February 26, 2009
Zimbabwe: Unity Govt Seeks U.S. $2 Billion in Aid
Zimbabwe's new unity government is appealing for U.S. $2 billion over the next 10 months to help it deal with emergencies and to kickstart the economy, South Africa's finance… Read more »
February 21, 2009
Zimbabwe: Our Situation is Dire, Tsvangirai Tells Region in Aid Appeal
The new Zimbabwean prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, travelled to Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday to appeal for aid to South Africa and other countries in the Southern African… Read more »
February 20, 2009
Africa: Sustaining Growth Will Challenge Govts
The remorseless, 30-year rise in the number of Africans living in poverty has stopped. Poverty is not yet falling, but it has stabilized, according to the World Bank. Read more »
February 16, 2009
Africa: Low-Flying Satellites to Bring Internet to Continent
As far as Greg Wyler is concerned the sky is the limit when it comes to providing low-cost, high-speed Internet access to Africans. Read more »
Africa: Closing the Digital Divide
In Nigeria, new subscribers are signing up with mobile phone services at a rate of almost one every second. In Kenya, they can transfer money, get exam results and even find dates… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Gambling On a Long Shot
To say in the late 1980s that Zaire was a developing nation required a huge leap of the imagination. It was sliding backwards in nearly every aspect used to measure progress,… Read more »
Africa: Cell Phones Could Transform North-South Cooperation
The rollout of broadband Internet services and the rapid spread of cell phones is narrowing the digital divide between Africa and developed countries, and could potentially… Read more »
Africa: Leaders Support Cellular Revolution
Developing Africa's information and communications technology (ICT) sector is vital to the continent's growth and development, says Sami Al-Basheer, director of the development… Read more »
East Africa: Seacom Sets Broadband Pace
Seacom, a Mauritius-registered company providing fibre-optic bandwidth to Africa, announced this month that it has laid the first portion of undersea cables on the beds of the… Read more »
Africa: Social Benefit of Investment Good for Business
In a New York Times article on February 15, Christopher Flavelle examined the performance of companies with strong commitments to what is commonly called "social responsibility."… Read more »
February 13, 2009
Somalia: Pirates Try to Seize Another Six Ships
Pirates in the Gulf of Aden made six attempts to hijack merchant ships during this week, but all the attacks were successfully repelled, maritime shipping agencies have reported. Read more »
Nigeria: Young Governor Re-Brands Niger Delta
Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, the governor of Nigeria's Rivers State in the oil-rich Niger Delta, has vowed to transform his state from one marred by violence to one marked by… Read more »
February 11, 2009
Kenya: Weapons Ship Freed by Somali Pirates Heads for Port
The Ukrainian ship carrying heavy weapons and artillery which was freed by Somali pirates last week is expected to dock on the Kenyan coast Thursday. Read more »
February 09, 2009
Liberia: 'Normal Days' Slowly Return
"Normal days" is the expression used by many Liberians to refer to the time before the civil war, when institutions functioned fairly well and the country's infrastructure was… Read more »
February 06, 2009
South Africa: Govt Acts to Combat Global Crisis
South Africa will combat the effects of the global financial crisis by maintaining high public spending, creating new jobs in the social sector and helping private enterprise to… Read more »
January 14, 2009
Africa: Leaders Must Rethink 'African Solutions for African Problems'
For more than a decade now, Africa has been trying to address its developmental and political problems through an approach favouring home-grown initiatives. Read more »
January 13, 2009
Zimbabwe: Appoint Neutral Interim Govt, Urges Ex-Clinton Aide
Zimbabwe’s Parliament, its only legitimately-elected body, should take the lead in resolving the country’s crisis by legislating for a non-partisan transitional… Read more »
January 09, 2009
Somalia: Piracy Surges Again
There has been a new upsurge of piracy off Somalia, reports an agency associated with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato). Read more »
December 10, 2008
Egypt: Govt Bans GPS From Cell Phones
The Egyptian government has requested that the Apple company turn off the Global Positioning System in its iPhone 3G, its second generation mobile phone, reported Noah Cohen in the… Read more »
November 28, 2008
Africa: Trade Chief Calls on Leaders to Commit to Aid, Trade
The global financial crisis raises threats to developing economies in Africa and elsewhere as well as to those in the developed world. Writing ahead of a major international… Read more »
February 15, 2009
Africa: Why Entrepreneur Wants Low-Orbiting Satellites
Greg Wyler, the founder of O3b Networks, explains why he wants to bring the Internet to Africa with low-orbiting satellites. Read more »
November 21, 2008
Africa: Continent's Telecoms Demand High-Tech Innovation
The demand for mobile communications – such as mobile phones – in Africa is forcing large international companies to come up with new technology which leapfrogs over… Read more »
Africa: Low-Orbiting Satellites to Slash Internet Costs
As East Africa awaits the expanded high-speed Internet connectivity that new submarine cables will bring the region, another endeavor is aiming higher – targeting all of the… Read more »
November 18, 2008
Somalia: Pirates' Daring Attack 'Stuns' U.S. Navy
Somali pirates have "stunned" the United States' top military leader by seizing a supertanker three times as big as an aircraft carrier hundreds of nautical miles off the Kenya… Read more »
November 17, 2008
Somalia: Pirates Hijack Saudi Ship Off Kenya
Pirates have seized a Saudi-owned supertanker and its 25 crew members off the Kenyan coast, the United States Navy announced Monday. Read more »