Agence France-Presse on MSN

Cape Town becomes first African World Marathon Major

Cape Town has been added to the prestigious World Marathon Majors, the elite series said on Wednesday, making it the first ...
MSN on MSN

Amazon selects Kenya for first African satellite gateway in Project Kuiper challenge to Starlink

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), the US technology and e-commerce group founded by Jeff Bezos, has officially selected Kenya as ...
Seattle Times

The first Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent of 1.3B demands more say and financing

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The first African Climate Summit opened Monday with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a worldwide issue that affects their continent the most even though ...
Black Enterprise

Burna Boy At The Top Of His Game And The First African Artist To Sell Out A U.S. Stadium

Burna Boy recently made history when he performed at New York’s Citi Field, becoming the first African artist to perform at a sold-out stadium in the United States. The feat occurred on July 8, 2023, ...
United States Golf Association

Celebrating African-American Firsts and the USGA

1896: John Shippen becomes the first African American to compete in a USGA championship, the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. When the presence of Shippen and Shinnecock tribe member Oscar Bunn was ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Rising Above Bias to Become the First African American Grand Slam Champion

Althea Gibson shattered barriers in tennis and beyond by becoming the first Black athlete to win major titles and blaze a path in professional golf and public service. Damion L. Thomas Althea Gibson, ...
The Grio

The first Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent of 1.3B demands more say and financing

The first African Climate Summit is opening with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a global issue that affects the continent of 1.3 billion people the most, even though they ...