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iPad dominates African business trends
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:13 PM EST ()
Two years after the launch of the iPad, the tablet has a considerable footprint among business professionals – especially in Africa. According to the results of the IDG's latest “iPad for Business Survey”, African professionals are almost twice as likely as t …
Nigeria and its Fuel Subsidy Crisis
Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:02 AM EST
Want to help Africa? Do business here was the TED rallying cry by former World Bank MD now Nigeria Finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
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Look into the eyes of a rare ancient African sculpture
Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2012 1:03 AM EST ()
If they exist at all, most unglazed clay objects from ancient times are now rubble, mere fragments of their former glory. This terracotta head, at around 2000 years old, is a rare exception.
Websites allow Kenyans to report bribes and battle corruption
Seeded on Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:58 PM EST (Christian Science Monitor)
Ask a Nairobi resident to name the most frustrating part of living in Nairobi, and they’re likely to answer: bribing a cop. Well, now Kenyans have a way to combat corruption, by text messaging, emailing, or even tweeting an incident to a website called hatari.co.ke.
While Tunisia, cradle of Arab Spring, celebrates first anniversary, 9 killed in Egypt as troops assault protesters
Seeded on Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:41 AM EST (Reuters)
Cradle of Arab Spring celebrates first anniversary - The festive mood in Sidi Bouzid was tempered somewhat, however, by reminders that democratic change in Tunisia has yet to ease poverty and high unemployment - bread and butter issues that preoccupy many Tunisians and have tri …
Pope Benedict: Lack of ethics leads to HIV and AIDS
Seeded on Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:34 PM EST (Irish Central)
by Cahir O'Doherty
South Africa's assembly passes 'secrecy bill,' stirring journalists' fears
Seeded on Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:31 PM EST (Christian Science Monitor)
South Africa’s National Assembly passed a bill on Tuesday that would “protect” state information and potentially impose 25-year criminal sentences on journalists who publish or possess state documents that the South African government deems to be secret. The …
iCow: Kenyans now manage their herds via mobile phone
Seeded on Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:33 AM EST (Christian Science Monitor)
As an organic farmer outside of Nairobi, Su Kahumbu could see the challenge that her cattle-herding neighbours had in handling the expenses of their most precious assets, the female cow. If the cattle owner didn’t pay attention, he might miss the very brief window of tim …
Colonel Gaddafi dead: Libyan tyrant's body stored in shopping centre freezer - mirror.co.uk
Seeded on Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:56 PM EDT (Mirror.co.uk)
Qaddafi is dead, and many images were collected to support this.
US Sends 100 Military Advisors to Africa, Rush Limbuagh Responds with Headline Claiming, 'Obama Invades Uganda, Targets Christians'
Seeded on Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:24 AM EDT (RushLimbaugh.com Home)
Obama Invades Uganda, Targets Christians - RushLimbaugh.com Lord's Resistance Army are Christians. They are fighting the Muslims in Sudan. And Obama has sent troops, United States troops to remove them from the battlefield, which means kill them.
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