Jikokoa: Keeping Africa Clean One Cookstove At A Time
Between 2000 and 2010 deforestation in Kenya took an estimated 3,000 square miles of trees, depriving the country of 20 million gallons of water per year. While 24 years ago, Peter Scott, the chief...
View ArticleHow Did Oscar Pistorius Shooting Reenactment Get On Air?
Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers say the paralympic athlete’s trust and privacy were violated when leaked footage was aired on Australian TV showing him reenacting the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva...
View ArticleSouth Sudan President Asks African Leaders to Help Resolve Conflict
From The Sudan Tribune South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, has called on African leaders to take a leading role in the resolution of the crisis which has gripped the young nation since mid-December...
View ArticleGhana Traders Union Protests Foreigners, Ministry Calls for Retail Closings
From Peace FM Following the four-day strike carried out by members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) to close down their shops and stores in protest against foreigners who were violating...
View ArticleBurundi Parliament Falls Short With Women’s Representation
From All Africa via IPS As Burundi heads towards the 2015 general elections, and despite a quota of 30 percent women’s representation in parliament, women in this southeast African nation feel that...
View ArticleWant To Invest In The Risk Of Doing Business In Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe seeks US$10 million in financing so it can join the African Trade Insurance Agency, a move that will help address some of the challenges affecting investment inflows into the country,...
View ArticleUS Startup Recycling Smartphones To Combat Poaching In Africa
A Californian technology startup says it has developed the first real-time detection system for deterring poaching and illegal logging in Africa’s equatorial forests using discarded Android smartphones...
View Article10 Tasty Items From Burger King’s Secret Menu
Burger King stands behind its slogan — have it your way. You can customize your order in ways the chain doesn’t publicize to create items on Burger King’s secret menu. Burger King makes it public that...
View ArticleZimbabwe Creates New Plan to Curb Debt
Shortly after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) implemented a staff monitoring program, Zimbabwe’s finance ministry has been working to create a better plan to counter debt, CCTV Africa reported....
View ArticleThings You Didn’t Know About Flags of Southern Africa
The blue, white and black flag of Botswana replaced the British Union Jack in 1966 -- one of the few flags in Africa that neither incorporates Pan-African colors, nor represents a political party in...
View ArticleFrom Fragile to Failed: Troubled Countries Across Africa
In part one of this two part AFKInsider exclusive, we will take a look at the continent’s most fragile states and what makes them so fragile. Part two will examine the opposite end of the spectrum,...
View ArticleOnline Education Platform in Nigeria Finds Tutor Niche
Though online education is not yet very popular in Nigeria, a number of platforms are striving to break the ice and get Nigerians to seek education on the internet — Tutor.ng is one of them. The online...
View ArticleSelf-Taught Kenyan Entrepreneur Talks Animation In Africa
Africa’s nascent animation industry holds numerous opportunities as more corporate brands shift to animated commercials, says FatBoy Animations founder, 26-year-old Michael Muthiga. Nairobi-based...
View Article10 Celebrities You Didn’t Know Went to Rehab
Celebrities often have addictions, eating disorders, depression or other illnesses that they try to keep hush-hush. It’s usually pretty difficult to keep those types of incidents under wraps....
View ArticleBranson Center of Entrepreneurship Backs Youth Business
During the first installment of AFKInsider‘s exclusive look into South Africa’s Branson Center of Entrepreneurship, marketing and communication manager Gavin Meiring talks about the founding,...
View ArticleSouth Africa Now Ranks In Top 10 Globally For Solar Power
South Africa is one of the top 10 countries in the world harnessing renewable energy from the sun, ranking 10th on a list topped by the U.S., according to Wiki-Solar.org. Wiki-Solar tracks global...
View Article10 Media And Fan Tweets About African World Cup Soccer
Now that all five African teams have been eliminated from their World Cup trophy bids, African media and fans are busy analyzing the African teams' sometimes controversial, and definitely historic...
View ArticleBotswana to Hold Off on Granting Zimbabweans Refugee Status
From Bulawayo 24 News Botswana is moving towards closing out Zimbabwean nationals who will be seeking refugee status in the future, APA reported Monday. Botswana’s Minister of Defence, Justice and...
View ArticleWorld Trade Organization: Seychelles on Track to Meet 2014 Targets
Written by Hajira Amla | From Seychelles News Agency The Seychelles’ Ministry of Finance, Trade and Investment says that the Indian Ocean archipelago has made significant progress in its efforts to...
View ArticleNairobi’s BRCK Internet Device Preps First Shipment
Written by Gareth van Zyl | From IT Web Africa Over a year since raising more than $170,000 on crowdfunding website Kickstarter, BRCK internet devices are ready to be shipped to 45 countries around the...
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