Dedan Kimathi “I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.”
Barack Obama “I think when you spread the wealth around it is good for everybody.”
Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has commissioned a 160-ft high bronze statue commemorating the “African Renaissance.” The statue, “shows a muscular man in a heroic posture, outstretched arms wrapped around his wife and child, who is balanced on one of his biceps,” reports the Associated Press. Plus, the entire group is coming out of a volcano. The [...]
Malawi under the Presidency of Bingu Wa Mutharika has been able to transform itself from a country in dire need of food aid in 2003 to a country that is now feeding its neighbours Zimbabwe and Mozambique. It also gives food donations to the World Food Program which sends food aid to countries like Kenya.
This [...]
African governments finally agree to Protect Africas Cultural heritage. This is critical in empowering African communities to trade in cultural commodities as well as to protect cultural assets on an international scale. This is important because African artifacts have been stolen,pileaged and taken from the continent without a single penny reverting to the creators or [...]
The Nigereans are building a new city on the sea adjacent to Lagos in order in create more office blocks as well as free up the thoroughly congested Central Business District. This is a positive step in one of the worlds most chaotic cities which is projected to be the 3rd largest city outside China [...]
This is an article written by my friend Kennedy Oduor. In it he gives his reasons why Kenya needs a dictator. I have some sympathy for what he says because if you look at the progress of Rwanda under President Kagame or Uganda under President Museveni it has been relatively more dramatic and more smooth [...]
The Kenyan government was so scared by a Kenyan made horror movie they decided to ban it. When producer Joseph Kinuthia created his movie he only wanted to give people a taste of horror Kenyan Style.
His movie titled Otto the blood bath is a story about an Old man who comes back to haunt his [...]
Dear friends this week i continue with my posts on African development with some ideas from Euvin Naidoo a Harvard Graduate who has worked with McKenzie consultanty agency as well as various development and investment agencies.
Watch the video below and share some of his insights into development in Africa.
Euvin Naidoo: Africa as an invesment
You need [...]
Watch Mark Shuttleworth, President of the Ubuntu Foundation,and June Arunga, Open Quest Media, speak about opportunities and challenges business and individuals face in developing parts of the world.This a lovely talk of African Prospects with historical occurences being put into context. June Arunga has travelled Africa from Cairo to Capetown and is an expert in the Mobile [...]
Mau Forest is a forest complex in in Rift Valley of Kenya. It is the largest indigenous montane forest in East Africa. The Mau Forest complex has has an area of 273300 Ha.
The forest area has some of the highest rainfall rates in Kenya . Mau Forest is the largest water catchment area in Kenya. [...]
As the Media Bill creates more contreversy then the Pandora’s box it is important that we at least listen to both sides of the divide.
The government claims that the media bill seeks to set the same standards that are in the US by setting rules for when different kind of programs can air, as well [...]
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