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TAKE STEP AFRICA TSA is a global innovation agency that shapes politics, power, censorship, surveillance, and systems of control. Take Step Africa is expansive and awkward.
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It includes storytellers, technologists, entrepreneurs, investors, scientists, publishers, designers, startups & evil doers. Take Step Africa shapes politics, democracy, and power; and censorship, surveillance, and the power of control. It includes storytellers, technologists, entrepreneurs, investors, scientists, publishers, designers, startups, political and social activists, evil-doers, creation, disruption, information overload, a world of choice – and choices about how we live, learn and care for each other. Take Step Africa is curated and edited by Marlon Tshimanga. Since 2018 he has convened and facilitated a global network of media, technology, business, and creative leaders. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn.

This is the border between Zambia and Angola at Jimbe. Angola is the only neighbour with which they have no proper land...
25/09/2026

This is the border between Zambia and Angola at Jimbe. Angola is the only neighbour with which they have no proper land border/immigration point. There is not even a single road network into Angola from Western or North Western Province for the past 50 years since their Independence.

Zambia has 8 countries bordering it, all the other 7 have proper borders, except for Angola. The politics in Lusaka and Luanda have not seen the need to fix these issues in 50 years. Angola buys chickens and meat worth millions in USDs every year from Brazil, but if they open up their land borders in Western and North Western Zambia, and put up poultry farms in those provinces, that money can help Zambia economy, instead going away to Brazil.

The country's relationship with Angola shouldn't just be based on the Lobito Corridor conversations, they must also fix border and trading points on the land. They have been talking about the Lobito Corridor for years, but what about the movement of people on the land at Ikelenge and Western Province into Angola ? When will Lusaka and Luanda sit on a political table and find common ground on building roads and proper roads into Angola and Zambia at Jimbe.

Africa unite other nations are in serious struggle.

The anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) Communist propaganda won, with the help of globalist media. Shareing half a story to c...
25/09/2026

The anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) Communist propaganda won, with the help of globalist media. Shareing half a story to control their narrative which they were planning to implement on the US and other Western countries. We were the sandbox.

These are the men the world was told were fighting to preserve white supremacy. Black and white soldiers sitting shoulder to shoulder in the dirt, holding the same weapons, wearing the same dust, drinking from the same bottles, trusting each other with their lives in a bush war thousands of kilometres from home.

Koevoet.,SWATF,andd SADF. lmThe units the international press reduced to a single word: oppressors. The men the UN condemned in resolutions drafted in air-conditioned rooms by diplomats who never set foot in the Angolan bush.

Nobody sat these men in separate rows. Nobody issued separate rations by skin colour. When contact came, the man next to you was the man who kept you alive. His race was the last thing that mattered and the first thing the world's media made sure you never saw.

This photograph was never on the front page of the New York Times. It was never projected at a UN session. It was never shown on BBC World Service. Because it breaks the only story they knew how to tell.

The men who fought together were erased so the men who wrote about them could keep their narrative clean.

What are your thoughts?

Mulamba Ndaye, the record holder for the most goals scored in a single AFCON tournament, is from Congo 🇨🇩. His record of...
25/09/2026

Mulamba Ndaye, the record holder for the most goals scored in a single AFCON tournament, is from Congo 🇨🇩. His record of 9 goals hasn’t been broken for 52 years. 🔥

THE SECURITY PARTNERSHIP IS DEEPENINGIt’s getting real in the Sahel, but the facts matter.Russia has expanded its milita...
25/09/2026

THE SECURITY PARTNERSHIP IS DEEPENING

It’s getting real in the Sahel, but the facts matter.

Russia has expanded its military and security cooperation with Burkina Faso. Russian personnel are already present in the country, while Moscow has provided training and technical support to Burkinabè security forces.

The relationship between Vladimir Putin and Ibrahim Traoré has also become increasingly visible, including their meeting in Moscow in 2025.

But a viral claim saying Putin ordered special forces specifically to protect Traoré accompanied by the quote “Traoré is like a son to me” has not been independently verified. Similar claims have previously circulated online as misinformation.

What is clear is that Burkina Faso has significantly strengthened its security relationship with Russia as it moves away from its former Western military partnerships.

🇧🇫🇷🇺 The bigger question is no longer whether Russia and Burkina Faso are getting closer it is what this new partnership will mean for the future of the Sahel.

BELGIANS OFTEN SAY THAT NO DUAL NATIONAL WHO CHOOSES THE DRC OVER BELGIUM HAS THE LEVEL TO PLAY FOR BELGIUM. So, Belgium...
25/09/2026

BELGIANS OFTEN SAY THAT NO DUAL NATIONAL WHO CHOOSES THE DRC OVER BELGIUM HAS THE LEVEL TO PLAY FOR BELGIUM.

So, Belgium… did you watch the performance Noah Sadiki produced against Equatorial Guinea? 🇨🇩

He is naturally a defensive midfielder, and when you play him as a No. 8, he can control the game and influence play.

But today, he was deployed as a winger and still made his presence felt. 🇨🇩

So, let’s ask the question:

Sadiki, a Congolese international, while a player like Nicolas Raskin, who plays in Scotland, starts for Belgium? 🇧🇪

And I can take this debate even further.

The DRC midfield is showing that it has the talent, intensity and quality to compete with Belgium’s midfield. 🇨🇩🇧🇪

Football doesn't care about labels.
The pitch does the talking.

