Austral Africa

Born on April, 10th 1985, Barkhad Abdi is an American actor and director of Somalian origin. At the age of 7 years, he escaped war that decimated his country for Yemen. In 1994, he landed with his family in Minneapolis. In America, he was at the same time a limousine …

At the age of 20 years, Samuel Esson Jonah could not imagine the impressive career path for which he was intended. Laborer in a gold mine in Ghana, he won a scholarship to continue his studies in England. Samuel E. Jonas is one of the most influential businessmen of Africa …

27 African countries were in reflection from 31st March to 1st April in Abidjan to find sustainable solutions to employment problem of young people. Introduced by inter-country quality pole in the domain of technical and professional skills development in association with the Association for Education Development in Africa (ADEA), this …

« Convergence at the time of African emergence » is the theme of the fourth Africa IT and Telecom Forum that gathered in Abidjan on 27th and 28th March, professionals of sectors of Technological Innovation and Telecommunications coming from all over Africa. The 200 participants in the forum thought about the stakes …

Between Wax loincloths and Togo, it is a love story. This small country in West Africa founded its reputation in 80s on prosperous business of Dutch loincloths held by women commonly called « Nana Benz« . After years of crises aggravated by fire on big markets of Lomé and Kara in January …

The first edition of Intercities games shot in Africa (Ivory Coast) in live conditions came to an end on Saturday March, 29th with the victory of the city of Séguéla, situated at 592 km far in the Northwest of Abidjan. A total of 16 cities participated in this audiovisual program …

Africa Top Success wishes you good week start with the mixing of the title « Happy » of the American Pharell William by Dj100proof. The voice mixing of the artist in an instrumental Happy of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti (died in 1997), gave an Afro sound so interesting as the original. Entitled …

100 million dollars! This is what the new Ado Bayero shopping mall cost. It opened last Thursday in Kano, the big city in the North of Nigeria which counts three million inhabitants. The new Ado Bayero shopping mall is the biggest shopping mall of Nigeria today. The works of the …

She belongs to the list of 20 women who make Africa by Forbes. Swaady Martin-Leke is the queen of the luxury tea brand, Yswara. Things went so quickly in her career: she was the former manager of General Electric in the South of Sahara before launching herself in this new …

Forbes magazine adores rankings! And having revealed a few days ago, the biggest African fortunes , Forbes is interested in the ranking of « 20 young builders of Africa of tomorrow ». At the top of the list is the Senegalese Magatte Wade , business woman of 38 years and the founder …

28 years, and a big passion: organic production. Edie Mukiibi has just been elected at the vice-presidency of Italian eco-gastronomic organization Slow Food International that is committed on the continent. And the road map of this Ugandan is simple: create new kitchen gardens on the continent. Student, he is passionate …

« House of Mandela » is the name of the wine that is just launched in Amsterdam, Netherlands by the elder daughter and the granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, the wine brand of Madiba family. They have just held a press conference: « It is the first commercial adventure of Madiba family », declared, on …

The edition 2014 of African business leaders forum « AFRICA CEO FORUM » awarded on Tuesday, the prestigious trophy of « business leader of the year » to a woman, Daphne Mashile-Nkosi. The South African belongs to the list of rare women working in mining sector in Africa. She is the only lady till …

Jessica Colaço is partnerships guiding at iHub in Kenya. She attended at Austin in Texas to South by South West (SxSW) world-famous festival dedicated to digital innovation. She is convinced that mobile is going to change everything in Africa. She said it to «Jeune Afrique magazine»: « Our main asset is …

Facebook, that just celebrated its 10 years anniversary as Africa Top Success reported, well took roots on the continent. Twitter is facing difficulties but the famous social network which allows 140 digits maxi to communicate becomes more and more successful in its turn. A recent investigation revealed that South Africa …

This event is always highly awaited and followed: Edition 2014 of AfricTalents forum will take place in Dakar on March, 21st and 22nd. The platform mobilizes the large companies which operate on the continent and the young graduates. AfricaTalents has for objective to help candidates all origins taken together, to …

She is extremely charming and she has a well-made head. Lerato Mbele is one of South African TV icons. She is a journalist and a presenter for the BBC. She was previously known with Newsday on the BBC World Service. She has a master’s degree in economics of development, politics …

They are 20 and they are less than 40 years old. They are already successful and a bright future still awaits them! The world economic forum has just revealed the list of the « young world leaders ». They were at first 214 to have aspired to this classification. 19 came from …

What a nice career for this superb African woman born at a township of Gugulethu in Cape in 1976! Mamela Nyamza was trained in ballet dance in South Africa, then within Alvin Ailey School in New York. Today, she is offering a committed dance which she is showing all over …

Dambisa Moyo, 43 years old, is a woman of conviction and she expresses it through her pen. Her third book has just come out: she attacks insatiable appetite of China in Africa. A controversial book as the preceding ones. For her, the Middle Kingdom forged links with Africa and Latin …

She is African jewel of Victoria Secret’s! She was born on November 20th, 1988 at Mooi River in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. His formidable story began at 15 years old when she was discovered by an agent in a flea market of Durban. Her measurements are perfected …

How much can an African Head of state can then well earn? “Jeune Afrique” magazine has just realized a very great instructive investigation: who is the best paid? The most favored? The better accomodated? Answers with our interactive map. Here is the comment of the site: « Attacking salaries and official …

Aliko Dangote, a fortune estimated at 20 billion dollars!!!! 55: It is the number of billionaires in Africa, according to Ventures magazine which published the list of the happy elected representatives… We should note that over these 55 billionaires, 20 are Nigerians. South Africa and Egypt came in the second …

He adores words. José Eduardo Agualusa has several hats to fully live his journalist and writing passion; he is also an editor. He published his new work, A General Theory of Oblivion, inspired from a true but unbelievable story. In 1975, during the independence of Angola, a Portugese woman, Ludovica …

Here is the sports program that was missing, Africa Buzz Sports! It was launched on Friday, November 8th, 2013 by Africa Top Sports.com The program is entitled Africa buzz Sports. It is coproduced with “Les Dépêches de Brazzaville” broadcast on “Télé Sud « . It is repeated on “Télé Sud” on Sunday …

She is very proud of being African! Charlize Theron is one of the most fashionable actresses in Hollywood but she has never forgotten where she came from: South Africa. And she has even big projects for her country and the continent. It was for this reason that she got involved …

She was born Yvonne Machaka in 1965 and was nicknamed the « Princess of Africa ». Chaka Chaka has been at the forefront of South African popular music for 20 years. Chaka Chaka was born in Dobsonville in Soweto. She became the first Black child to appear on South African television. It …

From the television to the cinema: she is beaming! Lesley-Ann Brandt was born in Cape Town, South Africa. In 1999, Brandt migrated in Auckland, New Zealand with his parents and his younger brother. Before emerging in cinema, she went through many jobs before becoming an appointment consultant of information technologies. …

She is the rising supermodel! Carmen Solomons is a model! She was born in Cape Town. This South African represents the Boss Models agency all over the world. Some of her little secrets as following! “Well, I was a small and shy girl…not very popular. I was the only girl …

10 years already! Facebook saw the light of day on February 4th, 2004. The success of this social network is purely amazing: we count today more than 1, 12 billion users in the world. The group has just published an annual net profit of 1, 5 billion dollars (1, 1 …