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  • Futuristic looking HOPE City has been designed by Italian architects with the ambitious aim of turning Ghana into a major tech hub in West Africa
    HOPE City aims to turn Ghana into the tech hub of West Africa
    Futuristic looking HOPE City has been designed by Italian architects with the ambitious aim of turning Ghana into a major tech hub in West Africa. >
  • A partner at Feilden+Mawson Architects and principal of her own practice, Elsie Owusu Architects. Photo: Pari Naderi.
    Regenerating Accra's forgotten areas
    How do you breathe new life into Jamestown, one of Accra's poorest but most historic areas? Slowly and with art, says British-Ghanaian architect Elsie Owusu. >
  • The Boys' Quarters gallery.
    Daughter of the Niger Delta
    Artist Zina Saro-Wiwa's new gallery space in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, honours her late father's activist legacy, beginning with its location – in his old office. >
  • 'Kesh Angels by Hassan Hajjaj.
    The playful portraitist
    Patterns clash and cultures collide in Moroccan photographer Hassan Hajjaj's striking portraits. >
  • "Belle" by Cecilia Ferreira.
    Eye on digital art from Africa
    Curator Christine Eyene tells us about her selection of experimental artists from Africa whose work was part of London's recent "Africa Utopia" festival. >
  • Jon Daniel, independent creative director and columnist for Design Week.
    Jon Daniel: Four corners of the diaspora
    London-based creative director Jon Daniel shares the story behind his Design Week column on designers of African descent. >
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