10 Most Memorable Hot-Mic Moments
During the 2008 presidential campaign, American civil rights activist and Baptist minister Rev. Jesse Jackson didn’t seem to be a huge fan of the way then-presidential hopeful Barack Obama was speaking...
View ArticleSouth Africa Has World-Cup Lessons For Brazil
The World Cup is good at creating a deadline for infrastructure spending by host countries, and it’s great for stimulating tourism, but many see Africa’s first-ever 2010 FIFA event as a squandered...
View ArticleIs Platinum Holding The South African Economy Ransom?
After a record-breaking 19 weeks of strikes, the problems in South Africa’s platinum industry are impacting growth, trade and the rest of South Africa’s economic performance. Economist Mike Schüssler...
View ArticleMasterCard Inclusive Growth Index Names Accra Top African City
From Digital Journal Accra, the capital of Ghana, is the African city with the highest potential for inclusive growth, according to the 2014 MasterCard African Cities Growth Index (ACGI). This is the...
View ArticleDar es Salaam To Become Fourth Wireless Internet City In East Africa
Tanzania’s capital city Dar es Salaam will become the fourth city in east Africa to launch a free internet zone service that will help increase innovation among the country’s youth and improve public...
View ArticleWhy Is IBM Making All These Investments In Africa?
From Fortune IBM has a new R&D lab in Kenya and offices in Angola, Mauritius, Tanzania, Senegal, Ghana, and Nigeria. Why all the investment? Global Business Services chief Bridget van Kralingen...
View ArticleIs Kenya Ditching Western Tourist Markets?
Kenya wants to diversify its tourist markets by adding China, the Middle East and Africa to existing markets in the U.K., U.S. and Germany, but that doesn’t mean it’s abandoning traditional markets,...
View ArticleWhat China Is Saying About The Upcoming U.S.-Africa Summit
The upcoming U.S.-Africa Summit is a knee-jerk reaction to the growing Chinese influence in Africa, according to Ugandan newspaper NewVision. The biggest U.S. investments in Africa and the world have...
View ArticleQ&A: Purification Company Tests the Waters of Point of Use Technology
While most NGOs and nonprofits work hard on the continent to drill wells and increase access to water sources, HaloPure focuses on sanitizing water in individual homes through the use of purification...
View ArticleBurundi Coffee Farmers to Open Micro-bank
Written by Patrick Nduwimana | From Reuters Africa Burundi coffee growers plan to open their own bank to give out the loans they need to invest in improving production, in an industry which accounts...
View Article10 Words That Really Didn’t Need to Be Added to the English Language
English is an ever-evolving language, and we are constantly coming up with new words to describe our changing world. Dictionaries frequently release new editions to reflect new terminology, and the...
View Article10 Billionaires Who Are College Dropouts
We certainly don’t want to encourage dropping out of college, but we do want to show how well that worked out for some people. These individuals are examples of how much can be accomplished if you...
View Article10 Things We Did As Teenagers That We’ll Never Do Again
There’s no way I’d attempt DIY versions of the latest styles, like pierce my own ear, or dye my hair blonde with lemon juice and salt. I’d be guaranteed to come out looking completely busted, when I...
View ArticleHuawei Cell Tower Project Leaves Zambia’s Locals Unconnected
Written by Michael Malakata | From ITWeb Africa A senior traditional leader in Zambia has verbally attacked the country’s government for prioritizing the electrification of cell towers in his chiefdom...
View ArticleAngola Should Increase Tax Rate For The Wealthy – Report
Written by Colin McClelland | From Bloomberg Angola could increase government revenue and simplify collection by raising rates for the wealthiest earners and limiting the number of income-tax brackets,...
View ArticleKenya’s Faltering Tourism Sector Bets On Wildebeest Migration
The wildebeest migration from the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to the greener pastures of the Maasai Mara National Reserve is one of nature’s most spectacular event. This high octane natural...
View ArticleNigeria Seeks Buyers For Distressed Telecom Nitel
Written by Chijioke Ohuocha | From Reuters Nigeria is seeking buyers for the assets of distressed state-owned former telecom monopoly Nitel, the state-appointed liquidator said on Monday. Nigeria opted...
View ArticleEU to Help Ghana Regulate Illegal Timber Trade
From Ghana Web Ghana is to ratify a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the European Union (EU) to halt deforestation and illegal logging, and to improve governance in the forest sector by...
View ArticleUganda Mobile Money Transaction Value Reaches $7.4 Billion
From All Africa At least 14 million Ugandans used the mobile money platform to trade, send and receive money last year, putting it among the most used medium of transaction, according to Bank of...
View ArticleAfrica’s Silicon Savannah Dream Overrun By Aid Money
Africa’s Silicon Savannah that brings to mind a hyper-tech innovation zone could just be a pipe dream supported by non-profitable organization that are propping up tech startups with fluff money from...
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