Police have confirmed the arrest of a man in connection with the murder of a 10-year old Rugare girl. The 27 year-old suspect was arrested on Tuesday and has since admitted the killing of Stacey Munjoma in February this year. ZRP Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed that after interrogation the suspect confessed that he had abducted,
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Man Claims To Be Jesus
Three Men On a Boat16 May 2013 | 7:18 amA 48 year-old South African man claims that he is Jesus Christ. Phetole Selepe, from Dan Village outside Tzaneen in Limpopo claims the ancestors sent him to save the world. He has been living illegally on the banks of Letaba River since 2004 and the municipality has tried in vain to get rid of him. -
“Ideology is the enemy of problem-solving.”
Appfrica2 Feb 2013 | 1:18 pmThis quote from acclaimed film Director and Producer Steven Soderbergh struck me as immensely applicable to the fields of entrepreneurship and social impact. The quote recalls another, by John Galsworthy, “Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.” Passion without pragmatism is often ineffective…at worse reckless. We may all have our ideas on how things should work, but those who do successfully change things do work do so by embracing things that an idealist cannot, because by definition to an idealist compromise represents a form of… -
What comes after election monitoring? Citizen monitoring of infrastructure.
...My heart's in Accra26 Apr 2013 | 12:19 pmI spent last week in Senegal at a board meeting for Open Society Foundation, meeting organizations the foundation supports around the continent. Two projects in particular stuck in my mind. One is Y’en a Marre (“Fed Up”), a Senegalese activist organization led by hiphop artists and journalists, who worked to register voters and oust long-time president Abdoulaye Wade. (I wrote about them last week here, and on Wikipedia.) Documentary on OSIWA’s Situation Room project in Senegal, featuring Y’en a Marre The other is a project run by Open Society Foundation West… -
Which American president has an unusual relation with number 7?
GDL201112 May 2013 | 1:46 amQuestion: A lot of significant events in US president Abraham Lincoln’s (photo, right) life are associated with number 7. His first as well as last name comprises 7 letters each. Before he became the president he lived for seven years in the cities Kentucky and Salem each. In the Army, he offered his service as ...read moreThe post Which American president has an unusual relation with number 7? appeared first on GDL2011.
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Massacre suspect held in Ivory Coast
18 May 2013 | 1:57 pmThe authorities in Ivory Coast arrest militia leader Amade Oueremi, suspected of one of the worst massacres during 2011 post-election violence. -
Nigeria army imposes curfew on city
18 May 2013 | 10:55 amNigeria's military announces a 24-hour curfew in parts of the city of Maiduguri and says it has arrested 65 militants as it fights Boko Haram rebels. -
Tanzania pulls out of Cosafa Cup
18 May 2013 | 5:08 amTanzania withdraws from the southern Africa football tournament, the Cosafa Cup, taking place in Zambia in July. -
VIDEO: Kenya gay activists defy ban
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VIDEO: Ghana students aim for orbit 'by 2016'
17 May 2013 | 4:23 pmStudents in Ghana launch a model of a satellite attached to a balloon for the first time.
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World Briefing | Middle East: Angry Egyptian Police Close Gaza Crossing
17 May 2013 | 4:48 pmEgyptian police officers blocked the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen, witnesses said. -
World Briefing | Health: Single Yellow Fever Shot Offers Lifetime Protection, W.H.O. Says
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In Nigeria, More Attacks On Militants
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Rebuilding of Mali Is Daunting Task, Despite Aid
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Mandela Fades as South Africa Battles Over Legacy
15 May 2013 | 6:18 pmAs Nelson Mandela, 94, grows more fragile, the struggle in South Africa over how he will be remembered, and what he has to pass on, has become increasingly acrimonious.
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Kenya launches universal HPV vaccine access to youths
17 May 2013 | 10:00 amAs the world celebrates the Cervical Cancer Week, Kenya has taken a leap of faith by launching universal distribution of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine, expected to treat cervical cancer- the most dangerous disease among womenfolk worldwide. Tuesdays launch in Kitui County is good news to Kenyan women, who like most African countries, die annually… -
Malawi Electoral body appeals for ethical journalism
17 May 2013 | 9:10 amThe Malawi Electoral Commission has challenged the media to follow ethical standards in the coverage of the 2014 tripartite elections to avoid fueling electoral disputes that could result into civil unrests and loss of life. MEC Commissioner Elvey Mtafu made the call in Blantyre at the opening of the Bridge Corse for Media practitioners which kick… -
Amplats to cut 6,000 jobs in South Africa
10 May 2013 | 5:54 amTop global platinum producer Anglo American Platinum announced on Friday that it will cut 6,000 jobs at its South African operations, in a move that risks sparking a resurgence of labour unrest. ~~~~The company said the bulk of job losses would be felt at mines near the northern city of Rustenburg, the crucible of fatal labour violence last year, and… -
Kofi Annan: Africa plundered by secret mining deals
10 May 2013 | 5:14 amTax avoidance, secret mining deals and financial transfers are depriving Africa of the benefits of its resources boom, ex-UN chief Kofi Annan has said. Firms that shift profits to lower tax jurisdictions cost Africa $38bn (£25bn) a year, says a report produced by a panel he heads."Africa loses twice as much money through these loopholes… -
Bomb blasts rock Libyan city of Benghazi
10 May 2013 | 3:16 amA bomb has exploded outside the a police station in the Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, Reuters news agency reports. Police officials told Reuters Friday's blast damaged the building and shattered the windows of a school opposite, without inflicting any injuries.Around the same time, about 4am, a second police station was hit by a smaller explosive…
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Genesis – an exclusive look for Jamati readers
6 May 2013 | 5:27 amMatthew Shell of ‘Freedom’ fame shares his latest work with us. This time, ‘Genesis’, ropes in a very talented young man, Arun Shenoy, a GRAMMY® nominated record producer and songwriter with a social conscience whose company donates 100% of revenue from albums sold direct through his company’s website to milaap.org, a micro finance organization that educates and empowers the underprivileged in India. Arun Shenoy is a songwriter and record producer of Indian origin based in Singapore. He made his production debut in 2010 with the debut record for American… -
Anna Mwalagho and Afrofloetry to perform at Bossa Bistro
25 Apr 2013 | 10:46 amAnna Mwalagho will be performing with Afrofloetry tonight at the Bossa Bistro in Washington DC. For those who have not had an opportunity to watch Anna Mwalagho in action, this will be a treat. She is passionate in her delivery, eloquent in her prose, and enthusiastic in her dance. You will also leave a more socially conscious individual as she shares her views on social situations. Her band, Afrofloetry, delivers great music with a very afro-fusion bent to it. Afrofloetry was the opening act for Hugh Masakela during one of his performances in Washington DC. Be prepared to get up… -
Coca-Cola wants Africa to go crazy
19 Apr 2013 | 10:31 amThe latest Coca-Cola ad for Africa is a beautiful one, highlighting the kindness that people around Africa are doing. The ad begins by saying that “If being kind to strangers is crazy, then Africa is the craziest place on earth.” The campaign is aimed at celebrating and inspiring individuals who do Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) and share happiness in their everyday lives. Africa Lets Go Crazy is an evolution of the ‘A Billion Reasons To Believe In Africa’ which was aimed at portraying the good side of Africa whilst inspiring pride in her people. The People who embrace this… -
Matthew Shell releases us with Freedom
3 Apr 2013 | 7:23 amMatthew Shell, the son of a Zimbabwean mother and American father, is acutely in tune with the elements of a great song. This talented producer was featured on Grammy.com and has produced several artists including Marcus Johnson, Kenny Wesley, D2D, Carolyn Malachi, Kolten Perine (‘Secret’), Greg Adams, Paul Jackson, Jr., and Trey Eley. He has also engineered & mixed for DJ Flexx, Free, Jeff Lorber, Marcus Mitchell, and Gerald Albright, among others. Matthew Shell (Photo: Jeff Vespa/WireImage) In his album, ‘Freedom’, an album with Trey Eley, he draws on various… -
Zewdy introduces us to ethio-soul fusion
2 Apr 2013 | 5:49 amWe don’t hear enough of the contemporary artists of Ethiopian descent who do an excellent job of blending contemporary western genres with a traditional Ethiopian rhythm. There is Nhatty Man who melds rap and ethio-beats into a funky hip-hop dance/rap genre which is both unique and exciting. Wayna Wondwossen is more contemporary R&B, and very talented in her own right. Zewdy Along comes Zewdy, a lady with a beautiful voice and her own style. Currently signed to Atlanta-based record label, En-Treeg Records (a company ran by Rozy Negusei), she has a really great song,…
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MTN to start business in Myanmar
17 May 2013 | 11:38 amThe MTN Group has kicked off an awareness drive to demonstrate its credentials as a 'transformation' global mobile telecommunications mobile operator worthy of a licence to offer world-class telecoms services to the people of Myanmar. MTN has been pre-qualified to compete for a telecommunications licence in Myanmar, along 11 other companies,… -
Orange inaugurates a new Campus in Dakar
17 May 2013 | 11:29 amWith the creation of a new Orange Campus site in Senegal, the France Telecom-Orange Group, which is present in some 20 African countries, reaffirms its commitment to strengthening its worldwide managerial community and to supporting managers in their daily responsibilities. Located in the Dakar technology park, the first priority of the Orange Campus… -
Kofi Annan: Africa plundered by secret mining deals
10 May 2013 | 5:14 amTax avoidance, secret mining deals and financial transfers are depriving Africa of the benefits of its resources boom, ex-UN chief Kofi Annan has said. Firms that shift profits to lower tax jurisdictions cost Africa $38bn (£25bn) a year, says a report produced by a panel he heads."Africa loses twice as much money through these loopholes… -
DHL reveals strangest delivery requests in Africa
2 May 2013 | 9:20 amIn today's competitive global environment, the use of logistics companies to courier items between countries within set time parameters is becoming increasingly necessary. Throughout Africa, the capabilities of logistics companies have also evolved exponentially over the past 20 years and it is today increasingly common to see 'packages'… -
Africa Oil & Gas, Finance & Investment Forum 2013
2 May 2013 | 7:40 amAME Trade Ltd are happy to announce the launch of the Africa Oil & Gas, Finance & Investment Forum (http://www.aogfi.com). This event is supported by the African Petroleum Producers Association (APPA) Fund for Technical Cooperation and will be held at the Park Hyatt, Dubai Creek, United Arab Emirates on 22-23 October 2013. AOGFI will bring…
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Amplats to cut 6,000 jobs in South Africa
10 May 2013 | 5:54 amTop global platinum producer Anglo American Platinum announced on Friday that it will cut 6,000 jobs at its South African operations, in a move that risks sparking a resurgence of labour unrest. ~~~~The company said the bulk of job losses would be felt at mines near the northern city of Rustenburg, the crucible of fatal labour violence last year, and… -
Madonna in bitter war of words with Malawi after visit
12 Apr 2013 | 3:25 amPop star Madonna is causing a commotion in Malawi, days after her return from a goodwill trip to the nation. The singer is in a bitter feud with the government over accusations that she demanded VIP treatment, including at the airport, while visiting last week. Madonna asked to meet the president and she believed Malawi "should have abandoned… -
AfDB Grants Malawi US$3.04M for Power Feasibility Studies
28 Mar 2013 | 7:28 amThe African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved, on March 25, 2013, a grant amounting to US $3.04 million to finance the Kholombidzo Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) Feasibility Studies in Malawi. The Government of Malawi will contribute US $0.23 million (7%) of the total study cost of US $3.27 million. The grant aims to produce a full bankable feasibility… -
Award to boost Climate Change reporting in Africa
