BBC Africa
POWER WOMEN: Phyllis Wakiaga's 5 Lessons for Life
- Title
- POWER WOMEN: Phyllis Wakiaga's 5 Lessons for Life
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Phyllis Wakiaga, CEO of the Kenyan Association of Manufacturers and BBC Africa Power Woman, shares her tips on success in life and business as part of our Women of Africa series, Power Women.
Watch the full interview online:
- English: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38098231
- Swahili: http://www.bbc.com/swahili/habari-38129419
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- Title
- Latasha Ngwube - African Women You Need to Know
- Runtime
- 1:52
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Latasha Ngwube is a lifestyle and fashion journalist. She has launched a dedicated website to fashion, lifestyle and empowerment of the African curvy women.
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- Esenam Nyador - African Women You Need to Know
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Esenam Nyador is a taxi driver in Ghana. She is a social work graduate and is also taking a masters degree.
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- Title
- POWER WOMEN: Lucy Quist's Top 5 Life Lessons
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- "Laugh a lot! It makes us more successful." Lucy Quist, CEO of Airtel Ghana, shares her five lessons for life as part of our new Women of Africa series, Power Women.
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- Title
- POWER WOMEN: 5 life lessons from Zambian CEO Mizinga Melu
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Zambia's Mizinga Melu, CEO of Barclays Africa Regional Management in Johannesburg, shares her five lessons for life.
Part of the BBC's new series Power Women, profiling some of Africa's top female CEOs and managing directors.
Watch the full interview: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37951029
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- Title
- Shirley Chisholm - first black woman to run for US president
- Runtime
- 1:21
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman elected to US congress, and the first to seek the presidential nomination.
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- Title
- Theresa Kachindamoto - African Women You Need to Know
- Runtime
- 1:36
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Theresa Kachindamoto is the senior chief of Dedza district Central Malawi.
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- Title
- Mary Njoku - African Women You Need to Know
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Nigerian actress and film producer Mary Njoku aims to be "bigger and better" as she continues her career.
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- Title
- Memory Banda - African Women You Need to Know
- Runtime
- 1:44
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Memory Banda is a gender rights activist who fights against the age-old custom in Malawi of sending girls to so-called "initiation camps" after they start their first period. The camps aim is to teach girls their "duties as wives" and how to please a man sexually.
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- Graduated at 60 | African Women You Need to Know: Safiyo Jama Gayre
- Runtime
- 1:21
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Sixty-year-old Safiyo Jama Gayre has graduated from Puntland State University in Somalia – making history as the institution’s oldest female graduate. Safiyo believes it is never too late to start learning and wants to help survivors of rape and sexual assault in Somalia.
Digital Producer: Maryam Ghanbarzadeh
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- Title
- Botswana at 50
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
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- Title
- Taonere Banda - African Women You Need to Know
- Runtime
- 1:41
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Taonere Banda has made history by becoming Malawi's first Paralympic athlete, competing in the women's T12-13 1500m in Rio.
Digital Producer: Maryam Ghanbarzadeh
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- Title
- Queen Njinga Mbande - African Women You Need to Know
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Queen Njinga Mbande lived from 1583 to 1663. She was the monarch of the Mbundu people and ruled a region which is in present-day Angola.
Digital producer: Maryam Ghanbarzadeh
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- Title
- Fabienne St Louis - African Women You Need to Know
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- For most athletes, competing at the Olympics is the pinnacle of their career. But for one triathlete from Mauritius, her participation in the Games was extra special.
Digital producer: Maryam Ghanbarzadeh
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- Title
- Nigeria's Johnny Drille on his love of folk music
- Runtime
- 1:59
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Johnny Drille hails from Edo state in south-east Nigeria. The musician gained recognition through a TV talent show called Project Fame and instead of playing the main staples - like Afrobeats, Neo-Soul, Naija Pop, RnB or Juju - he has branched out into folk music.
