In search of players for ?the African stage Recent films such as the South African-based Invictus raise the question of why more African actors are not playing lead roles ...
Consumer test: Netbooks for less While non-profit groups refine their plans for a $100 laptop for the developing market, US company Cherrypal might have beaten them to it with ... a $99 netbook called the 'Africa'
Déby and Beshir: A honeymoon for former enemies? Sudanese President Beshir flaunted the inability of the International Criminal Court to arrest him and went to N'Djamena to bury the hatchet ... with Chad's President Déby.
Album reviews: Nuru Kane, Razia Said and Tamikrest We review Nuru Kane's Number One Bus, Zebu Nation by Madagascan Razia Said and Tamikrest's album Adagh. ...
Book reviews: Paul Collier, Aminatta Forna & Chinua Achebe We review Paul Collier's The Plundered Planet, The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna and The Education of a British-Protected Child by Chinua ... Achebe
Education: African case studies for African problems Academics in Africa and the West say that the development of local case studies is the best way to give business students the tools they need ... to manage multinationals and to create small businesses that improve livelihoods and create jobs.
A day in the life of Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire 670km north of Abidjan, daily life brings trials large and small for Ballo Oumar, an Ivorian labourer. ...
Djezzy vs. Nedjma: A PR battle on the football pitch In 2009, the image of Algeria's leading mobile telephone company, Djezzy, was seriously damaged. The reason? Football. ...
Ugandans debate the country’s mission in Somalia Kampala remains in shock and on high-alert a week after bomb blasts killed 76 people. Now debate is growing on the presence of Ugandan troops ... in Somalia, says Benon Herbert Oluka.