25 Mar 2013 | 9:05 amAward Scheme to encourage climate change and environment reporting has been launched. An initiative of the Nairobi-based NGO Coalition Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, the "African Climate Change and Environmental Reporting (ACCER) Awards" will see Journalists from across Africa scoop lucrative Awards, with the top winner bagging prizes… -
Denounce FGM, It’s A Wrong Practice – Medic
25 Mar 2013 | 8:20 amDr. Joseph Tabi Tabi has been monitoring the practice of Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, for many years in Cameroon and concludes that a lot is not going on well in the process. In this exclusive interview, he gives an insight of what the practice is all about, its evolution, the dehumanising effects on the victims and the health hazards that go with…
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Malawi Electoral body appeals for ethical journalism
17 May 2013 | 9:10 amReplies: 0 Last poster: madalitso at 16-05-2013 15:40 Topic is Sticky MEC Commissioner Elvey Mtafu made the call in Blantyre at the opening of the Bridge Corse for Media practitioners which kick started a series of trainingworkshops the Commission has lined for the media as part of its capacity building excise for the media ahead of the Elections.… -
PRESIDENT KOROMA: BUILD MORE CLASSROOMS, NOT POLICE STATIONS
17 May 2013 | 5:00 amReplies: 0 Last poster: Chernoh at 17-05-2013 14:00 Topic is Open By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah The Sierra Leone Police is again building a new police divisional headquarters in the outskirts of Makeni, the hometown of President Koroma. The construction project, a police divisional headquarters in Panlap estimated to worth around 500 million Leones,… -
MFWA STATEMENT WARNS GAMBIA OF INTOLERANCE TO FOE
17 May 2013 | 3:03 amReplies: 0 Last poster: madinjie at 17-05-2013 12:03 Topic is Open PRESS STATEMENT: GAMBIAN GOVERNMENT RELEASES DETAINED IMAM; WARNS OF INTOLERANCE FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION The Gambian government on May 11th, 2013 released a renowned Muslim Cleric and a Human Rights Defender – Imam Baba Leigh after he was arrested and detained on 3rd December,… -
MFWA URGE L. PRESIDENT TO SHOW COMMITMENT TO PRESS FREEDOM
17 May 2013 | 3:00 amReplies: 0 Last poster: madinjie at 17-05-2013 12:00 Topic is Open PRESS STATEMENT: PRESIDENT SIRLEAF MUST SHOW COMMITMENT TO PRESS FREEDOM The MFWA has received with concern, the recent developments in Liberia which undermines press freedom and freedom of expression in that country. On May 3, 2013, the head of Liberia's presidential guard,… -
Green Charter is launched
16 May 2013 | 8:04 amReplies: 1 Last poster: cheapwatches at 17-05-2013 10:52 Topic is Open Ce projet se base sur les conclusions d’une mission effectuée par les trois organisations en air max octobre 2012 pour évaluer les effets de la crise continue dans le pays sur l’exercice de la profession médiatique et la liberté des media. Les conclusions de la…
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Wheel balancing is totally overrated
13 May 2013 | 9:20 amA Kenyan Facebook user recently shared these images of a craftsman in Eldoret (Kenya) who repairs rims: Kenya fixit? Eh! (via Silas Salavi) -
How to fix a bicycle tube
22 Feb 2013 | 8:10 amHow to fix a bicycle tube… when a glued patch isn’t appropriate: (direct link to the video) “To fix such a problem, we designed a new way of fixing. You can simply tie the place, no need of glue, no need of nothing.” The reasoning for this unusual fix may be a bit strange (as a correctly applied patch will also work under the influence of heat), but the solution is smart and obviously works. [via, thx!] -
AfriGadget TV
30 Jan 2013 | 2:55 pmAfriGadget is graduating from the small screens of laptops and smart phones to the larger screens of broadcast television. The production company Made in Africa TV is taking AfriGadget to the East African airwaves to inspire millions of viewers to become active creators of new and ingenious products, themselves. Each episode of AfriGadget TV will consist of five thoughtful stories from around the region, highlighting remarkable and unexpected hardware innovations by East Africans. These stories are inspiring mini-documentaries, portraying young and old, men and women, as well as high and… -
The Farmking of Nigeria: 4-in-1 Farming device
11 Nov 2012 | 8:25 amSulaiman Famro is a cheerful, 65 year old engineer, and a master of branding. He built the prototype “Farmking” three years ago and claims he can save the country $1 billion a year, just in savings on starch importation. The Farmking is a one-stop processing plant for cluster and farm-site processing of root crops and grains. It has a diesel powered engine that allows for remote processing, with power out connections for lighting so that it can work all night, if needed. On one end you have 3 devices, for chipping, grating and milling. In the middle is the power plant, and in the… -
Maker Faire Africa 2012: Lagos, in Pictures
11 Nov 2012 | 8:11 amAs one of the founding organizers for Maker Faire Africa, I’ve had the privilege to be a part of this unfolding maker movement in Africa. To be honest, it’s been going on for a while, so I guess what we’re really doing is just aggregating it in a country, and shining a spotlight on some of the great practical innovation on the continent. Maker Faire Africa 2012 in Pictures from WhiteAfrican on Vimeo. Just to get a feel for the projects and people at Maker Faire Africa in Lagos this year, I put together this video with pictures from my phone. I have some more images up on…
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The GSMA Opens an Africa Office in Nairobi
15 May 2013 | 3:33 amThe GSMA is the global association for the world’s mobile operators. Back in 2010 when the iHub first opened, we had some of their staff who were in Kenya working out of the iHub and using the space for different meetings. They loved the vibe and makeup of the Kenyan tech community and wanted to figure out how they could connect and be a part of this same energetic space, while at the same time fulfilling their obligation to Africa’s mobile operators. The main office for the GSMA is in London, and their times in Nairobi coincided with their internal strategy discussions on opening… -
Building the BRCK: A backup generator for the internet
6 May 2013 | 12:20 amWhy do we rely on equipment made for the Berlin, Orlando and Tokyo when the conditions we have in Nairobi, Lagos or New Delhi are completely different? Today we’re announcing the BRCK: The easiest, most reliable way to connect to the internet, anywhere in the world, even when you don’t have electricity. We have a BRCK Kickstarter going, where we’re asking for your on taking it from prototype to production. The BRCK is a simple, and it came from us asking: “How would we design a redundant internet device for Africa?” It would need to do the following: A router for 20… -
GSMA 2013 Mobile Economy Report
25 Mar 2013 | 5:45 amNo organization is in a better position than the GSMA to get data on mobiles globally. After all, they’re the global association for almost all of the world’s mobile operators. When they release a report, it’s worth looking at. This time they’ve done a great job of putting some of their research and statistics into visuals, check the full report on “The Mobile Economy 2013” website. It’s a virtual treasure trove of valuable global and regional mobile information. Some interesting takeaways: 3.2 billion mobile subscribers at the end of 2012 Data is… -
The Kenyan Blogosphere Still Has Great Talent
22 Mar 2013 | 12:09 amIf you were blogging back in 2005, it was amazing to see the talent and energy found in the African blogosphere, and Kenya was a leader amongst the countries involved. I’ve spent a lot of today working through 350+ blogs who were nominated for different prizes for the annual Kenya Blog Awards put on by the Bloggers Association of Kenya (@BAKE_ke). It’s humbling to see so much quality. As a judge, certain categories are extremely difficult due to the parity of the entrants. Who knew that we had such interesting food and fashion blogs? I certainly didn’t, and was happily… -
Tech Links Around Africa, March 2013
19 Mar 2013 | 11:16 pm[Last week I had a security problem with WordPress, which is fixed now, my apologies for any inconvenience] Pivot East, our East African pitching competition, will be held in Uganda for the first time this year. Get your applications in, and plan your travel for June 25-26th in Kampala. Bosun Tijani and the ccHub are part of what I think is a fantastic idea. Instead of building a “tech city”, they’re creating a “tech neighborhood” in Lagos, Nigeria with many partners. The three types of tech incubators in Africa. I disagree a bit here, but will save that for…
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Timbuktu Chronicles
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Pure Home Water's AfriClay Filters
18 May 2013 | 3:00 amIn Ghana: Pure Home Water is a manufacturer of ceramic pot water filters located in Tamale, Ghana. They provide training and monitoring of correct, consistent and continuous (3Cs) use of the AfriClay filter. In addition, they build and disseminate hand-washing stations and sanitation facilities. -
African Manufacturers in Guangzhou
17 May 2013 | 5:05 amYepoka Yeebo writing in Quartz: Image courtesy of Yepoka Yeebo Owusu-Achiaw moved to China 10 years ago, and started exporting clothes. Because he picked up the language quickly, he often found himself acting as a middleman between Chinese manufacturers and African traders. He started off with a few thousand dollars, and now handles $200,000 and $300,000 of orders at a time. Established African merchants in Guangzhou like Owusu-Achiaw are increasingly focusing on logistics, and finding Chinese manufacturers for Ghanaian companies. “People come to me and say ‘I want 10,000’ of this,… -
Inside DEMO Africa 2012
16 May 2013 | 3:00 amFrom AppAfrica: “Inside DEMO Africa 2012″ offers a look at the activity behind the scenes at last year’s DEMO Africa 2012 Conference. All of the footage was shot on location at DEMO Africa in Nairobi, Kenya on October 24th and 25th, 2012...[continue reading] -
Creating Digital Jobs
15 May 2013 | 3:00 amFrom the Rockefeller Foundation: Digital Jobs Africa aims to impact 1 million lives in six countries in Africa by catalyzing sustainable Information Communication Technology-enabled (ICT) employment opportunities and skills training for high potential but disadvantaged African youth, thereby generating social and economic opportunities for those employed, their families and communities. More here -
SPARK "we build companies"
14 May 2013 | 3:00 amFrom Jason Njoku co-founder of SPARK: ...We are making the most systematic and wide ranging bet on the early stage Nigerian internet space. I don’t care to be an investor. I don’t want anything to do with ‘incubation’. I just want to have a company which builds fucking awesome companies. That is SPARK’s simple mission. There is no social angle. This isn’t me ‘giving back to the ecosystem’. No hippy shit here. SPARK is simply about improving the odds for a selection of ambitious, starving and mostly young Nigerians to create the next class of multi-million dollar internet…
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Big stories and little details: what Charles Mann misses
8 May 2013 | 8:33 amCharles Mann offers a big story in the latest issue of the Atlantic. It’s 11,000 words, and it’s based around an audacious premise: the end of energy scarcity. The peg for the story is Japan’s ongoing research on methane hydrate, an amalgam of natural gas trapped in water ice that occurs in oceans around the world. If methane hydrate can be harvested, Mann tell us, the global supply of hydrocarbon fuels are virtually unlimited. This, he argues, would have massive geopolitical and strategic implications, as the history of the twentieth century can be read in part through the… -
Cute Cats to the Rescue? Participatory Media and Political Expression
29 Apr 2013 | 7:29 amSome years back, I gave a talk at O’Reilly’s ETech conference that urged the audience to spend less time thinking up clever ways dissidents could blog secretly from inside repressive regimes and more time thinking about the importance of ordinary participatory media tools, like blogs, Facebook and YouTube, for activism. I argued that the tools we use for sharing cute pictures of cats are often more effective for activism than those custom-designed to be used by activists. Others have been kind enough to share the talk, referring to “the Cute Cat theory”. An Xiao Mina,… -
Bad reviews, better reviews
29 Apr 2013 | 5:12 amCultural critic David Rieff uses my new book, Rewire: Digital Cosmpolitans in the Age of Connection, as a jumping off point for a screed against “techno-utopians” – and, near as I can tell, the very idea of progress – in the latest issue of Foreign Policy. I’m a little surprised that Rieff has grouped me with thinkers like Ray Kurzweil, as I’m far more skeptical of technological potential than he. Then again, it would be very hard to recognize my positions from Rieff’s portrayal of my book. It’s a bit frustrating that Foreign Policy is releasing… -
What comes after election monitoring? Citizen monitoring of infrastructure.
