September 18, 2008
Kenya: Sophisticated Mobile Solutions for African Telecoms [interview]
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Timothy Mbugua is the CEO of Symbiotic Media Consortium. He started the company to provide a "one-stop shop" for promotions and campaigns, using a full suite of media products to… Read more »
Kenya: Mobile Phones Become Bank Branches [interview]
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Safaricom’s M-Pesa was launched in Kenya just over a year ago as a mobile money transfer service. Now the service has more than three million customers and has virtually… Read more »
Kenya: Young Minds At Work [interview]
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Steve Mutinda, a graduate of the University of Nairobi who specializes in developing mobile software, tells Katy Gabel how he does it. Read more »
Africa: Cell Phones Transform Continent's Development [interview]
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The rapid spread of cell phones in Africa and the rollout of broadband Internet services are narrowing the digital divide between Africa and developed countries, bringing enormous… Read more »
Kenya: Low-Cost Phones Revolutionize Africa [interview]
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The mobile phone industry has made a bigger social impact on people’s lives than anything else, ever, in Africa, argues Michael Joseph, chief executive officer of… Read more »
East Africa: Broadband Internet Dreams to Come True
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Enhanced high-speed Internet is coming to East and Southern Africa as early as June 2009 by way of a new undersea fiber optic cable linking the continent to India and Europe. Read more »
Kenya: Internet Rollout Brings Software Boom
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Although most of Africa still lacks access to high-speed Internet, Kenya's once-neglected technology sector is booming, thanks in part to a growing group of some of the region's… Read more »
September 17, 2008
Africa: Elect Obama, Says U.S. Congressman [guest column]
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This is perhaps one of the most important periods in our political history. Read more »
South Africa: Prosecutors Renew Case Against Zuma
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South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has attacked national prosecutors for appealing a court ruling which dismissed corruption charges against ANC leader Jacob… Read more »
South Africa: Govt Should Focus on Technology, Education and Infrastructure [guest column]
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South Africa, which is facing a growing deficit on its trade and current accounts, should address the need to grow local manufacturing and create jobs by fostering new technology… Read more »
September 16, 2008
Sudan: Mbeki Joins Bashir to Reject War Crimes Charges
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South African President Thabo Mbeki has backed Sudan’s rejection of an international prosecutor’s bid to indict President Omar al-Bashir on charges of genocide and war… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Europe and U.S. to 'Wait and See'
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Europe and the United States have taken a "wait-and-see" approach to Zimbabwe's power-sharing pact, suggesting they will lift sanctions and provide aid only when they see evidence… Read more »
September 15, 2008
Zimbabwe: Pact Sets Up Finely-Balanced Coalition
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Zimbabwe's power-sharing agreement signed on Monday sets up a finely-balanced coalition government. The combined opposition will have a one-person majority in the cabinet, but it… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Full Text of Power-Sharing Agreement
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ZIMBABWE AFRICAN NATIONAL UNION-PATRIOTIC FRONT (ZANU-PF) AND THE TWO MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) FORMATIONS, ON RESOLVING THE CHALLENGES FACING… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Leaders Sign Historic Unity Pact
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Zimbabwe's three principal political leaders signed a power-sharing agreement in Harare on Monday, bringing to an end nearly 30 years of exclusive rule by the Zimbabwe African… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Leaders Sign Historic Pact
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Zimbabwe's three principal political leaders signed a power-sharing agreement in Harare on Monday, bringing to an end nearly 30 years of exclusive rule by the Zimbabwe African… Read more »
September 12, 2008
Africa: Does Index Predict or Produce Failed States? [guest column]
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The Failed States Index (FSI) for 2008 is out. The annual report by Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace, now in its fourth year, uses twelve social, economic, and… Read more »
South Africa: Judge Declares Zuma Prosecution Invalid
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A South African judge today declared invalid on procedural grounds a decision to prosecute Jacob Zuma, president of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC), on… Read more »
September 11, 2008
Zimbabwe: Political Leaders Agree on Power-Sharing Deal
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More than five months after Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) beat the ruling Zanu-PF into second place in elections, the country's major political parties have… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Political Leaders Agree on Power-Sharing Deal
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More than five months after Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) beat the ruling Zanu-PF into second place in elections, the country's three main political parties have… Read more »
September 10, 2008
Africa: Business Reforms Gain Momentum - Report
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There’s good news for African business in a new report: four of the 10 countries in the world which have shown the most improvement in implementing business reforms are from… Read more »
September 08, 2008
Zimbabwe: Talks Resume in Harare
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South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki headed for Harare again on Monday to try to nudge Zimbabwe's deadlocked political parties into a powersharing settlement. Read more »
September 05, 2008
Libya: Rice Makes Historic Visit to Gaddafi
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Condoleezza Rice headed for Tripoli on Friday in the first trip by a United States Secretary of State to Libya in more than half a century. Read more »
Africa: Top Soccer Teams Play Away Games
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Many of Africa’s leading soccer teams are playing away games this weekend as the fifth and penultimate round of qualifying matches for the 2010 World Cup and 2010 Cup of… Read more »
September 04, 2008
Zimbabwe: Mbeki Denies Trip to Harare
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The office of South African President Thabo Mbeki denied media reports that he was travelling to Harare on Thursday to try to break a deadlock in power-sharing talks between… Read more »
