Tribes of Africa

Natively known as Ndigbo, Ethnic group native to the South Eastern Part of Nigeria. A large ethnic Igbo population is found in Cameroon, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tribesofafrica/support

The Samburu are pastoralists and closely related to the Maasai. Their land is dry and arid. Their diet is consists of milk and animal blood. The Samburu is one of the few African tribes that still live according to the old and ancient traditions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tribesofafric...

Maureen Ndlovu Maureen is an author, motivational speaker, MCee, Coach and many more things. Her story is one of triumph after a great tragedy at the hands of her former boyfriend. After surviving an abusive relationship that almost robbed her of her life, Maureen Zamagatsheni Ndlovu has written a book to inspire others to find healing. Ndlovu’s book ‘Connecting the dots backward’ relates the trau...

On today's episode of Africa Now, Adetunji hosted Selna Ncgobo, Selna is an actress and singer, Selina Ngcobo from Ixopo, KZN. She started singing at age 14 and began recording in 2016 Selina is a graduate in Financial Accounting in DUT. She is currently studying for Music production@ Soul Candi Institute of Music with the help of the bursary she won at KZN music imbizo. She is a top five Business...

Our guest on the line from Nairobi is John Agboola, a farmer who is here to assist us with unpacking agriculture in Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria. We have decided to get John’s insights into the Agricultural sector and Agribusiness in Nigeria. As a country, Nigeria is synonymous with oil yet there are almost 200 million mouths to feed daily. John Agboola is an agriculturist/farmer with a passi...

On this episode, we are looking at the Match-making industry in Africa, to help us unpack this, we have in the studio Hlengiwe Sigasa CEO of Swift Dating. Swift Dating is a dating agency which  Hlengiwe has founded in order to ensure love in the black community. Hlengiwe founded the agency because in her words’ I love, love. I am a sucker for romance and I realize that we all at some point want it...

Our guest in studio today is Jim Dando, Director Sales, and Operations, NISSAN. Jim has been in the motor trade for four decades and with Nissan for the past two decades. He was formerly General Manager, Nissan Africa Regional office for 11 years. Before that, he was in Aftersales field operations for 8 years. Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary-general and Nobel peace prize winner, di...

Mohammed Jega, Founder Arewa startup in Northern Nigeria on the need for investments in Information technology and creating techpreneurs in Africa. Startup Arewa focuses on using technology to create lasting business solutions for businesses in Northern Nigeria through mentorship, project management and collaborative partnerships and funding of same.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The e...

Our guest in studio is Gina Athanassiou (former Miss South Africa) Founder of Holanathi. Gina Athanassiou (born 7 June 1984) is a South African former beauty queen and model of Greek origin who has just developed a new nutritional food solution to assist underprivileged communities in South Africa. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app...

Stories about Africa is always such with the so-called permanent stain of poverty, though rich in everything you can think of in the world, but poverty remains a major problem in Africa and has continued from generation to generation. Some people have argued, however, about what the true definition of poverty is. SOS village the United Kingdom refer to Africa as the poorest continent on earth "Afr...

The concept of pastoral farming is not just a method of farming but also very much entrenched in the culture and lifestyle of many African tribes; from the Masai farmers in East Africa to the Fulanis in West and Central Africa. Pastoral farmers have a huge contribution to our society in many ways, both economically, socially and are also part of our cultural heritage. Adetunji Omotola hosts Coley...

On this episode, we are looking at the outdoor advertising business in Africa Joining us in the studio to help us critically examine the business of outdoor advertising in Africa is Mark Cooper, the CEO of JC Decaux, Subsaharan Africa. JC Decaux is the biggest outdoor advertising company in the world. In 2016 it bought Continental Outdoor. Continental Outdoor Media, founded more than 50 years ago...

We begin the show with business updates from across Africa: The Prime Minister of Ethiopia has been constantly on the news since he started with his reforms agenda, firstly by opening up the country to foreign investors and also drive agenda for peace within the region especially with neighbouring Eritrea and Ethiopia on its part has expressed its readiness to resolve differences with Eritrea thro...

Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most-populous country, and the continent’s fastest growing economy are inviting big business to cash in. Business confidence in South Africa eased in May, putting a further damper on the gloomy economy, following worse-than-expected first-quarter gross domestic product figures on Tuesday. Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most-populous country, and the continent’s fastest growing...

On the episode of HR Wired, like we always do, we shine the spotlight on the most important aspect of business and that is the talent; Sibongile joins us remotely to bring major HR updates; on HR Chat, we have Lauren Salt who is a senior associate for Employment and Compensation Practice at Baker McKenzie in Johannesburg. , she chats with us about the South African Employment Equity and how there'...

On this episode of Africa Now, Adetunji and Nonye focus on critical examination of Africa's infrastructure challenges and opportunities through the lens of a private equity investment company. Mychal Jefferson, the CEO and Chairman of Hamershlag Sulzberger Borg Capital Markets Inc. Hamershlag Sulzberger Borg is a private equity firm founded in 1835, the Company focuses on the business of buying an...

On today’s show, we are looking at top FDI destinations in Africa according to the 2017 data; on our chat segment, we will be looking at Africa Investment Forum 2018 which was recently launched by the President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Adesina, to be hosted in Johannesburg coming later this year; And lastly on our lifestyle segment, we will be talking about wine. Join the conversation...