26 Apr 2013 | 12:19 pmI spent last week in Senegal at a board meeting for Open Society Foundation, meeting organizations the foundation supports around the continent. Two projects in particular stuck in my mind. One is Y’en a Marre (“Fed Up”), a Senegalese activist organization led by hiphop artists and journalists, who worked to register voters and oust long-time president Abdoulaye Wade. (I wrote about them last week here, and on Wikipedia.) Documentary on OSIWA’s Situation Room project in Senegal, featuring Y’en a Marre The other is a project run by Open Society Foundation West… -
Mourning those you never met: Scott Miller
26 Apr 2013 | 10:11 amLast week was a stressful, dreadful one, not just for people in Boston who lost friends in the marathon bombing and a colleague when Officer Sean Collier was shot and killed. It was a dreadful week in Iraq, a week that featured a massacre in Syria and an industrial explosion in West, Texas that killed at least 15 and raises difficult questions about the poor state of industrial regulation in the US. During that miserable week, I got a piece of sad news: the untimely death of a man I’ve long admired, Scott Miller. As more than one music critic has pointed out in their elegies for him,…
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Idea Exchange: CarnegieMellon, DABRA, PivotEast, ResearchGrants, TED, Apps
17 May 2013 | 12:05 pmNew, ongoing, and concluded opportunitiesAfrica App Quest is a search for Africa's top travel app in which developers will compete for a top prize $10,000 by building home-grown travel apps, specially designed for the tourism sector in Africa. It is sponsored by Visa and South African Tourism, the application rules are here, and the deadline (D/L) is 16 August. Airbus: Vote for the Team Aero Bamboo Engineering (Team A.B.E.) from the University of Nairobi, in the Fly Your Ideas contest where their project which engineers bamboo for… -
Shares Portfolio May 2013
14 May 2013 | 5:33 amPerformance: Compared to last quarter and year ago, the portfolio is up 9% in value from February (excluding new investments), while the NSE 20 share index is up is up 7.5% since February 2013.The StableBarclays ↑Bralirwa (Rwanda) ↑Centum (ICDCI) ↑Diamond Trust ↑East African Portland Cement ↓Equity Bank ↑KCB ↑Kenol ↓Safaricom ↑Scangroup ↓Stanbic (Uganda) ↑Unga ↑ChangesIn: Centum, Portland Cement, TotalOut: Total, EABLIncrease: Equity, Kenol, SafaricomDecrease: NoneBest performer: Safaricom (up 30%), Equity, Stanbic Worst performer:… -
Cashless Bus Payments from Google & Equity Bank
8 May 2013 | 3:30 amSomeone said that a matatu owner is the seventh or eighth person to get paid at the end of a busy day, only getting residual cash after the driver, turn boy, tout, tax man, council person, policeman, and sometimes the driver's girlfriend have taken their cut. But on Tuesday April 30, Google and Equity Bank unveiled BebaPay, a cashless way for commuters to pay for transport in buses in Kenya - and which propels owners right to the front of that queue.The transport sector has many challenges and is known for some unpleasant habits like reckless driving, price hikes when it rains, bribing… -
Banks on Social Media
1 May 2013 | 10:42 amThis week, Equity Bank went live on twitter - and joined other top bank groups in Kenya in their use of social media to respond to customer issues. About half of Kenya's 46 banks are now on twitter ( see this list of local banks on twitter), but as the table blow shows, the number of bank customers likely to use social media is a small fraction of the total numbers.Social media stats on Kenya's largest bank groupsWhile Facebook is a powerful medium for banksto convey news and products promotions (some even tweet links to longer pieces or videos on Facebook, not their own websites)… -
Private Equity Moment
27 Apr 2013 | 1:15 pmFollowing the January post on M&A deals, here are some recent events. The Private Equity Confidence Survey was published by Africa Assets and Deloitte and it showed that, in 2012, private equity firms invested $1.13 billion towards 58 deals in Sub-Saharan Africa. This was a a slight decline from 2011, and that Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa accounted for 45% of the deals in 2012. Also in the survey; - Despite the enormous hype surrounding Kenya’s growing IT sector, dubbed the “Silicon Savannah”, no IT or venture capital deals were reported in eastern…
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WWF-SA and UCT Graduate School Of Business In Novel Partnership To Boost Sustainability Leadership In Africa
17 May 2013 | 1:50 amBringing together the expertise of two undisputed leaders in their fields, a new partnership between the World Wide Fund for Nature – South Africa (WWF-SA) and the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (GSB), has produced a programme to equip and inspire sustainability leaders across Africa to improve their impact. The groundbreaking executive education short course, the One Planet Leaders in Africa Programme, is aimed at supporting the development of sustainability-leadership competence and will offer delegates the technical, relational and transformational skills to… -
Openness Will Define The Future Of Mobile Transactions
16 May 2013 | 11:30 pmIf your smartphone is near you while you’re reading this – and I’ll be surprised if it isn’t – pick it up and take a moment to consider all the things it is to you. It’s a calendar, little black book of contacts, games console, music centre, camera, miniature TV, communications portal, news delivery system, encyclopaedia, navigation system, memo pad… and of course, you can also make calls on it. All this – and yet there’s still room to cram more functions in there. The one you can expect to hear a lot more of in the next couple of years is simple – it’s also going to… -
Coaching Circles Can Help Organisations Develop And Retain Top Talent
16 May 2013 | 2:00 amNew research shows that Coaching Circles can impart valuable business and management skills more cost effectively than conventional training programmes. Research from the Centre for Coaching at the UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB) is demonstrating that Coaching Circles – a relatively new coaching training technique – may be a cost-effective solution to develop and retain high potential employees. Internationally, the quest for talent is top of the agenda for most organisations. Thamsanqa Maqubela of the SA Graduates Development Association pointed out earlier this year that in… -
88mph Opens Applications In Nairobi
15 May 2013 | 11:30 pm88mph, an early stage startup fund and 3 month accelerator program has opened applications for Nairobi. The program assists start-ups by giving them investment of up to a 100k, access to business networks and the know how to quickly grow their businesses. 88mph’s strategy in Africa is to fund strong teams and web-mobile ideas that have the ability to scale across English speaking Africa. “There’s an immense opportunity to build mobile/web startups in Nairobi right now. African Mobile/web is hands down one of the fastest growing markets in the world and we want to reach out to… -
In A Time-Poor World, Deal With Delays, Kill The Queues
15 May 2013 | 2:45 amThe single most-cited source of frustration for customers is delays and long queues. Your company needs to take this seriously because when customers are kept waiting patience turns to frustration very quickly – and they then start looking for other things that have gone wrong. Waiting customers, in their frustration, may make a scene, exaggerating the delay, (“I’ve been waiting here for hours now!”), or over-simplifying what needs to happen, (“What does it take to just go and fetch the thing from the stores!”). Some may make unrealistic demands, (“If you…
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Africa is a Country Moves
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taking a break is good for you
25 Jun 2009 | 6:56 amI am going on vacation from Africa is a Country for a bit. It’s supposed to be summer in New York City–that’s if it can stop raining–so I am also taking a break from the site. BTW, I changed my day job: If you read this site, you’ll know I have taught for the last four years at the University of Michigan in An Arbor. One of those years involving commuting between here in New York City and Michigan. So I applied and got hired as an assistant professor of International Affairs at the New School in Manhattan. My wife, who has been teaching at Sarah Lawrence College… -
luis moreno ocampo is apparently a piece of work
24 Jun 2009 | 10:40 amThat’s essentially the conclusion of a long piece by Julie Flint and Alex de Waal in the most recent issue of World Affairs Journal about the first Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. They describe his controversial past in Argentina, his media-driven personality, his disastrous management of his office, how he miscalculated with his indictment of Sudanese President, Omar Al-Bashir (and fuels unhelpful perceptions of the Court in Africa), and other more controversial charges against him. Here. -
Yinka Shonibare on film
24 Jun 2009 | 7:00 amClip of Shonibare from TV series, Art 21 (William Kentridge also stars). See also this profile of Shonibare in The New York Times. A retrospective of his work opens at the Brooklyn Museum this week.
