September 18, 2008
Kenya: ICT Progress Offers Scope for New Silicon Valley
Moses Kemibaro is the business development director at DotSavvy. The company's main focus is building web sites. He spoke to AllAfrica's Katy Gabel. Read more »
Kenya: Making Video Games for Africa
If the content of video games is relevant and African, there will be a market for them throughout the continent, game designer Wesley Kiriinya tells AllAfrica's Katy Gabel.… Read more »
Kenya: Sophisticated Mobile Solutions for African Telecoms
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
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
Steve Mutinda, a graduate of the University of Nairobi who specializes in developing mobile software, tells Katy Gabel how he does it. Read more »
Kenya: Low-Cost Phones Revolutionize Africa
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
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
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
This is perhaps one of the most important periods in our political history. Read more »
September 16, 2008
Sudan: Mbeki Joins Bashir to Reject War Crimes Charges
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 »
September 12, 2008
Africa: Does Index Predict or Produce Failed States?
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 »
August 27, 2008
Sudan: Hijackers Release Passengers in Libya
Two hijackers who seized a Sudanese airliner flying from the Darfur region to the capital, Khartoum, have released the flight's 87 passengers in Libya, the Sudan Tribune newspaper… Read more »
August 24, 2008
Africa: Continent's Athletes Triumph in Olympics Marathon
As the Beijing Olympics reached their climax ahead of the closing ceremony on Sunday, African athletes overpowered others to take the top five places in the men's marathon,… Read more »
August 23, 2008
Africa: Long-Distance Athletes Sweep Up Medals
Africa put the seal on its dominance of long-distance running in the closing days of the Olympics. On Saturday alone, African athletes won seven medals, sweeping up all the medals… Read more »
August 15, 2008
Ethiopia: Dibaba Wins Gold, Sets New Record in Beijing
The Ethiopian athlete, Tirunesh Dibaba, has won Africa's first gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. Read more »
July 31, 2008
Sudan: World Shamed Over Darfur Helicopters
An international coalition of activists on Thursday set out to name and shame governments around the world for their failure to provide even one of the additional helicopters… Read more »
July 29, 2008
Sudan: South Africa Asks UN to Suspend Indictment
South Africa, supported by China, is trying to persuade the United Nations Security Council to suspend the attempt to prosecute Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir for genocide and… Read more »
July 28, 2008
Africa: Editors Support Continent's Detained Journalists
South African editors have expressed their concern at the detention of Eritrean journalists and the harassment of Zimbabwean and Somali journalists. Read more »
July 25, 2008
Sudan: Security Council Should Set Govt Benchmarks
The United Nations Security Council is no stranger to intractable international disputes. But soon Sudan will present it with a different kind of problem, one it has not faced in… Read more »
Kenya: Mr David Blunkett - Apology
AllAfrica published an article from one of its content providers, which remained on the website from July 7 to 9, 2008, which included a number of factual inaccuracies in relation… Read more »
July 16, 2008
Sudan: UN Should Stand Fast on War Crimes Case
The request by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for an arrest warrant against President Omar al-Bashir will find a significant place in history. Read more »
July 14, 2008
Sudan: Court Accuses Al-Bashir of Darfur War Crimes
The prosecutor of the newly-established International Criminal Court (ICC) today accused Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir of genocide and war crimes arising out of the war in… Read more »
July 07, 2008
Tanzania: Nakaaya Makes a Splash
Tanzanian songstress Nakaaya has been making a splash on the East African music scene of late. Her remake of the classic “Malaika” and her controversial yet honest… Read more »
June 17, 2008
Africa: History Can Be Cruel for Eritrea, Ethiopia
A decade ago Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki launched a border war in the Horn of Africa that killed 80,000 people. Read more »
June 13, 2008
Africa: No Room For Error in Soccer Qualifiers
Many of the continent’s national soccer teams have no room for error as they enter this weekend’s round of combined qualifiers for the 2010 Cup of Nations and World Cup… Read more »