Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested.
Architect Mat Cash transformed a facility meant to store 30,000 tons of wheat, maize, and sorghum into a celebration of art instead of agriculture. https://media.wired.com/photos/59c55312cd214f46039bd2c8/master/pass/776_3_HR_ZeitzMOCAA_HeatherwickStudio_Credit_Iwan%20Baan_View%20of%20Zeitz%20MOCAA%20in%20Silo%20Square.jpg Feed: All Latest
With a few exceptions, most electric cars are delicate, expensive creatures designed for paved streets and well-heeled early adopters. And that makes them ill-suited to rural Africa — many roads away from the cities aren’t paved at all, and just about any EV would be out of reach. That’s where the Technical University of Munich […]
Americans still can’t get their burritos by drone delivery. But in Rwanda and soon Tanzania, air deliveries are already saving lives. https://media.wired.com/photos/59b304b66facc848a6980a9b/master/pass/GettyImages-656134958.jpg Feed: All Latest
IT IS easy to buy a rolex in Uganda—albeit not one that will tell the time. Sold at ubiquitous roadside stalls, the Ugandan rolex is a greasy snack, made from an omelette wrapped in a chapati (“roll eggs”). Sellers compete side-by-side for the same custom. So do the motorcycle-taxi drivers, hustling for rides; or the […]
Africa’s Second-Biggest Airline on the Verge of Bankruptcy Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not include […]
Like a shot of espresso, when Black Coffee took the stage at the Knockdown Center in Queens, New York, he energized the crowd. From the first song, “Child,” by George FitzGerald, the vocals echoed and the underlying percussion ricocheted from one body to the next. He built the energy with sounds from his native South […]
COMMON to all men, according to Adam Smith, is “the propensity to truck, barter and exchange”. Less common is a willingness to report all of this enterprise to the authorities (which have a propensity to register, regulate and tax). South Africa’s spaza shops (convenience stores often run from people’s homes), Kenya’s jua kali (a Swahili […]
AP Photo/Themba Hadebe The South African rand has been crushed in the wake of political upheaval in the ruling African National Congress party. On Monday, ratings agency S&P cut South Africa’s credit rating to junk status and the rand promptly fell by 2% against the US dollar. Junk debt, as it is known, is any […]
Aruna Quadri is a powerhouse on the court. When he wins a match, he lets out a fierce yell, pumping his fists in triumph. When he loses, Quadri stomps his feet and muscled quads. The floor rumbles, like an earthquake.All this over something as mighty and as formidable as … a puny Ping-Pong ball. At […]