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Black Looks
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Haiti: Interview with LGBT organization, KOURAJ
17 May 2013 | 7:07 amI recently met with Ernest Gaubert of KOURAJ Ayiti which is a grassroots organization with members in Cap Haitian, Gonaïves, St Marc, Port-au-Prince and Jacmel. It began as a social organisation Ami – Ami [friend to friend] in 2010 but the group soon realized they needed to expand to include advocacy around rights, access to healthcare, a response to homophobic and transphobic violence and general support particularly of young people who make up the majority of membership. The name was changed to KOURAJ to reflect a more activist and politicization of the group. Although… -
A poem on the joys & freedom of getting old
15 May 2013 | 7:07 amWhat Do I Get For Getting Old? [A beautiful poem by Alice Walker on the joys and freedom of getting old - I followed instructions and supplied my own photo - see Alice Walker's photo here] A Picture Story For The Curious ©2011 by Alice Walker (You supply the pictures.) Photo by Sokari I get to meditate in a chair Or against the wall with my legs stretched out (or even in bed!) I get to see maybe half of what I’m looking at. (This changes everything!) I get to dance like the tipsy old men I adored when I was an infant. (They never dropped me!) I get to spend time with myself… -
The Week on Sunday (weekly)
12 May 2013 | 7:30 amWe will bite our tongues no more | Education | Mail & Guardian Suren Pillay’s recent contribution to the debate on the humanities and social sciences is important because it places the task of “decolonisation” at the centre of transforming these disciplines (“Decolonising the humanities”, tags: education Decolonise humanities Africa Haitian Sweatshop Workers Speak: Sub-Poverty Wages and Sexual Coercion | Common Dreams Haitian women workerstell of their experiences in sweatshops. These interviews, gathered over the past two years, are among many dozens that… -
Profile: Soweto born soccer star, Phumla Rose
11 May 2013 | 8:04 amFrom Inkanyiso – Greeted with an everlasting smile by a body that doesn’t seem to age, Phumla Rose Masuku welcomes us to her home. Present is Phumla’s life partner Nombulelo ‘Bulie’ Vimbelela. For a person in her mid 30s Masuku expresses that she’s excited that she is ageing gracefully. She has always feared the age 25 because she lost two of her friends at that tender age, and then it hits me that I’m also at that prime age in my life. “such a coincidence”, I think to myself. Phumla Masuku portrait taken on 20.04.2013 at home in Soweto. Photo by Zanele Muholi The… -
Haiti: Occasional Musings – 14, “the wasps have been knocked out of the nest”*
9 May 2013 | 10:36 amUPDATE President Aristide today held a press conference in which he announced that Lavalas’s participation in the next elections – mobilization begins! Two years after his March 2011 return to Haiti, former President and Fanmi Lavalas leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide made his first appearance in public. President Aristide had been called to court by the investigative judge, Yvickel Dabrésil, to answer questions around the April 2000 assassination of of his friend and fellow Lavalas member, journalist and activist Jean Dominique. Full details of the events surrounding the murder of…
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Time Is On My Side
7 May 2013 | 12:28 pmEvery Monday morning, on every social platform I bother looking at, it’s the same thing: “Dear Monday, can you please die or go to hell” “Two words I hate: 1. Work. 2. Monday.” “For once in my life I would love to wake up, turn on the news and hear “Monday has been canceled, go back to sleep.”" “TGIF” Sure, weekends are cool. There’s sport, and family, and parties, and lots of food. I get that not all of us have jobs we enjoy, let alone love. So I’m going to do my very best not to sound like a sanctimonious twat,… -
Help Me Raise R10k For The Smile Foundation
10 Apr 2013 | 12:24 pmFitness and I have an “it’s complicated” relationship status. I want to be fit and have all the benefits that come with that – health, wellness, endorphins, etc. – but I have historically lacked the necessary motivation to achieve significant fitness goals. 2013 has been the year of changing that. Contrary to my normal habit of trying to achieve everything in week 1, I’ve chosen one activity and one goal to focus on and if I get that right, I’ll move on to the next thing. My chosen poison is road and trail running. It’s safer than cycling and… -
We Are Community – A Free eBook From Cerebra
10 Mar 2013 | 3:06 amIf there’s one thing you’re guaranteed of when it comes to social media and the social evolution, it’s tons of hype. You only need to follow some of the conversation around the ridiculously popular SXSWi digital festival to realise that there is still, 6 or 7 years later, no shortage of buzzwords and bubbles in our space. I’m under no illusion that Cerebra has benefited from some of this hype, but we’ve always tried our best to strip away the nonsense and deliver meaningful insights and advice to our clients. You’ll understand then why I get uptight when I… -
The Problem With South Africa Is A Dirty Teaspoon
19 Feb 2013 | 3:32 amIn our office at Cerebra there is a sink. One of the shiny silver ones. Unlike most offices, our kitchen is in the open, not hidden behind a door, and is often the social hub of our little space. So it’s important that it stays clean. Unfortunately, it never does. It starts off clean, mind you. But then I glance over and there’s a couple of spoons and a peanut buttered fork and a bowl. Moments later there are six mugs and a plate with chicken juice and fat on it. Left alone, it’s a grimy, mould-infested cesspool. The strange thing is, I don’t work with idiotic,… -
The Art Of Delegation
6 Dec 2012 | 10:38 amUpfront disclaimer: I don’t claim to be an expert on entrepreneurship or management. Having said that, running Cerebra for six years (as of November) has taught me some great lessons about entrepreneurship, management and business strategy. I benefit immeasurably from the experience of fellow entrepreneurs and business bloggers and so I’m encouraged to share some of those lessons here. I’d welcome your feedback to these thoughts. One of the toughest lessons for any entrepreneur to learn is that of delegation. Whether it be the delegation of tasks or responsibility,…
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The New African Photography
18 May 2013 | 7:24 amThis six part documentary series is presented by the Aljazeera program Artscape. It profiles six African photographers and their vision of their continent as seen through not only their camera’s lenses, but influenced and inspired by their personal experiences in getting the shot to tell their stories. Click on the image below: -
“Will Zuma survive his son’s ploy?” by Nkwazi Mhango
16 May 2013 | 5:42 amRecent security scandal and flaw in South Africa exposed President Jacob Zuma’s weak spot. It’s reported that an Indian plane carrying a wedding entourage landed at a military base near Pretoria contrary to the norm and law. This act of aggression and transgression to the security of the country regarded as Africa’s big brother, miffed and irked many people in and outside South Africa. The plane carrying the suspicious family of Gupta and their Indian guests was heading for a wedding between Vega Gupta and Indian born Aakash Jahajgarhia in the Sun City, left South Africa paralysed. -
“Where is the Black Church?” by Derryck Green
12 May 2013 | 7:28 pmOp-ed submission by Project 21 Problems infecting and affecting the black community must be addressed in a serious and sincere manner. Many of these problems center around moral values that were once readily available and in abundance among black Americans. Now they are increasingly becoming rare. To deal with this crisis, there should be a focused and concentrated effort, originating within black churches, that renews hearts and minds. This renewal should focus on Christian moral values as the answer to the pervading psychological ills that now afflict black America. That blacks are in need… -
Angela Davis and Assata Shakur’s Lawyer Denounce FBI’s Adding of Exiled Activist to Terrorist List
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2 Black Men vs 1 Black Woman
4 May 2013 | 12:23 pmThe significance of Barack Obama and Eric Holder placing Assata Shakur on the FBI “Most Wanted Terroist List”, with the likes of Al Qaeda’s number two leader Ayman al-Zawahiri (I guess now number one since Bin Ladin’s death), the ONLY (black) female on this list, is and will be lost on most African-Americans. These two “Black” men are sending a signal to their “White” masters that they not only repudiate the struggles of Black people against oppression and for their own empowerment, but that “Black Militancy” itself, is a form of TERRORISM! Further…
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Annansi Chronicles
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Kenya’s Billion-Dollar Dash to Become the Tech Hub of Africa
22 Apr 2013 | 9:25 amBloomberg reports: Nairobi, Kenya has become the tech hub of Africa, a niche that could be worth more than one billion dollars to the country in the next three years despite its 40% unemployment rate. Kenya is throwing all their eggs in the tech basket as they build a multi-billion dollar infrastructure in the form of a “Techno City” that will support 200,000 Kenya’s Billion-Dollar Dash to Become the Tech Hub of Africa is a post from Annansi Chronicles - African business and culture trends -
Using Twitter for Nigeria election reform
12 Apr 2011 | 10:24 amAt the center of grass roots efforts to keep Nigeria’s notorious election process clean is a small, indistinguishable man armed with a cell phone…Amara, wearing a t-shirt with the phrase “Light Up Nigeria” and with his mobile phone always close by, is perhaps Nigeria’s best-known Twitter activist….But as Amara tours polling stations across Lagos, he is leaving nothing to chance. He uses the internet as a platform to encourage as many people to get involved in the voting process as possible….Nigeria has 43 million Internet users — the largest in… -
Trailer: When China met Africa (documentary)
6 Apr 2011 | 8:52 am‘When China met Africa‘, a new documentary film produced by Marc Francis & Nick Francis and Miriana Bojic Walter, tells the story of China’s entrance into Zambia and the cultural and business relationships surrounding: A historic gathering of over 50 African heads of state in Beijing reverberates in Zambia where the lives of three characters unfold. Mr Liu is one of thousands of Chinese entrepreneurs who have settled across the continent in search of new opportunities. He has just bought his fourth farm and business is booming. In northern Zambia, Mr Li, a project… -
Western Union partners with M-Pesa for international mobile money transfers
31 Mar 2011 | 10:00 amWestern Union has announced a partnership with M-PESA, the popular Kenyan mobile cash-transfer service. This deal opens up Western Union’s huge money transfer network to the Safaricon-owned “mobile wallet” service. The parnership will allow customers in US, UK and other countries to transfer money to a Safaricom/M-Pesa user’s account and the receiver will receive an SMS message from M-PESA notifying them that the money is available in their account. Kenyans living abroad can now send money to their relatives back home through Safaricom’s mobile money transfer… -
IT giant Infosys seeks African market expansion
30 Mar 2011 | 10:10 amIndian IT company Infosys Technologies is continuing its entrance into the African continent. It said in a statement Friday morning that it believes Africa is a market for long-term IT services and hopes it will be able to implement an investment strategy. In an interview with the Times of India, Infosys CFO V Balakrishnan said that Africa has great potential and populations are demanding an improvement in IT services. Nigeria’s regulatory body this week echoed similar statements when it said that mobile phone services in the country are sorely lacking adequate customer service and…
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Global Voices » Sub-Saharan Africa
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Conference for Women Writers of African Ancestry
18 May 2013 | 4:28 amYari Yari Ntoaso is an international conference on literature by women of African ancestry. You can follow in on Twitter using #YariYari hashtag or on Kinna Reads blog. Written by Ndesanjo Macha · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper -
Comoros Chats About Identity on Twitter
17 May 2013 | 9:45 amThe hashtags #TesPasComorien and #Teamcomoco are stoking conversation among Comorian Twitter users about what it means to be from the island nation. Twitter users are adding to the conversation under the first hashtag, #TesPasComorien (You're Not Comorian), which consists of anecdotes that a person must have experienced or observed if they are truly Comorian or have lived in Comoros. The second hashtag, #Teamcomoco, seems to be more general, referring to belonging to the community. Comoros is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean between northeastern Mozambique and… -
Angola Threatens to Shut Down Media
17 May 2013 | 8:41 amThe Ministry of Communication of Angola threatens to suspend the public license of the Radio Despertar station and of the Folha 8 newspaper, despite the measure being unconstitutional. The government says they encourage public disorder. The announcement was made on Wednesday, May 15, as reported the Voz da América [pt] website. Some owners of the Radio have ties with the main opposition party UNITA [en]. In 2012, the police confiscated computers of the Folha 8. Written by Thiana Biondo · Translated by Thiana Biondo · View original post [pt] · comments (0) Share: Donate… -
Activists Occupy Parliament in Kenya
16 May 2013 | 6:26 amKenyans activists occupied the Kenyan parliament yesterday to protest against attempts by Members of Parliament to demand more money. The activists have been using the hashtag occupyparliament on Twitter. Written by Ndesanjo Macha · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper -
Is Italy Ready for an African-born Minister?
