Articles tagged with: East Africa
Cheetah Blog Comment: This is the kind of reporting that should be done more often about the continent.
Downtown Nairobi is in stark contrast to the images of famine and war that often represent …
A forthcoming book by a former Harvard researcher says Western interference with Africa’s most successful Aids prevention programme drove up HIV-infection rates and ended a dozen years of the largest decline in …
WHO?: Nuru is a social enterprise that sought to provide an affordable and clean off-grid lighting system for the world’s poor. So, we created the Nuru Light, the most affordable and …
Investment in Africa from countries such as China and India has rekindled optimism in a continent that sits on the world’s biggest deposits of platinum, chrome and diamonds, attracting a record number …
AS rumors of a failed coup attempt swirled in the muggy evening air of Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, no one seemed inclined to let them dampen the mood.
This was salsa night at …
Rwanda’s first bio-diesel bus has begun its inaugural trip from the capital Kigali to the town of Akanyuru on the border with Burundi.
The Rwanda Biodiesel Express runs entirely on oil plants, animal fats and even …
Ethiopian-born American citizen Gashaw Tahirtraveled back to his homeland several years ago and was shocked at the massive deforestation that had taken place since his departure.
Rivers have dried, mountains have been deforested, and rising temperatures due …
With Cuban pork roast on the menu, Salsa classes on a Thursday and animated Spanish competing with the Latin beat, De Havana club in the South Sudanese capital Juba feels as though it …
In the middle of Lake Kivu, on Rwanda’s western border, is a shining example of how Rwanda is changing – a pioneering methane extraction plant providing much-needed power for the fast-growing economy.
The plant …
United Nations Development Programme (New York)
In April 2008, Ethiopia’s first commodity exchange was established in a country where only a third of the agricultural produce reached the market.
The Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) was created to …
