Send this article to Twitter!http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9119177348605591059 This is a very poignant documentary on Rwanda and the roots that led to the genocide in 1994. However, it’s more than just about Rwanda. It’s about Africa and it’s about Africa’s history of colonialism, tribalism, poverty and bloodshed. A few of my own observations from watching this documentary:...
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Send this article to Twitter! Rwanda is beginning to get lots of international attention because of it’s amazing transformation from genocide to economic prosperity. A friend of mine forwared this fascinating discussion on Rwanda that was taking place on a public radio station. You can listen to the entire discussion here. (you need either...
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Send this article to Twitter!Did anyone catch this story in the Nation about Google East Africa signing a deal with a marketing agency called Wunderman Kenya? I’m reading this story and wondering why on earth this company had to sign a deal with google if all they wanted to do was start advertising online. ...
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Send this article to Twitter!I’ve had Hirsi’s book Infidel on my list of things to read and I finally got started with it yesterday. I didn’t think I’d enjoy it, but once I started reading it, I couldn’t put it down. Ali is a very good writer and she has a very compelling personal...
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Send this article to Twitter!I’ve been listening to the coverage of the elections in Zimbabwe and I can’t understand why anyone is trying to compare the situation in Zimbabwe to the situation in Kenya! Zimbabwe’s economy has all but collapsed; Kenya’s hasn’t. Zimbabwe has the highest rate of inflation in the world at 100,000%;...
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Send this article to Twitter! He’s a Nigerian by the name of Aliko Dangote. He owns a sugar and cement company. I heard on the radio today that he controls a company that supplies European candy makers with most of their refined sugar. I did not know that most of Europes refined sugar comes from...
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Send this article to Twitter!There’s an interesting article in the NYT on Malawi’s new found answer to tackling it’s perennial hunger problems. In short: they stopped listening to the “experts” at the world bank.“Over the past 20 years, the world bank and some rich nations Malawi depends on for aid have periodically pressed this...
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Send this article to Twitter!Here is a description of her from Salon Magazine: “There can be no doubting the résumé of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, named today by Robert Zoellick to a top position at the World Bank. A survivor of Nigeria’s Biafran war, she made her way to the United States at age 18 and...
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Send this article to Twitter!I was reading Bankele’s blog and there is a heated discussion on Kenya Airways (it’s mainly about the coming competition and it’s safety record). As I’m reading through the comment section, I started getting a headache (particularly from comments left by “Me” — “it’s the pride of Africa”, the pride...
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