14 May 2013 | 6:26 am“Is Italy ready for an African-born government minister?,” Donata Columbro asks: Two months after the recent elections, Italy has a new government. And Cécile Kyenge, 48 years old, an eye surgeon and Congo-born Italian citizen, is the new Minister for Integration in the cabinet of Prime Minister Enrico Letta. Written by Ndesanjo Macha · comments (1) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper
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Appfrica
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Inside DEMO Africa 2012, A Mini Documentary
12 May 2013 | 9:16 am“Inside DEMO Africa 2012″ offers a look at the activity behind the scenes at last year’s DEMO Africa 2012 Conference. All of the footage was shot on location at DEMO Africa in Nairobi, Kenya on October 24th and 25th, 2012. The inaugural DEMO Africa event took place last October 24-26, 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya. It provided a platform for 40 of the most innovative technology products from companies across the African continent with the opportunity to launch before a global audience of investors, media, strategic buyers, C-level executives and other entrepreneurs. This was the… -
A Web Series About Africa’s Entrepreneurs, Creatives and Technologists
12 May 2013 | 9:16 amToday we’re proud to launch “The Cheetah Code”, an ongoing web series documenting the African tech and creative space. The series is a collection of mini-documentaries chronicling Africa’s young entrepreneurs, creative class, and emerging technology sector. Our goal is to record high-quality video content that is entertaining, educational, and inspirational all at once. You can find all of this content and more at tv.cheetahcode.com This project began by failing. I originally tried to fund raise money on KickStarter for a feature length documentary about Africa’s… -
“Ideology is the enemy of problem-solving.”
2 Feb 2013 | 1:18 pmThis quote from acclaimed film Director and Producer Steven Soderbergh struck me as immensely applicable to the fields of entrepreneurship and social impact. The quote recalls another, by John Galsworthy, “Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.” Passion without pragmatism is often ineffective…at worse reckless. We may all have our ideas on how things should work, but those who do successfully change things do work do so by embracing things that an idealist cannot, because by definition to an idealist compromise represents a form of… -
What’s New for Appfrica in 2013?
31 Jan 2013 | 6:00 amOver the years Appfrica has evolved to be a multi-faceted organization which has spawned several spin-off initiatives that we’re proud of including HiveColab, MetaLayer and Abayima. As we pursue new endeavors and scale some of the existing ones, 2013 is shaping up to be a fantastic year! -
The Ones That Fail
30 Jan 2013 | 1:51 pmIt’s always great to look at one’s current or past successes, but what about the failures? Every entrepreneur (hell, every person person) has failed at something….even if it’s failing at being humble enough to admit it! So here are 11 projects from the past five years that I tried to launch, either on my own or with colleagues, that failed for whatever reason. I’ve also included the business lessons I learned from each project. Afridex (2008 to 2010) The Idea: Back in 2008, there was little information about the various companies across the pan-African…
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Job Adverts in Lagos
7 May 2013 | 1:00 pmSyngenta is an international agribusiness company and one of the world’s leading seeds and crop protection Chemicals Company. To meet the demand for expansion the company is seeking for qualified candidates to fill the existing vacant positions;Rice / Vegetables Technical Crop ExpertsLocation:Kwara and Nasarawa States for Rice, Kano State for VegetablesThe Rice /Vegetable Technical Crop Expert will drive awareness and acceptance of crop offers by collaborating with key stakeholders in local markets. The Expert will build crop expertise in the organisation by leveraging on market… -
Job opportunities, Abuja
16 Mar 2013 | 5:13 amVacancyOur client is a leading provider of industrial productivity solutions since more than a century. The products and services range from compressed air and gas equipment to construction and mining equipment and industrial tools and assembly systems.The organisation is seeking for qualified candidates to fill existing vacant positions;Job Location: AbujaBusiness Development Manager (After Market Construction Equipment)Responsibilities•Develop service delivery standards based on customer requirements and identify key performance indicators by which the success of the “service… -
Court hilarity
1 Dec 2012 | 1:35 amCOURT REPORTERS KEEP STRAIGHT FACES !These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down andpublished by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while the exchanges were taking place.ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?WITNESS: He said, 'Where am I, Cathy ?'ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?WITNESS: My name is Susan !_______________________________________________________ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of… -
Job Opportunity - GEMS2 M&E lead and Skills Intervention Manager
9 Oct 2012 | 4:43 pmJob Location – LagosCoffey International Development manages the Construction and Real Estate (GEMS2) component of the joint DFID / World Bank Growth, Employment and Markets in States (GEMS) programme in Nigeria.To effectively implement the programme strategic objectives, Coffey International Development is inviting applications from qualified candidates to fill the following vacant positions;1. Monitoring and Evaluation LeadThe core purpose of the position is to work with each all members of the technical team to ensure effective monitoring and evaluation of… -
Water in Africa now and ahead
28 Sep 2012 | 11:45 amThis slide was presented at a training workshop I participated in this week. The left hand image of Africa is the surface 'blue' water situation in 2002, the right hand side what its likely to look like in just over a decade's time..
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Africa Unchained
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British Atrocities and Empire
18 May 2013 | 3:00 amPankaj Mishra writing in the Guardian: Photograph: Popperfoto/Popperfoto/Getty ImagesScuttling away from India in 1947, after plunging the jewel in the crown into a catastrophic partition, "the British", the novelist Paul Scott famously wrote, "came to the end of themselves as they were". The legacy of British rule, and the manner of their departures – civil wars and impoverished nation states locked expensively into antagonism, whether in the Middle East, Africa or the Malay Peninsula – was clearer by the time Scott completed his Raj Quartet in the early 1970s. No more, he believed,… -
'Eaten By the Heart: Breathing...'
17 May 2013 | 3:00 amvia Afrofuturist Affair: Eaten By The Heart is a video installation and documentary project conceived, produced and directed by Zina Saro-Wiwa. Commissioned by The Menil Collection, Houston and supported by the Houston Museum of African American Culture for the Menil’s exhibition The Progress of Love, the piece explores intimacy, heartbreak and love performances among Africans and Diasporans. Eaten By The Heart forms part of Zina’s video performance and installation practice which focuses on the mapping of emotional landscapes, its resulting performative behaviors and cross-cultural… -
University of African Art
16 May 2013 | 3:00 amFor the scholarly and other thinkers: The University of African Art Press publishes online. We make serious materials available electronically to the entire world, for the promotion of African art. African art studies have been limited by the ready availability of books and other relevant materials. Because of limited resources, university and commercial publishers encourage production of books with commercial value, at the neglect of scholarly and creative rigor. We publish new materials and… -
Beyond Nollywood: Africans through the lens
15 May 2013 | 3:00 amElsie Eyakuze's perceptions on the inadequacies of Nollywood: About ten years ago, a particularly involved conversation with an African American about depictions of black people in popular culture prompted me to dedicate my senior thesis to exploring depictions of Africans by Hollywood between 1930 and 2001. The only good thing I can say about this exercise is that I met a man from New York with an excellent collection of African cinema. The rest was tears and horror. Things have changed – there was nowhere else for Hollywood to go but upwards. Nonetheless, the experience left me with a… -
Informal City Dialogues
14 May 2013 | 6:26 amFrom the Rockefeller Foundation:A partnership between Next City and Forum for the Future, Informal City Dialogues homes in six cities: Accra, Bangkok, Chennai, Lima, Manila and Nairobi. These are places of extraordinary energy. The informal realms, from single-chair barbershops to nine-passenger vans to sprawling settlements, are propelling the explosive growth of the urban Global South. They are the neighborhoods, economies and systems that exist beyond the reach of government: the slums, black-market industries and undocumented businesses that fuel these cities' growth. They're split off…
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Years After Graduation, UNN Doctors Still Denied Professional Certificates By Their Institution
18 May 2013 | 1:46 pmBy SaharaReporters, New York Years after graduating from the College of Medicine of the University of Nigeria, the 2008/2009 batch of doctors can hardly call themselves doctors, as the University... [[Click title for full story]] -
Chinedu Ikedieze loses dad
18 May 2013 | 1:34 pmThe actor made the announcement on his BB a few minutes ago. He said his dad died this evening. Will bring details later... [[Click title for full story]] -
‘Turning Point’ Lagos Premiere For May 24
18 May 2013 | 1:27 pmThe Lagos premiere of the drama film, Turning Point, will take place at Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, on May 24, 2013. The movie was directed by Niyi Towolawi, and it [...] The post ‘Turning... [[Click title for full story]] -
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How I Was Kidnapped By A Club Girl In Ikeja- Victim Narrates Story
18 May 2013 | 12:21 pmMale readers should read this and learn from it. A 28-year-old man, Ayodele Olaoye, who was allegedly kidnapped by a lady, Esther Phillips, he met at a Club in Opebi, Lagos, has narrated his... [[Click title for full story]]
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(Not) On the Move: Road Transport in Tanzania
14 May 2013 | 6:59 amLet's think together: Every Sunday the World Bank in Tanzania in collaboration with The Citizen wants to stimulate your thinking by sharing data from recent official surveys in Tanzania and ask you a few questions. Easy access to markets, public services, and jobs is indispensable for citizens to take advantage of economic opportunities and achieve progress. In Tanzania, as in most other countries in the region, roads are the predominant mode of transport for people and goods. However, insufficient transportation facilities and limited mobility are an everyday reality: - In 2010, only 1.8 per… -
Across the universe of firms in Tanzania
13 May 2013 | 2:22 pmLet's think together: Every Sunday the World Bank in Tanzania in collaboration with The Citizen wants to stimulate your thinking by sharing data from recent official surveys in Tanzania and ask you a few questions. In industrial countries, small and medium firms are the vectors of economic innovation and job creation. In the USA, small-businesses account for almost two-thirds of all net new job creation. They also contribute disproportionately to innovation, generating 13 times as many patents, per employee, as large companies do. Small business owners are also in general more educated and… -
Saving is the key to future growth for Kenya
8 May 2013 | 1:12 pmHow do countries and individuals become rich? Human history provides a clue. One of our most defining moments as a species took place some 10,000 years ago, when a group of humans started to switch from hunting and gathering food to growing it. This allowed them to settle down (in an area called Mesopotamia). If they produced more than they consumed, they could save for the future. With proper storage facilities, they no longer needed to eat and drink everything they had; instead they could put some aside literally for "rainy days", and, even more importantly, invest some of the agricultural… -
Flogging a debt horse - Another take on a high profile debate
6 May 2013 | 12:57 pmCo-author: Seyed Reza Yousefi What does the “fiscal austerity” debate now blaring across the news mean for our clients? A recent academic spat turned media controversy centers on the role of national debt in holding back economic growth. We decided to take a closer look; it turns out to be instructive. First, a quick recap… In 2010, Carmen Reinhardt and Kenneth Rogoff (RR) put together some historical economic averages to claim that high debt levels tended to accompany lower growth. They grouped countries in given years into four categories according to the debt-to-GDP ratio (0-30,… -
The power of commercial lending: Myth or reality?