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- Title
- Nawal Al Hawsawi - African Women You Need to Know
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Nawal Al Hawsawi qualified as a pilot against all odds and is currently a campaigner against racism and domestic violence in Saudi-Arabia. It hasn't been easy for her.
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- Title
- Kenyan bus driver who helps disabled people get to work
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- A matatu driver in Kenya is helping people with physical disabilities get to work.
Many of the drivers of the private buses will not take disabled passengers.
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- Title
- The police officer who won Nigeria's first Olympic gold
- Runtime
- 1:58
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Chioma Ajunwa won Nigeria's first ever Olympic gold in the long jump in 1996. She is also a police officer in Lagos, and she thinks more needs to be done to bring Olympic success to her country.
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- Title
- Paralyzed screenwriter: I write scripts using my tongue
- Runtime
- 2:12
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Tanzanian - Wakonta Kapunda became paralyzed - after a car accident when she was graduating in Tanzania. She now uses her tongue to write scripts, respond to phone calls and send texts.
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- Title
- Senegalese women's basketball - Representing in Rio
- Runtime
- 1:25
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The Lionesses are the only African team to qualify for the women's basketball tournament in Rio, can they beat Team USA?
Produced by Mark Sedgwick.
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- Title
- This is what fish biscuits taste like
- Runtime
- 1:12
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- These are quite literally biscuits partly made from desiccated fish and they might just be part of a solution to a pressing problem -malnutrition. Watch BBC Africa’s Sophie Ikenye having a bite.
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- Title
- Tattoos; growing popularity in Tunisia
- Runtime
- 3:01
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- There have long been mixed views over getting inked, and in a Muslim country like Tunisia, the controversies are still there. BUT with the a rise in demand for body art, the country has also seen a rise in tattoo artists challenging the status quo.
Reporter: Rana Jawad - Tunis.
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- Title
- 5 tips for young farmers
- Runtime
- 1:19
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Dimakatso Nono Sekhoto left her job in finance to work as a farmer in South Africa. Watch her 5 tips for young farmers.
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- Title
- Kenya's ice hockey team dreams of the Winter Olympics
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- There may only be one rink in the whole of East Africa, but could Kenya be the first African country to send an ice hockey team to the Winter Olympics? Produced by Mark Sedgwick
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- Title
- Leaving city life to go farming
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Leaving city life in the US to go farming in Ghana. Watch Emmanuel's story.
Digital Producer: Maryam Ghanbarzadeh
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- African Women You Need to Know - Tanzania's make-up star
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- This week's African Woman You Need to Know - Tanzania's make-up star "obsessed with adornment" produced by Louise Smith
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- BBC Africa Experts: Growing Fear in Tanzania?
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Tanzania has so far managed to avoid the kind of large-scale attacks by Islamist militants which have hit other countries in East Africa.But there are now growing fears over the threat they may pose. BBC Africa Security correspondent Tomi Oladipo explains why.
Digital Producer: Maryam Ghanbarzadeh
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- Title
- Modou Barrow - Swansea City
- Runtime
- 0:37
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Gambian winger Modou Barrow has signed a new contract at Swansea City ahead of the new Premier League campaign.
The 23-year-old is now committed to the club until June 2019. He's currently on pre-season tour of the US with the club.
BBC Africa’s Stanley Kwenda caught up with him in Swansea.
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- BBC Africa Experts: Ethiopia and Eritrea’s border fight
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Tens of thousands died when Ethiopia and Eritrea fought a war over their disputed border in 1998-2000. Now tensions are rising again, just as Eritrea marks 25 years of independence from its powerful neighbour Ethiopia. BBC Africa Security correspondent Tomi Oladipo examines.
Digital Producer: Maryam Ghanbarzadeh
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- Title
- BBC Africa Experts: Piracy
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- The most dangerous waters in the world are no longer off the coast of Somalia, but off Nigeria, in the Gulf of Guinea. Our Security correspondent, Tomi Oladipo explains why.
