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Charles Onyango-Obbo writing in Africa Review:
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From Kids are Heroes,in the DRC:
Eunice is a child reporter in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). That means that she studied and knows almost by heart the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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In the world of sports:
"The Beautiful Game" aims to showcase the spirit of Africa through music, imagery and soccer. We dramatize how deeply a sport can impact and can unite a continent. Four years in the making, the "The Beautiful Game" team has travelled across the continent collecting unique and inspiring stories about soccer.
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Andrea Bohnstedt writes:
...I think vocational training is something that the new government should urgently look at, and not just fleetingly, but in depth. Better skills will allow more value creation through all sectors, help build stronger companies, and create more and better-paid employment. This is also worth bearing in mind: The German university system has actually often been accused of producing students that are academically overqualified and of not much use in practical issues. In the anglophone system, in contrast, you can pick up the academic basics in your undergraduate years and then gain practical experience - unless you do want an academic focus, in which case you continue studying.
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Over at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, 'Revolts and Resistance -- A Pan African Perspective" with Achille Mbembe: ...in January 2011: while the Arab World was in upheaval, a group of artists and journalists decry the erosion of democracy with the cry "Y'en a marre! (Enough is Enough!)".
What followed were an unprecedented series of protest actions against the third candidature of the president in the elections, which were lasting for 13 months...[continue reading]
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In Make, Andrew Sleigh reports on the goals of the UK's Manufacturing Institute the owner of Manchester's fab lab:
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In Afrch:
This is the kind of urban space and architectures that we should be MOTORIZING VIA DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES in Africa:
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Jon Matonis writing in Forbes:
All kind of vibrant economic activity is occurring in this informal economy, which in some regions is between 20-60% of GDP or more, and every economy needs a currency. Essentially, bitcoin is the 'System D' of currencies -- global, decentralized, and non-state sanctioned. It is still early days but as bitcoin bypasses traditional banking and financial institutions, it is a currency off the grid just as System D. To deny the existence of System D is to deny the fact that economic participants find ways to survive even during prolonged times of hardship. According to Neuwirth "it asserts an important truth: what happens in all the unregistered markets and roadside kiosks of the world is not simply haphazard. It is a product of intelligence, resilience, ...
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Another case of the blind copying of models without the necessary environmental and socioeconomic adaptations. Faustin Moukala writing in Future Cities:
Planning "new cities" in Africa has become a real business for developers. Six months ago, I wrote optimistically about this, but I now realize my optimism was premature.
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