Improving lives in Africa
June 19, 2010 – 7:04 am | No Comment

FROM McKinsey Quarterly:
Africa faces many challenges, particularly in health care, water, and climate. Yet what is surprising is that these issues can all be ameliorated or even controlled. This package of …

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Pagatech
June 5, 2010 – 5:17 pm | No Comment
Pagatech

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Pagatech was founded in early 2009 with a vision to enable a cashless society and bank the unbanked in Africa. Our first product offering, Paga, is a direct to consumer mobile …

Apposit
June 5, 2010 – 5:07 pm | No Comment
Apposit

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Our Vision is to be at the forefront of the information revolution in Africa.
We are drivers of a vibrant and sustainable economy anchored by appropriate technology.
We believe that creativity, experience and uncompromising …

YouTube Launches in South Africa
May 17, 2010 – 8:31 pm | One Comment
YouTube Launches in South Africa

YouTube is officially launching a localized version of the popular video site in South Africa. This custom site will provide South Africans a unique view of the largest video sharing site in the world by …

How Not to Write About Africa – Binyavanga Wainaina – narrated by Djimon Hounsou
April 29, 2010 – 10:47 am | One Comment
How Not to Write About Africa – Binyavanga Wainaina – narrated by Djimon Hounsou

CHETAH BLOG Commentary: This video is obviously a satire but makes a great point. “Cheetah Blog” was born because one young African, tired of all the negative reporting on his continent, decided to re-imagine, …

Bharti to Buy Zain for $9 Billion
March 30, 2010 – 8:50 pm | No Comment
Bharti to Buy Zain for $9 Billion

Bharti Airtel Ltd. said Tuesday it agreed to buy most of the African assets of Kuwait’s Mobile Telecommunications Co., known as Zain, in a deal valued at $9 billion in cash, transforming the Indian carrier …

Rewarding Innovative Ideas in Global Health: Grand Challenges Explorations
March 30, 2010 – 8:39 pm | No Comment
Rewarding Innovative Ideas in Global Health: Grand Challenges Explorations

One bold idea. That’s all it takes.
Unorthodox thinking is essential to overcoming the most persistent challenges in global health. Vaccines were first developed over 200 years ago because revolutionary thinkers took an entirely new approach …

What’s the Business case for an African App Store?
March 25, 2010 – 3:18 pm | No Comment
What’s the Business case for an African App Store?

A few weeks back one of our Fellows, Oliver Haas, asked me an interesting question. “Would a Mobile App store work in Africa?” He just wanted my perspective, he had is own ideas on what …

Cell phones latest tool to beat HIV-AIDS in Africa
March 10, 2010 – 9:41 pm | No Comment
Cell phones latest tool to beat HIV-AIDS in Africa

LAGOS — Mobile phones may be a key weapon in the war against HIV and AIDS in Africa, says to the UNAIDS chief.
The relatively new technology has a role to play in a continent plagued …

africapractice
February 1, 2010 – 11:04 pm | No Comment
africapractice

Africapractice provides strategic communications, corporate citizenship and environmental consulting services, delivered from regional hub offices across Africa and a coordinating office in London. WThey have a vision – ‘a thriving African private sector driving socio-economic …