ANF Blog

If you want to know what people are really thinking about, look at their internet search history. So that’s what we do – every month. We analyse Google trends data about the continent to see how Africa is feeling.

What does an Ethiopian businesswoman who founded a software company have in common with a Nigerian singer/songwriter? The answer: gobal status.

bird is looking for African content creators and digital storytellers passionate about telling alternative and compelling human-interest and feature stories about their communities and countries. And who better to tell these stories than a generation that has already taken back the pen through social media, blogs, vlogs and other digital storytelling platforms?

If that’s you, join us.

14 May 2021, Accra: Ballet is not what comes to mind when you think of Nairobi’s art scene, yet it’s also one of the most exciting stories waiting to be told about the city. Zambia’s next innovator is an 11-year-old protégé, and an illustrator in South Africa is creating a coffee table book that challenges misconceptions that keep African artists out of art curriculums.

On 6th May South Africa’s News24 ran a story picked up from Bloomberg News with the headline: “Rapidly spreading variants compound Africa’s coronavirus woes”.The headline, the framing, the sources and the focus of the story got our attention for these reasons:

The research surveyed 38 African editors, analyzed content from 60 African news outlets in 15 countries (Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, DRC, Egypt, Tunisia, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal) between September and October 2020.

You know the difference between Zouglou and Makossa. You are as fluent in afrobeats as you are in afropop and soul, but how much do you know about icons who’ve turned Africa’s pop music into a global sensation?

You know Nairobi, Joburg, Lagos, Dakar, Cairo and Dakar, but what about the rest of the continent? Test your knowledge with this quiz.