Veteran rapper Nas is to co-curate and headline a new multi-city hip-hop fest Down Under. The inaugural 2013 Australian Movement Festival will begin its four-date trek April 26 at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, then heads on to Melbourne (April 27 at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl), Brisbane (April 28 at the Riverstage) and wraps-up April 30 [...]
Milt Campbell, First Black Olympic Decathalon Champ, Dies at Age 78
November 4, 2012 | Posted by
Milt Campbell, who became the first African-American Olympic decathlon champion, has died at the age of 78, his family announced. Linda Rusch, Campbell’s partner of 13 years, said Campbell died Friday at his home in Gainesville, Georgia, about 55 miles northwest of Atlanta. She said he had been fighting prostate cancer for a decade. “He [...]
Caroline Wozniacki defeats Samantha Stosur for Kremlin Cup
October 21, 2012 | Posted by
Danish superstar Caroline Wozniacki won the Kremlin Cup Sunday after defeating Samantha Stosur of Australia in three sets for her 20th career title. Coming into Sunday’s match both women played for more than two hours and three sets in their semifinals wins on Saturday. Sunday was no different as third seeded Wozniacki, skated past top [...]
Google Gives The Basic Ingredients of Startup Success
October 8, 2012 | Posted by
At Google’s first Google for Entrepreneurs Day held in Sydney, the Australian branch’s Engineering Director Alan Noble highlighted three issues that upcoming startups should look at if they wanted to be successful. Noble said that there has never been a better time to become an entrepreneur and for them to follow their passion. “For many [...]
African Entrepreneurs Fighting Back Chinese Invasion
September 16, 2012 | Posted by
In the last decade, Asian migrants have fanned out through southern Africa, opening shops in small towns and rural backwaters. While consumers in countries facing increasing economic hardships have come to depend on their low prices, local shop owners complain they are being forced out of business, pressuring governments to introduce restrictions on foreign traders. [...]
Africa, Australia, New Zealand Will Be Home To New Generation Radio Telescope
May 26, 2012 | Posted by
Nations that are a part of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) organization will soon become a part of scientific history. South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand will all be hosting large fields of antennas that may serve to be a significant breakthrough in the world of astronomy. On Friday, the different nations had a meeting [...]
Selling Africa Cheap: Australia-based Company To Sell African Resources to Chinese Investors
May 24, 2012 | Posted by
African Petroleum is in talks with two Chinese suitors interested in acquiring an up to 10% stake in the West Africa-focused oil and gas explorer, a person familiar with the matter told Deal Journal Australia. If successful, the transaction could be worth “several hundreds of millions of dollars” that would boost funding for the development [...]
Flo Rida Responds to Lawsuit, Saying He Didn’t Have a Ride to Own Concert
May 5, 2012 | Posted by
Rapper Flo Rida has responded to a lawsuit levied against him by a group of Austrailian concert promoters after a failed collaboration last year. Flo Rida, listed in the lawsuit under his real name, Tramar Dillard, cancelled a performance on October 11, 2011, just hours before he was to take the stage at Australia’s Fat [...]
