AKINYEMI: Only by defining its brand can Africa start to see its greatness
Panellists at Nation Media Group’s Kusi Ideas Festival held in December in Kigali, Rwanda. African thought leaders have to come up with a picture of what Africa people want the continent to aspire to and then push ideas to actualise this. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
As 2019 winds down, it was a year of big stories — be it in politics, gender or entertainment.
It was the year when the world got its youngest prime minister, Finland's 34-year-old Sanna Marin; Brexit hit a crescendo, which led to the election of Boris Johnson as Britain’s Prime Minister paving the way for Brexit. It was also the year when the Academy Awards rejected a Nigerian movie because it was not local enough since the actors spoke English!
