In 1995, Captain Irene Koki Mutungi joined Kenya Airways as a second officer flying Fokker 50s, she became the first female pilot in the airline’s history and the first female pilot in Kenya.
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Ghanaian actor and comedian based in the United States, Michael Blackson has opened his own school in his village in Ghana, which will offer free tuition to all its students.
When Robert Pyles was a boy, growing up with 9 siblings and being raised by a single mother, he never imagined he would be as successful as he is now. Robert Pyles is a successful entrepreneur who owns 12 McDonald’s franchises in Wisconsin.
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Patrice Motsepe is a billionaire from South Africa with a $2.7 billion net worth. At the age of 46, he became the first Black African to appear on Forbes’ list of world billionaires in 2008. Additionally, he is the first billionaire industrialist from South Africa.
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Queen Amenirenas was a Nubian ruler of the ancient African kingdom of Kush (located in modern-day Sudan), who is widely recognized as a skilled warrior after defending her kingdom against the armies of the Roman Empire. Under her guidance, she led over 30,000 soldiers in a victory against Caesar Augustus. She is one of the
Cape Verde’s national stadium, Estadio Nacional de Cabo Verde is to be renamed after Pele, according to the country’s Prime Minister Ulisses Correira e Silva. The 15,000-seater, located just outside the capital Praia, will now become the Pele Stadium.
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At age 11, Ramarni Wilfred has an IQ higher than Bill Gates, Professor Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein. With a score of 162, Ramarni is the youngest person to score higher than Einstien, Stephen Hawking and Bill Gates.Â
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A 19-year-old high school dropout from Cameroon, Vidiol Tsague, has made passenger planes and drones built using local materials that can fly for minutes. Vidiol Tsague has been working on designing and putting together his innovations for the past eight years.
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Aminatu, commonly known as Queen Amina of the city-state Zazzau (now the city of Zaria in Kaduna State), is significantly recognized as the first woman to become a queen in a male-dominated society in ancient Africa and of the greatest warrior queens in the continent. Her story is characterized by courage, and resilience, and is
Dr. Shamaria Engram has become the first Black woman to graduate from the Computer Science and Engineering doctoral program at the University of South Florida since the program launched 40 years ago. Engram has practically lived her whole life in situations where she is the only person of colour present. Before enrolling at Bethune Cookman