1 May 2013 | 10:31 amLet's think together: Every Sunday the World Bank in Tanzania in collaboration with The Citizen wants to stimulate your thinking by sharing data from recent official surveys in Tanzania and ask you a few questions. Banks play a critical role in economic development, as success stories are difficult to find without a big increase in commercial lending over time. Countries like Korea, Malaysia and China saw their credit to GDP ratio surge by 40 percentage points during the 1990s. On the African continent, similar stories are emerging in Cape Verde, Senegal and Nigeria, though arguably at a…
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Kenyan Jewels
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Diaspora Kenyans have opportunity to make difference at home
6 May 2013 | 5:13 amCalling all Kenyans! Many of you have lamented the fact that you don’t feel that you can make a real difference in Kenya. Well here is an opportunity to do just that. Cuso International an international development organization that works through skilled volunteers to share skills and build the capacity of partner organizations and beneficiary groups in Kenya, is currently implementing a project called Diaspora for Development (DfD); which is a livelihoods-development initiative co-sponsored by USAID and Accenture. Under this project they are looking to place Kenyan diaspora… -
Curtis Osano – Wimbledon, UK
3 Apr 2013 | 6:26 amBorn in Nakuru, Kenya, Curtis Osano moved to England at the age of nine, when his father joined the British army. He started playing football at the age of 13, as a student at Collingwood College in Camberley. Around this time he also became involved in athletics, representing Surrey in the English Schools Championships, winning silver in the triple jump. He eventually rose through the ranks at Reading as a defender under the guidance of current Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers and was involved with the English youth set-up, though failed to make a league appearance for the Royals. Curtis… -
Atieno Williams – Washington DC
3 Apr 2013 | 6:00 amAtieno Okelo Williams is Co-Owner of DC Buzz, one of the most exciting new real estate companies in Washington DC. Atieno Williams DC Buzz provides Real Estate Brokerage services. They help people find the home of their dreams or to sell their current home. Their focus is on educating the community about the process of purchasing or selling their home, and making sound financial decisions during this process. In the past few years, theyhave expanded to include rental property management, renovation services and property development. She received the Jones New York Empowerment fund award in… -
Flora Terah-Igoki – Lachine, Quebec, Canada
25 Mar 2013 | 9:09 amTrained as a social worker, Flora Terah-Igoki worked as an HIV/AIDS trainer and women’s rights advocate in her native country of Kenya. As a victim of horrible violent acts, the need for peaceful solutions is never far from her thoughts. YMCA Peace Medal Awards – Flora Tehra Igoki She has combined her experience as a grassroots organizer, an educator and as a women’s right defender with experience as a survivor of violence to become a powerful role model for non-violence and bullying in Canada and around the world. Since arriving in Canada in 2009, she has been active in a… -
Nairobi Half Life fights to stay alive for more than one night
21 Mar 2013 | 10:22 amToday, the Embassy of Kenya in the U.S. announced its support for Nairobi Half Life, a Kenyan film screening today as part of the Feature Film Project. As part of The Project, presented by Manhattan Short, Nairobi Half Life will screen in cinemas across the country tonight for one night only. Audiences at each venue then vote on whether the film should receive one week’s theatrical release. In the U.S., 150 venues are participating. Nairobi Half Life “I congratulate the filmmakers of Nairobi Half Life on the success of this film and for advancing Kenya’s contribution to the arts in the…
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Blomerus Missions
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South African Snapshot: Obstacle
8 May 2013 | 8:00 amThe phones & internet went down for the neighborhood around our ministry location. The reason: cable theft, literally stealing the wires off poles! It is such a regular occurrence that the phone company has a web page dedicated to it and it will take a month to fix. What really saddens us was that this wasn’t affecting downtown corporate offices. That rarely happens. It’s in a township community. Leaving business and ministries that serve the poor to be without any communication, enforcing the cycle of poverty. De Wet was able to rig up a makeshift hack in our building… -
South African Snapshot: Headlines
23 Apr 2013 | 1:39 amOur April/May newsletter is on its way to a mailbox near you (or if it isn’t, you can sign up for it here). In it, you will find fresh new photos, ministry updates, and kid updates. Take a look, its a quick 2 page read! April 2013 Newsletter Related posts: South African Snapshot: News South African Snapshot: Headlines South African Snapshot: Half -
South African Snapshot: Trash
27 Mar 2013 | 1:58 pmThis is the scene outside our building every Monday morning. Only a lot more people but we couldn’t get a discreet shot of that. Trash bins lined up ready for collection. Before being emptied, the contents are meticulously inspected. We were recently orienting someone to our neighborhood. When they saw this, they asked if we rip up our financial mail well enough so that it can’t be stolen. They were seeing this through an entirely different grid, so we explained. These people are looking for leftover food, maybe toiletries at the end of the bottle, for random stuff from your… -
South African Snapshot: Grandparents
20 Mar 2013 | 11:25 amToday Marysol’s parents arrived in anticipation of the new baby coming and to spend time with their grandkids, so we are officially on baby watch! The last time they were able to visit was when Knox & Evangeline arrived. Its humbling that they crossed the ocean and came to the bottom of Africa for the arrival of all 3 of our kids. When you are normally away from all family, this is a huge blessing. We’re not too proud to say we gladly welcome the help (and smuggled stuff in those bags!). We’ll send out an announcement the day our baby is born to let you know. Please keep… -
South African Snapshot: Dr.Pipino
14 Mar 2013 | 5:57 amDr. Pipino and countless others like him advertise everywhere, trees, lamp posts, flyers on your windshield, etc. It’s almost comical what they offer if it wasn’t so sad. Most of these “traditional healers” just take your money and your hope, mixing in witchcraft along the way. This concept is so deeply embedded in the culture that often even Christians will visit a traditional healer when things get desperate. And before we raise eyebrows at another culture, may we look at our own. This is blatant idolatry advertised on a tree. But what forms of not so obvious…
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Viber Announces Video-calling Desktop App
7 May 2013 | 4:13 pmA few weeks ago, we brought you the story of Viber, a multi platform mobile application that allows for free calls on mobile phones. The company has just announced that they have reached 200 million subscribers. To celebrate this remarkable milestone, the company has completely updated the mobile app user interface and have also announced a desktop video calling version of the app. Viber desktop is currently available on both the windows and Mac platforms, with the Linux version expected to be released in the up coming weeks. At the present time, the video messaging space is greatly… -
The Mobile Advertising Bandwagon
25 Apr 2013 | 10:33 pmimage source : INC.com There are clear signs of prosperity whenever a system, a platform or a piece of technology has reached its maturity level. Mobile advertising is officially the fastest growing domain at the moment — An important reality that needs serious consideration. Facebook (admittedly) woke up a little late when they realised the mobile advertising train had already left the station. Zuckerberg et al., couldn’t any longer afford to ignore the mobile space — They simply had to get onto mobile bandwagon. They eventually did (albeit late). Today, the results… -
One Million rand up for grabs For Disruptive Tech ideas
18 Apr 2013 | 1:42 amSeed Engine — an initiative by venture capital firm Redwood Capital — is accepting applications for its second Business Accelerator programme of which R100 000 is being offered for up to 10 disruptive tech ideas — That is a million rand in total. Moreover, to help promising entrepreneurs accelerate their ideas into full scale commercial realities, Seed Engine is also offering a 13 week boot camp programme which offers coaching, business mentoring, workspace as well as a chance to engage with investors on its demo day. The first demo day will take place on the 3rd of… -
U-Start International Business Plan Competition: SA’s Finalists Announced
8 Apr 2013 | 4:25 pmU-START BLOOM is an innovative web platform whose goal is to foster relationships between entrepreneurs from Eastern Europe, South Africa, Russia and Brazil with international investors. Part of their objectives, is to offer startups tools and a platform to facilitate cross-borders investments by international investors in Italy and towards the Eastern European, African and Latin American emerging markets. For local entrepreneurs, its an invaluable opportunity for international expansion, for investors it’s a potential gold mine and a chance to discover promising businesses of the… -
PriceCheck Mobile App chosen Finalist at International Mobile App of The Year
4 Apr 2013 | 3:54 pmThis story was originally broken by TechLoy! PriceCheck mobile app — an African price comparison service orperational in South Africa and Nigeria— was chosen as one three finalists along side The Hoyts Cine app and the Cooklet app for Blackberry’s international App of the Year contest. The contest is run by Blackberry, whereby blackBerry worldwide users are given a chance to vote for the winning app. Pricecheck’s app for the Blackberry 10 plaftorm allows users to check and compare product prices from a multitude of online and offline stores as well as access to user…
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Best Uganda Jobs
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Project Drivers Jobs at UNDP in Uganda
17 May 2013 | 4:37 amJob Title: PROJECT DRIVERS (4)Location : Kampala, Gulu, Lira and Moroto, UGANDAAdditional Category Crisis Prevention and RecoveryType of Contract : Service ContractPost Level : SB-2Languages Required : English Starting Date :(date when the selected candidate is expected to start) 01-Jul-2013Duration of Initial Contract : 1 Year (full time)BackgroundThe Government of -
Accounts Assistant Jobs at Habitat for Humanity in Uganda
17 May 2013 | 4:27 amJob Title: Accounts Assistant Habitat for Humanity Uganda affiliated to Habitat for Humanity International is an Ecumerical Christian non-governmental organization.Responsibilities• Post bank and cash transactions according to the accounting regulations and manage and maintain the front office • Providing support in internal and external audit exercises of the -
Jobs at Abt Association Inc in Uganda - Trainers
17 May 2013 | 4:26 amJob Title: Trainers Abt Association Inc. is a mission -driven global leader in research and program implementation in the fields of health , social and environmental policy and international development .Duties • To conduct nationwide district level trainings for drug shop owners/vendors ;• Present information using a variety of adult of adult instructional -
Jobs at Abt Association Inc in Uganda - Training Coordinator
17 May 2013 | 4:24 amJob Title: Training Coordinator Abt Association Inc. is a mission -driven global leader in research and program implementation in the fields of health , social and environmental policy and international development .Duties • Create the overall training plan including training schedules for the whole country.• Share a monthly activity work plan and budget with the -
