The Mamie Mariama Justice Ganawa Education Foundation (MAMJGEF) recently made donations worth 60 million old Leones, which is equivalent to about $3,500, to their first set of beneficiaries. This enormous

Elizabeth Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman to obtain a civil aviator’s international pilot’s license. She was the first African-American woman to fly in public.
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
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.
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

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

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
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
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

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

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

Fene Osakwe is an award-winning Nigerian tech entrepreneur, career coach, start-up investor, international conference speaker, Forbes-published author, and one of Africa's most sought-after Cybersecurity advisors.
The mother of the late Brazilian football legend Pele is said to be unaware of her son's death.

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