African Youth Excellence Awards now open, give it a shot guys

So our friends helping create and organize the third annual edition of the 2015 AYE Awards have opened the nomination process and asked #TheAfricanDream to inform you and also encourage you to participate or ask someone you know to give it a shot.

Joseph "King Kong" Agbeko asks Ghana to pay more attention to boxing prior to his comeback

Joseph "King Kong" Agbeko; a Ghanaian professional boxer has called on the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) and the government of Ghana to devote more attention to the boxing because it has a great potential to create world champions as well as generate revenue and business for the country.

Onetime IBO and two time IBF Bantamweight World Champion Agbeko will be making his return in the USA on Saturday, May 16 in El Paso, Texas at the Southwest University Event Center in his fight with Juanito Rubillar. Agbeko has fought on Showtime and HBO against the likes of Abner Mares, Vic Darchinyan, Yonny Perez and Guillermo Rigondeaux.

Elivava shares stage with Denmark saxophonist, Katrine Suwalski, others

Elivava; top, and The One World Band

Billed as a special guest performer on Denmark-Danish saxophone player and composer, Katrine Suwalski’s tour events in Ghana; Ghanaian Afro-Jazz/Afro-Pop singer, Elivava has indicated, “it is a great pleasure sharing the stage with the legendary saxophonist, Katrine Suwalski and her Danish/Ghanaian band; Another World.”

“She is an amazing composer and I enjoyed every bit of the band’s zeal during my performances since the tour started on April 1, 2015,” Elivava said in an interview with www.AmaLarbieAfrica.com

Dr. Thomas Mensah inducted into American National Academy of Inventors

left: Mr. Faile; Deputy Commissioner US Patent Operations, middle: Dr Mensah, right: Dr. Paul Sanberg; President
of NAI

Dr. Thomas O. Mensah, a US trained Ghanaian born Scientist was inducted into the United States National Academy of Inventors (NAI) on March 22, 2015. The Doctor also became a NAI Fellow in 2014 when the institution recognized and honored his work during his time at the Florida State University in the US.

According to the NAI, “A researcher's contribution reaches the benchmark of inventorship as recognized by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office because its discovery had no significant prior art, was not obvious to someone else skilled in the field, and had a specific use. Although every invention and every inventor is unique, some things are common to all. It takes imagination and ingenuity to be an inventor.”

Historic change arrives in Nigeria via President-elect Buhari

President Buhari (left) and Vice-President Osinbajo; newly elect leaders of Nigeria

The spontaneous outpouring of emotions and celebrations that characterized the pronouncement of Muhammedu Buhari as the President-elect of Nigeria in major cities and towns across the country was clear evidence that the people wanted change.

New Rocky Dawuni album out March 31, 2015

Branches of the Same Tree, the new album from Rocky Dawuni is out March 31, 2015 worldwide on Cumbancha. The Versatile musician—songwriter straddles the musical boundaries between Africa, the Caribbean and the U.S.A to create an appealing "Afro-Roots" sound that unites generations and cultures.

CommProve Wins Strategic African Networking Monitoring Contract

An African regulator is planning to make the network performance information for specific locations publicly available on their website.

CommProve, a leader in end-to-end network management for actionable customer insights, announced in Dublin Ireland on March 25, 2015 that it is working with an African telecommunications regulator to monitor the Quality of Service (QoS) of multiple mobile network operators (MNOs) in country.