How Obama’s backing for NBA Africa venture could boost basketball on the continent: Former President Barack Obama has joined the NBA Africa as a strategic partner. NBA Africa/Instagram Former US president Barack Obama’s decision to invest in the National Basketball Association’s Africa venture reflects a lot about his past – his basketball playing youth and …
South Africa in the news: Executive Turntable: New Hires at Obama’s Media Company & Warner’s Social Justice Fund: A list of moves across the music business, including High Ground, Warner Music Group and Ingrooves Music Group.: “South Africa” – BingNews Doan: Japan want to make history: Hosts Japan comfortably cruised into the quarter-finals at the Men’s …
How much of Barack Obama’s legacy has Donald Trump rolled back?: Throughout Donald Trump’s first term in office, the US president has harked back to the Obama years. From blasting the “horrible” Iran nuclear deal to blaming Barack Obama’s administration for the “obsolete, broken system” that Trump claims has hindered the US response to the …
Obama’s Mandela lecture comes at an auspicious time for democracy: Former US president Barack Obama is due to deliver the 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johannesburg. EPA-EFE/Tannen Maury Former US President Barack Obama will aim high with his Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johanesburg on July 17th. According to his close adviser and former …
What Barack Obama’s record breaking Mandela tweet tells us about the world: Barack Obama on a 2013 visit to South Africa. Kim Ludbrook/EPA What is it about former US President Barack Obama’s record-setting tweet – it has already surpassed 1.6 million retweets and 4.5 million “likes” – that has captured the imagination of the world? …