Administrative Assistant Job at Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP) in Uganda
17 May 2013 | 4:22 amJob Title: Field Administrative Assistant The Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP) is a non-government , non-profit HIV research program that was established in 2002 as a result of a memorandum of understanding between Makerere University and the Foundation for Advancement of Military Medicine Inc. in USA(HJF)Duties • Schedule and manage the M/V pool
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The Nahmias Cipher Report
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Girls Escape 10-Year Captivity and Rape by Castro
8 May 2013 | 10:28 pmAyanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 01:28 a.m. EDT, 09 May 2013 CLEVELAND, Ohio – Raped, starved, beaten, and kept in chains for over 10-years, three young women were rescued on Monday thanks to the bravery of one of the victims, Amanda Berry, and the heroic efforts of a neighbor, Charles Ramsey. Ariel Castro, 52, who […] -
How to Achieve Peace in a Storm
6 May 2013 | 10:26 pmAnonymous Author Last Modified: 14:30 PM EDT, 12 June 2012 There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them. […] -
Tortured by the Media, Women Cannibalize Themselves
5 May 2013 | 1:08 amLindsay Kite, Co-director of the Beauty Redefined Foundation Source Title: “Curvy is the New Skinny, Thanks to Photoshop Phoniness” Last Modified: 03:45 a.m. EDT, 05 May 2013 The latest trend in image alteration might surprise a few people who are familiar with the power and pervasiveness of the thin ideal. Known as “reverse retouching,” this […] -
Four Arrested for Bangladesh Factory Collapse
28 Apr 2013 | 11:26 pmAlex Hamasaki, Student Intern Last Modified: 01:50 DST, 29 April 2013 DHAKA, BANGLADESH – Two factory bosses and two engineers were arrested in Bangladesh on Saturday, three days after the collapse of a factory that created low-cost garments for Western brands. The death toll has risen to 350 with many more being found alive. As […]
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Indepth Africa
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Re-Emerging: The Jews of Nigeria
17 May 2013 | 10:54 pmThe post Re-Emerging: The Jews of Nigeria appeared first on IndepthAfrica.Like many young men and women growing up in Nigeria, Shmuel consistently heard that the Igbo people were Jews. Yet, two centuries of Christian Colonialism prevented him and many other Igbo from exploring that connection further. When an Internet café … read more »The post Re-Emerging: The Jews of Nigeria appeared first on IndepthAfrica. -
Nigeria: A Space at the Mortuary…By Olusegun Adeniyi
17 May 2013 | 10:53 pmThe post Nigeria: A Space at the Mortuary…By Olusegun Adeniyi appeared first on IndepthAfrica.By Olusegun Adeniyi If there is any development that depicts the state of affairs in our country today, it is what happened last week following the coordinated attacks by Boko Haram on police, army and prison formations in Bama, Borno … read more »The post Nigeria: A Space at the Mortuary…By Olusegun Adeniyi appeared first on IndepthAfrica. -
Oedipus Recommends Self-Blinding for Eritrean Elite
17 May 2013 | 10:46 pmThe post Oedipus Recommends Self-Blinding for Eritrean Elite appeared first on IndepthAfrica.Zekre Lebona You can see for yourself- the city is like the ship rolling dangerously; it has lost the power to right itself and raise its head up out of the waves of death. Thebes is dying. There is a … read more »The post Oedipus Recommends Self-Blinding for Eritrean Elite appeared first on IndepthAfrica. -
Ethiopia Film Initiative Pitch Selection – Drama ‘Nishan’
15 May 2013 | 11:30 amThe post Ethiopia Film Initiative Pitch Selection – Drama ‘Nishan’ appeared first on IndepthAfrica.By Tambay A. Obenson A year ago, Yidnekachew Shumete was one of 3 Ethiopian filmmakers selected for a week-long visit to Monaco and Cannes for workshops, programs and events happening during the 2012 Cannes Film Festival in May. Shumete, along … read more »The post Ethiopia Film Initiative Pitch Selection – Drama ‘Nishan’ appeared first on IndepthAfrica. -
Tithes and Offerings and the Pauperization of Village Pastors
14 May 2013 | 8:21 pmThe post Tithes and Offerings and the Pauperization of Village Pastors appeared first on IndepthAfrica.The practice of city pastors commandeering all the tithes and offerings to themselves while pauperizing their village counterparts is one of the reasons every pastor is running to the city to establish a church. Tithes and offerings are biblical injunctions … read more »The post Tithes and Offerings and the Pauperization of Village Pastors appeared first on IndepthAfrica.
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Newstime Africa
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World Bank Vice President for Africa to visit Republic of Congo for development talks
17 May 2013 | 11:03 amBRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo, – African Press Organization (APO) – The World Bank Vice President for the Africa Region, Mr. MakhtarDiop, will arrive in Brazzaville on Monday, May 20, for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Canada and Tanzania sign investment treaty
17 May 2013 | 10:57 amDAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, May 16, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Bernard Membe, Tanzania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Psychosocial course aims to heal scars caused by Libyan conflict
17 May 2013 | 10:53 amGENEVA, Switzerland, May 17, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) –IOM, in partnership with Tripoli University, has completed a six-month course for 31 Libyan health, educational and social... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
UNIDO makes an impact with training programme in Sierra Leone as beneficiaries tell their stories
17 May 2013 | 10:49 am“When you have a skill, even if something bad happens in a country, you won’t have a hand in it. You won’t steal or hurt people willfully, and you won’t take a gun for a companion,” explains... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
An outstanding man of God – John Hagee stands out as a true and important spiritual leader of our times
16 May 2013 | 10:44 amYou don’t have to meet him to feel the presence of God in your life. Just listening to him preach or teach, provides the necessary inspiration and encouragement for you to allow God in your... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Celebrating Progress Africa | Celebrating Progress Africa
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TECNO P3 formally launched in the Nigerian market in partnership with Etisalat
17 May 2013 | 9:19 amTecno has partnered with Qualcomm Incorporated and Etisalat to launch their latest smartphone, Tecno P3 into the Nigerian market. Qualcomm is a global leader in next generation mobile technologies while Etisalat Nigeria is one of the foremost network providers in the country. The launch which took place on Friday at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, was attended by a cross section of the Nigerian media and member Nigerian showbiz industry. At the event, Etisalat unveiled a twelve-month special promo offering subscribers 100MB free data bundle for every Tecno P3 purchased. The… -
Yoruba101 now available on the Apple appstore
15 May 2013 | 9:47 amYoruba101, a fun and educative app that gets young children and those who want to learn started on Yoruba language is now available on the Apple app store. The language widely spoken in Western Nigeria, West Africa to some part of central and southern Americas is now available for iOS devices as featured on the Nigerian Apple’s app store. Oluko Asa (culture tutor), the takes users on a quest to get acquainted with the Yorùbá language using a combination of illustrations, text, voice and games, allowing users to get speaking their first words in minutes following through with Oluko Asa… -
@africatechie (Rebecca Enonchong) speaks to CNN about technology and innovation in West Africa
15 May 2013 | 9:36 amAfricans in the technology industry on Twitter are quite familiar with @africatechie (Rebecca Enonchong) for her timely, insightful updates on technology happenings across Africa. She was recently interviewed by Robyn Curnow of CNN Marketplace Africa. Check out the interview below and share with your fellow African techies Cameroonian tech entrepreneur and businesswomen, Rebecca Enonchong discusses technology and innovation in West Africa. The post @africatechie (Rebecca Enonchong) speaks to CNN about technology and innovation in West Africa appeared first on Celebrating Progress Africa. -
Q&A: Introducing Taxi Park, Nigeria’s first online taxi booking service – Interview with TaxiPark’s C.E.O, Rodney Jackson Cole
15 May 2013 | 8:23 amIt’s always nice to hear about new technology startups on the continent making a difference in the day to day lives of people. Many startups start out with the mission to do so but for various reasons ranging from poor execution to poor research into the wants and needs of their customers, few actually make a tangible impact. We thus find TaxiPark to be a breath of fresh air in the Nigerian startup technology scene. TaxiPark helps Lagosians book a taxi within Lagos via their PC or via their mobile phones and it works. Its rave reviews online and offline from its first group of customers… -
At the 2013 Women: Inspiration and Enterprise (WIE) conference, Africa’s most inspiring women leaders pledge to invest in other young women
15 May 2013 | 7:47 amWIE, (Women: Inspiration and Enterprise) in partnership with the Wellbeing Foundation, brought together some of Africa’s female leaders in Cape Town for the first time. Humanitarian campaigner and wife of Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel gave the keynote address and talk show host Felicia Suttle charismatically presented the event. The WIE (Women: Inspiration and Enterprise) Africa Symposium, hosted by WIE founder Dee Poku in conjunction with Toyin Saraki, founder of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, was the first women’s conference on the African continent to bring together female leaders…
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Think Africa Press
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The Emergence of Domestic Islamist Militancy in Tanzania
17 May 2013 | 7:48 amOn 5 May, an improvised hand grenade was thrown into the grounds of St Joseph's Church in Arusha's Olasiti suburb, killing 3 people and wounding 63 others. The attack was targeted at a large celebration attended by the Vatican Nuncio, a diplomatic representative of the Holy See. Following sectarian unrest in Mbeya, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Mwanza earlier this year, armed security at Christian sites was stepped up, especially during the lead-up to Easter celebrations.While the Tanzanian government initially arrested several Saudi and UAE nationals (since released without charge) in… -
Tunisia: Threat of Unrest around Planned Salafist Gathering in Kairouan
17 May 2013 | 4:35 amThe Salafist Muslim grouping, Ansar al-Sharia, is scheduled to hold a large gathering in the city of Kairouan, located in Tunisia's Kairouan governorate, on 19 May. The meeting will be held at the al-Okba Mosque.A spokesperson for Ansar al-Sharia has stated that they expect up to 40,000 people to attend the event. Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Tunisia’s ruling party, Al-Nahda, issued a statement on 15 May stating that the government will prohibit the Salafist meeting as the event organisers had not obtained the requisite permission to gather.The planned gathering comes amid escalating… -
Review – Americanah
17 May 2013 | 4:05 amThe ‘Afropolitan’ jet-setters began the year in a swirl of curious and adoring headlines, their multinational lives embodied in the figure of author Taiye Selasi. Having coined the term – combining ‘African’ and ‘cosmopolitan – in a 2005 essay, Selasi captured the identity and roots of the Afropolitan in her smash debut novel Ghana Must Go, which was received with amphitheatre fanfare just a few months ago.Afropolitans are the young and restless who have fled Africa since the 1960s in search of work and education. They overcame immigrant crash-landings fraught with prejudice and… -
