former CEO, Jack Dorsey is in Nairobi, Kenya to attend the Africa Bitcoin Conference.
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African Countries with Stable Electricity
1. Ghana 🇬🇭
2. Cape Verde 🇨🇻
3. Cote d'Ivoire 🇮🇪
4. Algeria 🇩🇿
5. Tunisia 🇹🇳
6. Morocco 🇲🇦
7. Seychelles 🇸🇨
8. Mauritius 🇲🇺
9. Egypt 🇪🇬
10. Gabon 🇬🇦
11. Benin Republic 🇧🇯
12. Kenya 🇰🇪
13. Botswana 🇧🇼
14. Senegal 🇸🇳
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In 2019, an old Zimbabwean woman walked for 2 hours to deliver her donations to flood victims, as she didn't have transport fare.
Zimbabwe's richest man, Strive Masiyiwa built her a solar powered house, and gives her $1,000 monthly for the rest of her life.
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Mali has removed French Language as its official language.
Mali ordered French NGOs to leave the country in November 2022.
Mali suspended French TV stations, RFI and France 24.
Mali expelled France's Ambassador in January 2022.
French troops left the country in August 2022.
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Lions taking tourists and park rangers on a tour of the jungle. nitter.app/BadDick9/status/117239…
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Happy belated birthday to the African King of Memes, Osita Iheme aka Pawpaw who turned 41 years old yesterday.
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Burkina Faso has removed French as an official language. The country has adopted local languages as official languages.
Mali did the same thing in June 2023.
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Africa's Best President Ever
In 4 years, Thomas Sankara
Built 350 schools, roads, railways without foreign aid
Increased the literacy rate by 60%
Banned forced marriages
Gave poor people land
Vaccinated 2.5 million kids
Planted 10 million trees
Stopped French imperialism
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Ethiopia is celebrating its New Year's Day. They just entered 2018 in their calendar.
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In 2019, a 71-year-old Zimbabwean woman walked for two hours to deliver her donations to flood victims, as she didn't have transport fare.
Zimbabwe's Richest Man, Strive Masiyiwa built her a solar powered house, and gives her $1,000 monthly for the rest of her life.
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AFCON 2023 was watched by 2 billion people worldwide.
Super Bowl 2024 was watched by 200 million people worldwide according to Nielsen.
Euro 2022 was watched by 365 million people worldwide.
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Idris Elba has been allocated 80 hectares of land to build a state-of-the-art film studio in Tanzania.
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Eddie Nketiah wants to switch his allegiance to Ghana.
He chose to play for England over Ghana in 2023. He hasn't been called up by them since then.
Ghana have already qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Namibian Actress, Leonora Jacobs, who starred in the popular 1988 movie, The Gods Must Be Crazy.
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Israel Adesanya knocks out Alex Pereira to reclaim the UFC Middleweight Championship.
Drake placed a $400,000 bet on him to win by knock out. He has won $1.84 million.
This puts an end to his 0-3 losing streak against Pereira.
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This South African man, Ayanda Msweli builds houses for people through his foundation.
People gift him money whenever they see him to contribute to his charitable works.
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Africa's only Ballon d'Or winner, President George Weah at the age of 56.
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Muammar Gaddafi stopping a Bodyguard from bouncing a man who wanted to hug him.
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Idris Elba has announced plans to build a film studio in Ghana.
He will shoot a movie in Ghana in December. nitter.app/NanaYhaw_/status/16217…
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Sadio Mane's Agent, Bacary Cisse says Bayern wanted to get rid of Mane because they couldn't understand why an African was their highest paid Player.
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Okocha played so well during a testimonial match, that Samuel Eto'o had to plead for him to be substituted.
SuperSport 🏆
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Gabon's former President Omar Bongo had 70 bank accounts, 39 apartments, 2 Ferraris, 6 Mercedes Benz cars, 3 Porsches and a Bugatti in France.
He ruled for 42 years (from 1967 to 2009).
His son, Ali Bongo has been President since 2009.
He has just been overthrown in a coup.
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Egypt has 37 million TikTok users, the highest in Africa.
Nigeria comes in second place with 23.84 million users.
South Africa has 17 million users.
TikTok doesn't pay Content Creators in Africa. It only pays Creators in USA, UK, Germany, Japan, South Korea, France and Brazil.
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Mamelodi Sundowns Player, Lucas Ribeiro's goal against Dortmund has been voted as the Goal of the Tournament at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.
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If Morocco defeat Portugal and qualify for the Semi Finals of the FIFA World Cup, Africa will get 11 slots in the 2026 World Cup.
9 permanent slots, 1 via playoff and 1 because they reached the Semi Finals.
Morocco are unbeaten in this World Cup, and have only conceded 1 goal.
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Sadio Mane will earn £661,000 weekly and £34.37 million yearly tax free at Al Nassr.
He will receive £8.6 million in bonuses based on his number of appearances.
This makes him the highest Paid African Player, and one of the World's Highest Paid Players.
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Francis Ngannou earned $20 million from his fight against Anthony Joshua. He also earned $10 million from the Tyson Fury fight.
Joshua earned $50 million from the fight.
He has made $30 million from two boxing matches. He only made $3.5 million from 14 UFC fights in 7 years.
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Nigeria is the biggest footballing nation in Africa 🇳🇬 🇳🇬🇳🇬
5 FIFA U-17 World Cups
Olympic Gold, Silver and Bronze medals
3 AFCON trophies
7 U-20 AFCON
2 U-17 AFCON
1 U-23 AFCON
1 Afro-Asian Cup
1 African Games Gold
1 WAFU Cup
1 Inter Continental Cup
1 UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup
2 CEDEAO Cups
1 Unity World Cup
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Vincent Enyeama has been named as the Greatest African Goalkeeper of All Time by IFFHS.
