Black Pearl Hair Launch in Ghana

Rebecca Hair Ghana launched its Black Pearl and Noble Hair products at the first ever all 100% human hair shop in Accra. Beautiful women and Ghanaian celebrities came out in droves including our very own Anita. The official opening of the store was done by Miss Universe Ghana 2009, Jennifer Koranteng and the MD of Rebecca fashion, Mr Huo. After the formal speeches it was all about showing off the beautiful lace front weaves and hair extensions of varied lengths and colours!

Big Brother’s Abby shows off the Runway Lounge (Tanzania)

Thembi got to hang out the owner of Runway Lounge in Tanzania, Abby Plaatjes. Abby presents the fashion show "Nirvana" on Tanzania's EATV and is a former Big Brother African contestant. Runway Lounge is situated on the Penthouse level, below the dome, at Shoppers Plaza. This lounge and bar lives up to its expectation of glitz, glamour and pizzaz. This is one spot worth checking out.

Untold Fashion London Fashion Week

The purpose of the Untold Fashion London Fashion Week was to give the up and coming designers an unorthodox story-telling approach to the otherwise traditionally predictable fashion show. This is a creative showcase of UK design talent, including not only the off-schedule fashion show, but also static exhibitions, Art, Textiles, Accessories, Photography and more... Despite huge financial constraints Untold Season Six was a success. The establishing designers’ collections were quirky, colourful, directional - and sometimes even wearable! It’s the quality of design and fabulous creativity that makes Untold so successful each season.

Ghanaian Maame Baryeh is the founding Director of Untold, CEO of Fashion Diversity and the designer behind Maame Baryeh London and Ma:LE menswear. Maame shared the Untold vision from its inception and remains passionate about the reasons for its very existence, she aims to continue driving it forward but be left in no doubt the existence of Untold hinges on the shared vision and efforts of the team and the creative people who join forces on each project thus enabling the movement to grow.

Mr Nigeria

Adaure attended this year’s Mr Nigeria competition where the winner walked away with a 1 million Naira prize money and a chance to represent his country at the Mr World competition, now that is serious business! The ten contestants underwent intense physical fitness training in competitive activities such as running, swimming, tae kwondo and body building. Their training also included speech training, dance/choreography classes, life style and skills development.

Thamarind Dhow

The Tamarind dhow "Nawalilkher" was built in 1977 for trading. Purchased in 1986, she was converted for restaurant use by her original builder Fundi Bini on Lamu Island, under the watchful eye of Mohammed Shalle, who is still her captain today. Fareed had the ultimate experience on a Tamarind Dhow Cruise with a live band aboard the splendid dhow, interesting cocktails, great food and company!

Architect and urban designer, Mokena Makeka (SA)

Mokena Makeka symbolizes the boldness and lateral thinking in Urban design and Architecture that is quick becoming the standard for design excellence all over the world. Lebo met up with this young businessman with a passion for design and all things beautiful.

X Maleya Music group (Cameroon)

Grace met up with three young musicians while in Cameroon; Roger, Hais and Auguste. The guys come from different parts of the world, but have one vision, that of expressing themselves through music.

Comedy club live in Lagos - behind the scenes (Nigeria)

Comedy Club live in Lagos is back and as with most television shows, there was a load of work that went into the pre-production and production of this show. The show has all the elements of comedy, from the right vibe, right tone, funny jokes, timing to surprise twists and punch lines! This show is indeed a great platform for African comedians to showcase their skill and talent. There are some international comedians from South Africa, Zambia and Uganda that have been featured on the show and at the end of the day; it is all about having a good laugh!