Tabitha Paine
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New Big Man, Old Politics: The Challenging Road Ahead for CAR's Djotodia
16 May 2013 | 5:29 amFollowing months of fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR), President François Bozizé was overthrown on 24 March by the Seleka Coalition, a collective of foreign and northern-based militias. Soon after, the then-relatively unknown Michel Djotodia, one of Seleka’s leaders, declared himself president before being formally elected by the Supreme Council of Transition, CAR’s interim government until elections in 2014.This made Djotodia the country’s sixth head-of-state since independence in 1960. Ominously for him, four of the previous five have been victims of coups. And now, in…
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Bulembu 2020
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Blessed With Hearing
15 May 2013 | 1:09 amBlessed by a surprise donation of new, high quality hearing aids, Siphosami, a teenage girl in Bulembu, is now experiencing consistent and adequate hearing. Previously Siphosami was using hearing aids that were very uncomfortable for her and therefore difficult for her to utilize regularly. Today, as a result of the generosity of Steven and Vicky from G & J Parking in Canada, Siphosami is enjoying her improved ability to hear and to interact with others, including at home and at school. In addition to the light-weight hearing aids, Sophosami was presented with more than one year’s… -
Gary’s Bulembu Journey
21 Mar 2013 | 11:28 pmHere on his fourth tour since 2008, Gary Todoroff is again providing two months of photography and graphics training for the Connect Department in Bulembu. As a volunteer with Overseas Resource Link based in Eureka, California, he also has helped with setting up a hydroponics system donated by American Hydroponics, and is working with Eureka Rotary Club on a grant proposal with Mbabane Rotary (in Swaziland’s capital) for a commercial hydroponics system. Gary enjoys talking about experiences in Bulembu, especially to people who have the freedom to spend time as a volunteer here. “And… -
Bulembu Choir Of Hope
14 Feb 2013 | 2:13 amExcitement is in the air as a new choir emerges in Bulembu. Distinct from other choirs this team will be preparing for both local and international performances in England, Northern Ireland, Canada and the United States. Raising awareness and support for Bulembu Ministries Swaziland and Challenge Ministries Swaziland, who combined have around 400 children in their care. Bringing the hope of Jesus to the nations through relevant songs, dances and testimonies of lives changed by the power of God’s love is the choir’s mission. Transformed lives transform lives and that is what we believe… -
End of Year Celebration – Primary School
24 Dec 2012 | 6:33 amImagine being transported back in time to the very first Christmas – the day Jesus was born! A time machine is all you’d need, right? What could possibly go wrong? Well, you might end up in the wrong era! Such was the story depicted by the primary school children for their end of year production at Bulembu Christian Academy. The tale centered on a professor and his assistant who wanted to transport themselves back in time but something with their machine goes terribly awry. Instead, they end up in a rock and roll era. The children, from Grade 1 through Grade 6 participated in most of the… -
End of Year Celebration: Pre-Primary “Playtime for Toys”
17 Dec 2012 | 12:30 amIt’s probably been the dream of at least every child at least once in his or her life – to have their toys come to life. Movies such as “Toy Story” have been made about that dream, and the children of the Bulembu Christian Academy’s Pre-Primary School have put that dream on display through their year-end production of “Playtime for Toys.” The program, which was performed in the beginning of October at the old cinema, was an original story by Candice le Roux. Ninety-five learners from two to six years of age joined together on stage depicting the story of a brother and sister who…
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Three Men On a Boat
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Carnival Queen Zimbabwe Pageant Review… Meh!
18 May 2013 | 4:57 amSo there was the Carnival Queen Zimbabwe beauty pageant at the Harare International Conference Centre, on Friday night. To get the formalities out of the way, Dananai Chipunza was crowned as queen, while Thabiso Phiri came second. There were performances from Xtra Large, Cindy Munyavi, Winky D, Sulumani Chimbetu and urban groover Goodchild. As expected -
Big Brother Speculation: Is it Pokello or Lady Squanda?
17 May 2013 | 9:42 amSpeculation is rife over who Zimbabwe’s representative in this year’s Big Brother Africa reality show is. Called Big Brother – The Chase this year, it has seen stiff competition as hopefuls rallied for support. While the contestants will have been informed by now they cannot tell anyone about it. The speculation is that it is -
VIDEO: MC Chita Interview With Di Music Hub
17 May 2013 | 6:18 amJamaica-based Zimbabwean rapper MC Chita recently did an interview with Di Music Hub. In it he talks about life since he moved to the Caribbean a year ago. He talks about the single he has done with Munga, his upcoming EP and his plans for an album. He also speaks about creating a connect between African -
Harare Man Admits To Raping, Killing 10 Year-Old Girl
17 May 2013 | 5:49 amPolice have confirmed the arrest of a man in connection with the murder of a 10-year old Rugare girl. The 27 year-old suspect was arrested on Tuesday and has since admitted the killing of Stacey Munjoma in February this year. ZRP Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed that after interrogation the suspect confessed that he had abducted, -
Man Claims To Be Jesus
16 May 2013 | 7:18 amA 48 year-old South African man claims that he is Jesus Christ. Phetole Selepe, from Dan Village outside Tzaneen in Limpopo claims the ancestors sent him to save the world. He has been living illegally on the banks of Letaba River since 2004 and the municipality has tried in vain to get rid of him.
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Celebrating the Kenyan Story
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University of Nairobi's Team ABE Needs Your Vote
16 May 2013 | 1:57 pmFour University of Nairobi engineering students are finalists in the biennial global Airbus Fly Your Ideas competition. The students who are in their fourth year teamed up a couple of months ago to form A.B.E an acronym for Aero Bamboo Engineering. The group of Marian Muthui, Alex Njira, Karl Heinz and Tony Kadiegu Mugita pitched their idea of using bamboo to make the interior cabin and flooring of aircraft as an alternative to conventional material. The bamboo is styled into bamboo Honeycomb lattice which is lighter and stronger compared to wood. The innovation also comes with embedded… -
Blankets and Wine XLIV with Zahara, Dela, Alsarah & Priscah
16 May 2013 | 1:34 amDate: Sunday 2 June, 2013Time: 1:00pm to 9:00pmVenue: The Carnivore Grounds, Nairobi The 44th edition of Blankets and Wine presents South Africa's Award-winning artiste Zahara, Kenya's Priscah Ojwang, Dela and Sudan's Alsarah. Upcoming artiste Priscah Ojwang, an alumni of Sauti Music Academy makes her debut in Blankets & Wine. She will share stage with Sudanese singer Alsarah who promises a unique treat with her ethno-urban flavour. The 44th edition comes with a twist, the first-ever Blankets & Wine Craft Fair with over a dozen Kenyan artists and designers showcasing and selling… -
Mater Heart Run Set for May 25th in Nairobi, Mombasa & Mumias
16 May 2013 | 1:01 amTouch a Child's Heart Date: Saturday, May 25th 2013 Venue: Nairobi: Nyayo Stadium, 7am Mombasa Sports Club, 9am Mumias Sports Club, 8:30am In order to participate purchase a T shirt for Ksh1,000, Cap Ksh400 and Wrist Bands Ksh 300 from all Nakumatts, Capital FM and Galitos… -
Call for Entries: Google Innovation Pavilion & Awards in Kenya
14 May 2013 | 9:23 amThe Innovation Awards at the Connected Kenya Summit have provided a platform to showcase Kenyan firms that are contributing to improving productivity and efficiency in the country through ICT innovation. The Innovation Pavilion and Awards will this year be sponsored by Tech giant Google. Selected finalists will exhibit and receive an award from Google during the 2013 Connected Kenya Summit. For more details Click Here -
Howzit MSN destined for Kenya, Nigeria + Press Release
14 May 2013 | 8:31 amHowzit MSN is planning to make forays into East and West Africa through strategic Kenya and Nigeria. The portal which is Africa largest with 3.3million unique browsers per month is set for the battle for online and mobile news space in the region with the official launch set for Monday, 1st July 2013. The two countries have a high internet penetration rate with mobile being a big feature. Kagiso Media which publishes MSN for Microsoft is seeking to provide content that is tailored to needs of locals. News24 is a good example of South African portal sites that have succeeded in the region…
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GDL2011
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What happened in Indian election of 1977?
18 May 2013 | 2:16 amQuestion: After the autocratic rule of 19 months came to an end during the emergency declared by Indira Gandhi, the elections that took place in 1977 were termed as the 77’s fight for freedom. Indira Gandhi lost the elections and Morarji Desal (photo, below), the leader of Janata Party was elected as the Prime Minister ...read moreThe post What happened in Indian election of 1977? appeared first on GDL2011. -
Which American president has an unusual relation with number 7?
12 May 2013 | 1:46 amQuestion: A lot of significant events in US president Abraham Lincoln’s (photo, right) life are associated with number 7. His first as well as last name comprises 7 letters each. Before he became the president he lived for seven years in the cities Kentucky and Salem each. In the Army, he offered his service as ...read moreThe post Which American president has an unusual relation with number 7? appeared first on GDL2011. -
Which was another incident when number 7 again showered its luck upon amitabh bachchan and proved to be a turning point in his career?
10 May 2013 | 1:34 amQuestion: The first name of the super star Amitabh Bachchan comprises 7 letters. The family astrologer of the Bachchan family had forecasted that number 7 would be very significant in his life. Amitabh Bachchan was rejected for the job of a radio announcer due to his ‘unusual’ voice and Tarachand Barjatiya suggested him to go ...read moreThe post Which was another incident when number 7 again showered its luck upon amitabh bachchan and proved to be a turning point in his career? appeared first on GDL2011. -
Which man-made wonder replaced the Walls of Babylon?
8 May 2013 | 1:11 amQuestion: The list of seven man-made ancient wonders of the world was prepared by Antipater, a Greek residing in Sidon located near the Mediterranean Sea. The list that was initially prepared in 2 A.D. had included the Walls of Babylon on the seventh position. However, one man-made wonder replaced the Walls of Babylon. Which was it? ...read moreThe post Which man-made wonder replaced the Walls of Babylon? appeared first on GDL2011. -
How did the number 7 created as a global icon in the world of detective activities?
6 May 2013 | 1:03 amQuestion: During the Second World War, the German submarines and naval ships possessed a machine known as ‘Enigma’ through which they would exchange secret information in code language. ‘Enigma’, by ciphering secret messages, played a crucial role in strengthening the German Naval arm in the Atlantic Ocean. With the intention of filching ‘Enigma’ from the ...read moreThe post How did the number 7 created as a global icon in the world of detective activities? appeared first on GDL2011.