Digital Producer: Maryam Ghanbarzadeh
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- Title
- Nigerian artist Ndidi Emefiele speaks to BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:11
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Nigerian visual artist Ndidi Emefiele uses recycled materials to explore the issue of gender inequality in Nigerian society. Her ongoing series Rainbow, depicts women in sunglasses constructed from used CDs, that shift in colour according to the light. BBC Africa caught with her during her ongoing exhibition at London's African Art Gallery.
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- Title
- Muhammad Ali's love affair with Africa
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
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- Title
- Angelina Jolie Pitt on refugees
- Runtime
- 13:38
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Africa is home to millions of refugees displaced by conflicts or persecution. Focus on Africa's Sophie Ikenye has been speaking to the special envoy for the UN refugee agency, Angelina Jolie Pitt. She starts by explaining how much responsibility countries involved in the intervention in Libya should take, when it comes to dealing with refugees.
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- Fantasia; Moroccan women against tradition
- Runtime
- 3:09
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Meet the women who are breaking tradition and joining the Berber men of North Africa in the high octane, dangerous sport of Fantasia - and winning.
Reporter: Sahar Zand - Morocco
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- Title
- Bekoji's Golden Runners: What's the secret?
- Runtime
- 2:23
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Bekoji, the town of just under twenty thousand people is the home of renowned athletes Kenenisa Bekele, Tirunesh Dibaba and Fatuma Roba who were all discovered and trained by one man- coach Sentayehu Eshetu. He also trained Derartu Tulu- who became the first African woman to win an Olympic Gold medal in the 1992 Barcelona games. So what's the secret behind the success of the town?
Reporter: Emmanuel Igunza - BBC Africa
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- Title
- Shea butter in Ghana: Hard labour for smooth skin
- Runtime
- 2:24
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- What is the price of having smooth skin? Some people spend a lot of money on beauty products which contain shea butter, but not much of that trickles down to the widows of a small farming community in northern Ghana who process nuts from which the moisturising paste is made.
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- Title
- Skaters in Ethiopia
- Runtime
- 1:56
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Skateboarding as a sport is barely five years old in Ethiopia but it is attracting hundreds of young fans in the capital Addis Ababa. The first concrete Skate Park is now up and running with many of the sports’ lovers hoping it will be the first step in popularizing it across the country. The Skate Park was constructed with the help of local skateboarders and the NGO Make Life Skate, which has built similar parks in India, Bolivia, Jordan, and Myanmar.
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- Title
- How could digital skills change your world?
- Runtime
- 1:00:56
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- As the World Economic Forum is underway in Rwanda - focusing on connecting Africa's resources through digital transformation - we discuss the issue of developing the digital skills of young Africans.
How easy or difficult is it to achieve?
We speak to Luke Mckend, country director for Google South Africa, Jepchumba, founder and creative director of African Digital Art, and Tim Rimbui, CEO of Waabeh.
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- Sabrina Mahfouz - London's Wardrobe
- Runtime
- 4:18
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Focus on Africa is running a series on #SpokenWord artists from the African diaspora in the UK. Today’s poet is Sabrina Mahfouz a British-Egyptian poet who has always been interested in the sartorial efforts of Londoners. With the theme of migration, she has written a poem called London's Wardrobe and decided to go on a journey documenting Africa's historical links to the very clothes and styles found on the high streets of the British capital.
Our series is inspired by BBC 1Xtra's special season ‘Words First’: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02rqxdf
- Title
- Yomi Sode - Johnny Just Come | Spoken Word
- Runtime
- 3:06
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Focus on Africa has commissioned three poets from the African diaspora in the UK to write exclusive poetry on the theme of migration. All three spoken word artists were allowed to interpret it in whatever way they wished. In the first poem of our series, Yomi Sode, a London-based Nigerian born writer explores what it means to be a Nigerian living in the UK. The poem is called Johnny Just Come. And, just a warning, the author uses a word that some may find offensive.
The BBC’s music station 1Xtra has been broadcasting a special season called ‘Words First’, celebrating the growing art form of #SpokenWord - that’s performance poetry that can be delivered in a variety of styles.
