Tag Archives: Africa

Commission for Africa calls for better deals on the exploitation of th...

September 13, 2010 no comments

Rich countries should pay for African governments to get advice on negotiating the best deals for exploiting their natural resources, a panel set up by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said o...

China to help Africa boost food production by exporting its technology...

August 12, 2010 no comments

China has agreed to transfer her agricultural technology to Africa to enable the continent boost production which will guarantee the continent food security. The Beijing declaration for the massive a...

Battling child witchcraft accusation

July 29, 2010 2 comments

The flowering of The African Century, as a material progress scheme, is also an enlightenment struggle. Most African elites have not thought about this despite their cultural obstacles wheeling aroun...

Africa’s democracy rises despite obstacles

July 24, 2010 no comments

After much misunderstanding, with all the anarchic one-party ordeals and self-serving dictatorial military juntas, it appears Africa is nearing a turning point in its democratic grasp. There may be d...

Africa has finally repositioned itself as a serious player in the inte...

July 20, 2010 no comments

And this is just the beginning! There are many factors that have contributed to this  surge in Africa’s influence on global political and economic issues. The emergence of new leaders whose democrati...

African leaders should learn from Asamoah Gyan’s penalty miss at...

July 13, 2010 no comments

Ghanian striker Asamoah Gyan’s penalty miss in the dying seconds of extra time against Uruguay on Friday cost the African side a place in the World Cup semi-finals and broke hearts across the contine...

Traditional African Medicine Gets a Boost as Gates Foundation Lends a ...

May 2, 2010 2 comments

The Gates Foundation has made an exceptional move by lending its support to the development of traditional African medicine. Senegal’s Organization for the Promotion of Traditional Medicine (PR...

Kenya’s PM Urges Africa’s Industrial Community to Exhaust African Mark...

April 29, 2010 no comments

Kenya’s Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, has  challenged the industrial community in the continent to exhaust the African market before exporting the surplus to promote intra- African trade. He said the...

Strains of HIV Virus Found in Bushmeat Smuggled into the U.S.

April 17, 2010 1 comment

According to the Wall Street Journal, researchers testing bushmeat smuggled into the U.S. have found strains of a virus in the same family as HIV, according to preliminary findings to be released Wed...

African Politics Gets a Facelift as New Dynamic Leaders Emerge

April 12, 2010 5 comments

It seems an African political renaissance has started in earnest. The continent still faces huge challenges and continues to struggle in its quest to find its form  in a world that has refused to giv...

INSEAD Launches Global Executive MBA Programme

February 4, 2010 no comments

Executives from the African continent now have the opportunity to join an internationally recognised business school in the neighbouring city of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. INSEAD, the lea...

Kenya Calls on African Countries to Push for Climate Change Agenda.

February 3, 2010 1 comment

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has challenged African countries to continue developing national and regional strategies for climate change. Addressing the 14th AU Ordinary Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiop...

Biotechnology is Key to Food Security in Africa.

January 20, 2010 7 comments

Africa missed on the “Green Revolution” that drove Asia; the West and the larger America out of food insecurity five decades ago, but Agricultural Scientists in Kenya say, it should not miss out on t...

A Boost For Higher Education in Africa

December 20, 2009 1 comment

South Africa, Ghana and Uganda stand to benefit from a US$30 million assistance over the next three years in a bid to strengthen higher education in Africa. The Carnegie Corporation of New York will ...

Ghana’s black stars opt for south african camping base

November 22, 2009 no comments

Ghana’s Black Stars look set to hold a training camp in the South African city of Nelspruit ahead of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Angola 2010.Nelspruit is the capital of the ...

The harmless caf 2010 draws

November 21, 2009 no comments

The count down to the Orange/CAN 2010 started Friday, November 20, 2009 at the Talatona Convention Center of Luanda. Some 51 days to the kick off of the tournament, CAF President, Issa Hayatou ...