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This article was originally published here on ForeignPolicy.com on Thursday, July 19. "I am responsible for the stability of Egypt,"...
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We are planning to allow on a limited basis - two or three additional Zambian writers or writers on Zambia to share their thoughts on Zambia and Africa on Zambian Economist.
This is part of the aim to widen the project, and frankly, give me a break from time to - "even young men grow weary". Also "iron sharpens iron". We want the quality to rise on many issues. But crucially if I were unable to write, for whatever reason, the writing can still continue. We are all mortal.
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Today's post is by Adiam Asfaha, my guest writer who currently resides in Addis Ababa. He writes about a timely topic as we hear news reports about Muslim protests in Ethiopia's capital city. His account serves as a backdrop of ... Continue reading →
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Tech companies in Africa have had to deal with scalability, funding, sustained growth, mentorship , and product pricing (Impact of ICT Hubs on African Entrepreneurs,2012). Now, Nairobi based accelerator 88mph is investing $200,000 in start-ups (up to $24k per start-up) across Africa. This fund is targeting start-ups with ideas that can scale across English-speaking Africa. The [...]
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Every business should always ensure that all its legal aspects are up to form, and for IT businesses, this is no exception. Many struggle with aspects such as what kind of company to register and what tax obligations their companies will face. Last week Friday, associates from Mboya & Wangongu & Waiyaki Advocates law firm gave a [...]
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Teju Cole has a new blog for The New Inquiry. From his second entry: The niqab is illegal in Belgium (as it is in France): adult Muslim women may not, of their own free will, cover their faces in public. In the words of the liberal MP who proposed the [...]
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by Tom Pesek, Partnership Officer, IFAD's North American Liaison Office
I must admit that I was surprised when Jim Yong Kim was selected to become President of the World Bank earlier this year. It's not that he isn't qualified. After all, he is a trained physician and anthropologist who has spent over two decades in international development, co-founding Partners In Health and serving as Director of the World Health Organization's HIV/AIDS Department. It's more that he was far from an obvious choice and his name certainly wasn't among those rumored to be under consideration. Yet the selection makes perfect sense upon closer inspection, especially if one views the Bank as a knowledge institution. Mr. Kim is the very first President of the World Bank to have previously run a knowledge ...
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The iHub will be posting a series of short video clips with top industry thought leaders in business and technology. The first in this series is Ethan Zuckerman, who was in Nairobi for the Global Voices Summit 2012. We caught up with him at Pawa 254, where he was giving a talk to civic stakeholders [...]
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AfriLabs is a network of the tech hubs and labs across Africa. The labs serve as an accessible platform for bringing together technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers in their city. Each lab shares a focus on entrepreneurs, Web and mobile-phone programmers and designers. Bill has put together an excellent blog post on how we're [...]
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