When considering a trip to North Africa, take a visit to one of its best destination’s -the Pyramids of Giza. They were built more than 5,000 years ago. The pyramids are located just outside Cairo in Egypt. It is one of the world’s oldest tourist attractions and the only surviving member of the Seven Wonders of the World.

As the world remembers the horrific footage from media outlets about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, a group of friends who survived the experience chose to move beyond this traumatic event in history to form a band about peace and decided to call themselves Jah Doves. Many people believe that doves represent peace and harmony.

According to the expert, Ngozi Edozien, to optimize the greatest return on your investment in Africa’s economy, investors need to be in close proximity of their investments. “Briefcase investing” cannot be applied in the continent said Edozien, head of West Africa for private equity investor Act.

Lovetta Conto is a 17 year old jewelry designer originally from Liberia. Conto makes jewelry from casings of bullets fired during Liberia’s civil war. Conto makes jewelry that is worn by the likes of Angelina Jolie and Hallie Berry. She grew up in a Ghanaian refugee camp. At the age of 18 months she was separated from her mother. Conto and her father fled the country to escape its civil war.

Dr. Fobi is a bariatric surgeon for stars in Hollywood and he happens to be from Cameroon. The surgeon performs weight-loss surgeries for people that are overweight. He has been performing the surgery since the 1970s. He has performed the surgery on American Idol’s Randy Jackson and comedian Rosanne Barr. Dr. Fobi’s procedure requires cutting a patient’s stomach to the size of just a golf ball.

On Saturday, the Office of African Affairs hosted the very first African Cultural Festival in Washington DC at the Takoma Community Center. The event was entitled "Celebrating DC Communities through Arts and Culture". The event featured live entertainment, arts activities, food and vendors.