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Kenya is the first African country to introduce coding into the curriculum of primary and secondary schools.
🎥 Techlit Africa on TikTok.
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Nigeria's Dr. Prof. Oluyinka Olutoye cut a woman's womb at 23 weeks old to remove a large tumour from a baby, and placed the baby back in her womb.
The baby was delivered healthy at 36 weeks.
He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria.
He is a Surgeon-in-Chief.
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Mr Ibu starring John Okafor, Osita Iheme is the most popular Nollywood movie in South Africa.
The movie was released in 2004.
It brought Nollywood into the limelight in South Africa.
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13-year-old South Sudanese Teen, Bol Bol dreams of becoming a Basketball Player.
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Burkina Faso is adopting traditional attires as school uniforms to promote the country's culture.
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Excellent work from Doctors and Nurses in a South African hospital.
The patient who was stabbed in the eye and brain during a tavern fight, has had his vision completely restored.
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William Troost-Ekong 🇳🇬 has been named as the Best Player at AFCON 2023.
Ronwen Williams 🇿🇦 has been named as the Best Goalkeeper with 5 clean sheets at AFCON 2023.
Emilio Nsue 🇬🇶 won the Golden Boot with 5 goals.
🇿🇦 South Africa's Bafana Bafana won the Fair Play Team Award.
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South Africa's Akani Simbine breaks Usain Bolt's record to become the first Athlete to run under 10 seconds in the 100m for 11 consecutive years.
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In 4 years, Thomas Sankara
Built 350 schools, roads, railways without foreign aid
Increased literacy rate by 60%
Banned forced marriages
Gave poor people land
Vaccinated 2.5 million kids
Planted 10 million trees
Drove out French imperialism & withdrew Burkina Faso from IMF
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Achraf Hakimi’s mother, Saida Mouh says she is not aware of her son transferring his wealth into her name.
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Public university hostel in Ghana 🇬🇭
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
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Ethiopian ladies celebrating Ethiopian Day in Atlanta, USA
🎥 Abay Studio.
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Burkina Faso's 36-year-old President Ibrahim Traore welcomes Senegal's 44-year-old Bassirou Faye during a state trip in May.
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Chidimma Vanessa Adetshina has been named as Miss Universe Africa and Oceania at Miss Universe 2024.
She is the first Nigerian to make it to the Top 5.
She finished as the 1st Runner up.
She is now Miss Universe Nigeria, Africa and Oceania.
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At age 24, Nigeria's Ufot Ekong became the first person to bag First Class Honours from Japan's Tokai University in 50 years.
He solved a math equation that couldn’t be solved for 30 years.
He was the Overall Best Graduating Student with a CGPA of 5.0.
He got a PhD at age 29.
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Burkina Faso's 36-year-old President Ibrahim Traore being welcomed by his people during the inauguration of the country's first tomato processing factory.
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Guinea's 44-year-old President Mamady Doumbouya has banned Ministers from travelling abroad to reduce government spending.
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Burkina Faso's 37-year-old President Ibrahim Traore playing a football match with Jay Jay Okocha, Emmanuel Adebayor, Stéphane Mbia, Mamadou Niang and Souleymane Diawara.
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Chidimma Vanessa Adetshina has been invited to participate in Miss Universe Nigeria by the organiser.
Chidimma withdrew from Miss South Africa despite being a Top 11 Finalist, after facing harassment and controversy surrounding her mother's citizenship.
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CAF was in debt and owed $140 million BEFORE Patrice Motsepe assumed office in 2021.
Under his leadership, CAF will declare a profit of $11.7 million for the first time in 8 years with an annual revenue of $150 million.
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Supa Strikas is the world's biggest comic book by monthly circulation
720,000 copies are released monthly in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America.
It is published by South African company, Strika Entertainment.
Its TV show is aired in 120 countries.
It started in 2000.
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Paul Pogba is spending his holiday in Guinea.
Mbappe, N'Golo Kante, Riyad Mahrez, Camavinga, Dembele, Slimani, Bennacer and Benrahma are spending their holidays in Morocco.
Jose Mourinho is spending his holiday in Namibia.
Kai Havertz is spending his holiday in South Africa.
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Ugandan students at Makerere University have produced their first set of electric buses.
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Chris Brown has sold out Africa's largest stadium, 94,736 capacity FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.
He was paid $1 million to perform in Nigeria in 2012, $1 million to perform in Ghana in 2013 and $887,000 to perform in Kenya in 2016.
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Botswana will give parents of new born babies $22 grants monthly.
The Government will also provide free pampers and milk for children for 3 months after their birth.
Botswana already provides free education, free healthcare, free legal representation and free land for its citizens.
Botswana also gives allowances to old people and physically challenged people.
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Black Sherif pays the medical bills of mothers stuck at a hospital over their unsettled debts in Ghana.
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Nigerian Robotics Engineer, Kemisola Bolarinwa has invented a smart bra that helps to detect breast cancer on time.
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24-year-old Rwandan lady, Lilliane Mugabekazi is facing 2 years imprisonment for indecent dressing at a concert.
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Egypt is digging a man-made river in the desert to reclaim 2.3 million acres of land, and turn it into agricultural land at a cost of $5.25 billion.
It will make up 30% of fertile land in the country.
It will stretch across 114km, making it the world's longest man-made river.
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Namibia will require visas from citizens of USA, Canada, the UK, Germany and 29 other countries travelling to the country as from April 2025.
The policy was introduced in response to stressful visa processes for Namibians who want to travel to these countries.
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