Africa is rewriting its history. Meet this young boy who is doing wonders in Africa not in China. Let's celebrate him as...
25/09/2026

Africa is rewriting its history. Meet this young boy who is doing wonders in Africa not in China. Let's celebrate him as a continent.

YAA ASANTEWAA / THE WOMAN WHO REFUSED TO LET THE SOUL OF HER PEOPLE BE TAKENIn 1900, in Kumasi, the British colonial gov...
25/09/2026

YAA ASANTEWAA / THE WOMAN WHO REFUSED TO LET THE SOUL OF HER PEOPLE BE TAKEN

In 1900, in Kumasi, the British colonial government demanded something the Ashanti people considered sacred: the Golden Stool Sika Dwa Kofi, a symbol of the soul and identity of the Ashanti nation.

King Prempeh, I had already been exiled. The British believed they had broken the resistance.

But they had not counted on Yaa Asantewaa.

The Queen Mother of Ejisu stood before the chiefs and challenged the men who hesitated to fight. Her message was clear: if the men would not defend Ashanti, the women would.

And they did.

The War of the Golden Stool erupted. Ashanti fighters surrounded the British fort at Kumasi, cut supply routes and resisted a powerful colonial army for months.

Yaa Asantewaa was eventually captured and exiled to the Seychelles. She died far from her homeland but her spirit was never defeated.

And the Golden Stool?

The British never captured it.

🇬🇭 Her story is more than a story of war. It is a story of courage, dignity and the refusal to surrender the identity of a people.

Yaa Asantewaa did not simply fight an empire. She stood up when history demanded courage.

Some battles are fought for land. Others are fought for the soul of a nation.

ZIMBABWE’S LITHIUM BOOM: AFRICA’S NEXT MINING GIANT?Zimbabwe is positioning itself to become Africa’s leading lithium pr...
25/09/2026

ZIMBABWE’S LITHIUM BOOM: AFRICA’S NEXT MINING GIANT?

Zimbabwe is positioning itself to become Africa’s leading lithium producer by 2030.

According to the African Energy Chamber’s State of African Energy 2026 Outlook, Zimbabwe’s lithium production could reach around 163,000 tones of lithium carbonate equivalent by 2030, compared with approximately 96,000 tones for Mali.

And the boom is already showing in export earnings.

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe recorded approximately US$1.247 billion in lithium concentrate sales during the first eight months of 2026, compared with about US$243 million during the same period in 2025 a staggering increase in value.

But here is where the real story begins.

🔋 Lithium is essential to batteries, electric vehicles and energy-storage technologies. Zimbabwe has the mineral. International investors want the mineral. Global demand is creating enormous opportunities.

But will ordinary Zimbabweans feel the benefits?

Jobs.
Better infrastructure.
Local industries.
Skills and technology.
Government revenue.
Affordable living.

Or will Zimbabwe repeat the painful experience of previous mineral booms, where enormous underground wealth failed to translate into broad prosperity?

The question is no longer whether Zimbabwe has valuable minerals.

The question is: WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THEM?

🇿🇼💎 Can lithium become Zimbabwe’s pathway to industrialization or simply another chapter in Africa’s long history of exporting mineral wealth?

WHEN CULTURES MEET, PEOPLE CONNECTMore than 300 people gathered in Nairobi for the China–Africa Cultural Exchange Mid-Au...
25/09/2026

WHEN CULTURES MEET, PEOPLE CONNECT

More than 300 people gathered in Nairobi for the China–Africa Cultural Exchange Mid-Autumn Fashion Show, celebrating friendship and cultural exchange through fashion, music and dance.

Organized by the Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi and the Kenya Chinese Women Association, the event brought together people from different cultural backgrounds under one message:

🤝 Unity.
🎶 Culture.
👗 Creativity.
🌍 Connection.

Events like this show that cultural exchange is not only about governments and agreements it is also about ordinary people meeting, sharing traditions and discovering what they have in common.

🇨🇳❤️🇰🇪 Different cultures. Different histories. One shared human experience.

TUPAC SHAKUR — A VOICE AFRICA NEVER FORGOTSome artists make music.Tupac made people feel seen.He spoke for the forgotten...
25/09/2026

TUPAC SHAKUR — A VOICE AFRICA NEVER FORGOT

Some artists make music.

Tupac made people feel seen.

He spoke for the forgotten, the struggling, the young people searching for hope, and the families fighting to survive.

He spoke about injustice, poverty, love, pain, dignity, betrayal, ambition and the dream of a better tomorrow.

And Africa listened.

From the streets of every nation, his words travelled through generations. His face appeared on walls, shirts, cars and in the hearts of people who saw something of themselves in his story.

He gave pain a voice.
He gave struggle a language.
He gave the forgotten courage to speak.

Perhaps that is why decades later, young people who never had the chance to meet him still know his name.

Because legends don't disappear when the music stops.

They live in the people they inspired.

Tupac wasn't perfect. He was human complicated, passionate, vulnerable and constantly searching for meaning.

But his ability to turn pain into art, anger into questions and struggle into hope made him unforgettable.

Africa didn't simply listen to Tupac.
Africa felt him.

And perhaps that is the greatest legacy an artist can leave behind:

to make someone, somewhere, feel less alone.

2PAC FOREVER IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE.
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