Words First: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02rqxdf
- Title
- Meet the new Princess of Nollywood
- Runtime
- 2:21
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Nollywood Nigeria's film industry churns out hundreds of films a year. Now a white British actress has landed her first role in a romantic comedy made by one of the industry's best-known directors. But despite growing up in a small English town, Claire Eden fits seamlessly into the film.
- Title
- How did Drake and Wizkid collab come together ?
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Drake's new single 'One Dance' is still causing a buzz on social media. It features Wizkid from Nigeria - but how did they get together?
- Title
- BBC Africa Debate on Corruption (360 video)
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Watch in 360 degrees the beginning of this month's #BBCAfricaDebate. It comes from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and looks at corruption.
Presenters Zuhura Yunus and Owen Bennett-Jones discuss with a distinguished panel and invited audience the effect of corruption on Africa and what the continent can do to stamp it out.
75 million Africans paid a bribe in 2015, according to Transparency International’s latest report with most surveyed Africans feeling that corruption is getting worse.
Are African leaders and institutions pathologically corrupt? Or is this just a negative stereotype?
Video: Darren Wardrobe, BBC
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- Sister Sledge interview with BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The famous "we are family" singers were in London for International Women's Day. They spoke to Genevieve Sagno about their close link to Africa, their career choice and also sang acapella for us!
- Title
- Museveni explains the clamp down on opposition
- Runtime
- 3:46
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Uganda's newly re-elected President Yoweri Museveni who was declared winner of last week's presidential election and has been in power for 30 years. He talks about the opposition and why he is against presidential term limits. He spoke to BBC Africa's Zuhura Yunus in his country home in Rwakitura, Western Uganda.
- Title
- Yemi Alade: "Every African woman has a Jonny in her life"
- Runtime
- 3:13
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Nigerian Afro-pop singer Yemi Alade which hit song "Jonny" dominated charts across Africa two years ago, recently won MTV's best female African artist 2015. She spoke to BBC Africa's Sophie Ikenye about her love for Swahili and her new album "Mama Africa".
- Title
- Swansea and Gambia striker Modou Barrow
- Runtime
- 2:01
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The Premier League continues here in England this weekend and one player who will be hoping for a run-out on the pitch is Swansea and Gambia striker Modou Barrow.
He has been under the radar a bit since joining the Welsh based premier league club in August 2014.
But, as he has been telling the BBC, he wants to become the best player in the league.
- Title
- Israel 'sending away African migrants'
- Runtime
- 6:54
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- BBC Africa has gathered evidence that Israel is sending unwanted African migrants to third countries under secretive deals, which may be in breach of international law. The Israeli government refuses to name the third countries involved in the deals, but the BBC has spoken to people who say they were sent to Rwanda and Uganda.
There are around 45 thousand Eritrean and Sudanese migrants in Israel. They've arrived in the country over the last ten years, crossing through Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula. The BBC's Kathy Harcombe reports.
- Title
- Perpetua Nkwocha and her life in Sweden
- Runtime
- 2:25
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- We know that football stars are some of the most mobile people on the planet – but what’s it like for them trying to adapt to a new home, and new conditions. Nigeria great Perpetua Nkwocha, a multiple African champion and African women’s player of the year, has played in Sweden for the last seven years… but now she’s moving in to coaching, and that means she’s having to spend her first winter in the country. She told the BBC about her rather chilly new life…
- Title
- African football star coaching migrants in Sweden
- Runtime
- 2:18
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The challenge of dealing with the many thousands of migrants who have traveled from around the world to Europe is one which many countries are struggling with. Sweden has a bigger task than most. It received 150 thousands applications for asylum last year - and, per head of population, has taken the greatest number of people. One town in the north of the country is using sport to help those who have arrived - not least to help relieve the boredom of waiting for developments in their new life. And it's an African footballer, Perpetua Nkwocha, who came there to play professionally and has made the town her home, who is taking the lead... Matthew Kenyon reports.

