Cyclone Idai: A Time to Reassess Disaster Management
It was one of the worst tropical cyclones hit Southern Africa in recent times. Cyclone Idai, which has been characterised by heavy rains and flooding including mudslides in some parts of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, has left more than 750 dead, with thousands marooned in remote rural areas, whilst others are still unaccounted for. More […]
World’s Best Teacher: “I Have Seen The Promise Of Africa’s Young People”
A maths and physical science teacher from an impoverished school in Kenya’s Rift Valley, Peter Tabichi, has won the one million dollar Global Teacher Prize, becoming the first teacher from Africa to clinch the prize established to honour the profession. Tabichi (36) emerged the winner from a top list of 10 nominees from Brazil, Georgia, […]
Liquid Telecom Selects Nokia To Deploy Multiple 100G DWDM/OTN Channel Network In East Africa
Liquid Telecom to deploy high-capacity service in Kenya and Uganda, with connectivity in Rwanda, Tanzania, Sudan and Ethiopia Liquid Telecom Kenya, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, and Nokia today announced a two-year partnership to upgrade their existing fiber network to support OTN/DWDM technology with an initial network capacity of 500G. This […]
A New Self-identity For Africans
Panashe Chigumadzi makes the case that stereotypes can be frustratingly hard to shake off, sometimes even for the very people they victimise. Africans especially, suffer from a 300 year old negative colonial narrative that has shaped not only how the world sees them, but in many ways also how they see themselves. In the hands […]
Somalia Travel Guide
Travel & Tourism Even though strife with political upheaval, the tourism industry in the Somaliland region of Somalia has been blossoming. Somaliland has recently been attracting an influx of tourists, signifying a change in the global perception of the region. Since gaining its independence after the merging of two territories in 1960, the republic of […]
Sierra Leone Travel Guide
Travel & Tourism The small West African country of Sierra Leone is brimming with natural beauty and history. From the beginning of the post-slavery era, Freetown, the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, has served as a place for free people to establish a new life, and the country has developed into a prosperous […]
