Send this article to Twitter!I was going through this month’s issue of Inc magazine and they have an article on an American entrepreneur who is selling a device in Africa that is used to measure CD4 levels in HIV patients (CD4 cells are the blood cells most directly affected by HIV and monitoring them...
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African Agricultural Commodities
Send this article to Twitter!There’s an interesting article in the NYT about Cotton farmers in Uganda and how that industry is going through a re-emergence. What did the Ugandan government do to revive this industry? they got rid of those terrible government co-operatives that force farmers to sell to their crops to them —...
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‘We wait for the Ethiopians like dry land waits for rain”
Send this article to Twitter! From the NYT: “Residents of Mogadishu say hundreds of fighters from other Muslim countries have arrived at the city’s main airport in recent days, drawn by the Islamists’ blaring call for a holy war against Ethiopia and against America, which is especially despised here”. This is not good for...
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Global Warming in Africa
Send this article to Twitter! These people don’t look like “traditional Somali’s”. So, I’m assuming they are the so called bantu Somali. Anyway, this global warming issue is causing huge problems in many African countries. Meteorlogists are saying that East Africa has experienced the worst flooding in 50 years. In Somalia, it’s really becoming...
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Festus Mogae
Send this article to Twitter!The president of Botswana was interviewed by Charlie Rose last night. He’s in NYC to attend Cinton’s Aids conference. After you watch the interview, I want you to substitute Mogae with Moi and think about what kind of answers you’d get. Na hiyo ni maendeleo. 8510648706420396286 Share on Facebook
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It’s the Miraa
Send this article to Twitter!I’ve finally figured out why Somali’s are so crazy. It’s the miraa. From the bbc: “The khat users reported significant health problems associated with their habit. These included sleep problems, weight loss, appetite loss, mood swings, irritability, paranoid ideas, nightmares and hallucinations. Khat is a stimulant, producing a high when...
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Teodoro Obiang….
Send this article to Twitter!From the NYT: The antigraft watchdog Global Witness called on United States officials to investigate the purchase of a $35 million Malibu beach house by the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has ruled his tiny oil-producing country since 1979. His son and heir apparent, Teodoro...
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Coming To Africa
Send this article to Twitter!From The NYT: “Billboards here show elephants and giraffes roaming the savanna. Traffic has been curtailed, construction sites shut down and even the sky has been tantalizingly, if temporarily, blue. Beijing has put on its best face to court Africa, “the land of myth and miracles,” I’m very happy about...
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Africa & China…
Send this article to Twitter!The Economist has an intereting article on the growing investments that China is making on the continent. According to the article, “The characters for “Africa” in the Mandarin language mean “wrong continent”. Oh dear! even in language we are cursed. Me no Likey Wokey Africa’s Fortune Cookies Share on Facebook
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