African Update

Celebrating Africa Day in 2013, where is Kwame Nkrumah’s United States of Africa 50years on?  [23/05/13]

To survive and compete with clout in a rather realist and emulous world Africa has little choice but to unite. It is home truth and a verdict very few political and economic analysts disagree with. For the Pan-Africanist, African unity is much more than plain common sense, it is an article of faith informed by acute intellect and driven by home grown ideological fervour.More

Two African students awarded top prize for inventing soap against malaria  [20/05/13]

Two African students of the Ouagadougou based International Institute for Water and Environment in Burkina Faso won the 1ST and People’s Choice prizes at the 2013 Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) held at the Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, University of California, USA.  The two students are the first non-American born citizens to ever win the GSVC which was in recognition of their invention of a malaria repellent soap that topped 18 global finalists from across the world.More

New African Review April 2013  [11/05/13]

Cover story: Kenya; dawn of a new era?

Slightly over five years ago, violence erupted in Kenya following contested presidential election’s results. Over a thousand lives were lost, and property worth millions of shillings destroyed. The country was shocked, and the international community left in a spin. The aftermath of this violence provided the impetus, and the political goodwill (albeit forced), needed to address a number of historical issues running to as far back as the late 1950s.More

Cameroonian Scholar Wins 2013 ‘African Hero’ Award  [09/05/13]

Internationally-recognised anthropologist, University of Cape Town’s, UCT, Prof. Francis Beng Nyamnjoh was named African Hero of the Year for 2013 by the African Student Union, ASU, of Ohio University, USA, recently.

ASU’s annual African Hero Day celebration honours one person from the continent that has made a significant contribution to improving the lives of its inhabitants.

Cameroonian-born Nyamnjoh follows a long line of distinguished African Heroes, the first of whom was former South African President Nelson Mandela in 1993.More

100 Greatest African Kings and Queens of all time  [03/05/13]

Real African Publishers (RAP), www.realafricanpublishers.com, publishers of TASTES FROM NELSON MANDELA’S KITCHEN have announced the launch date of its Real African Writers Children’s Series (RAW). The event will take place on the 4th of June 2013 in Accra, Ghana, and subsequently in Johannesburg, Lusaka, Lagos, Addis Ababa, London and New York. Full details will be circulated in April 2013.More

Czech Republic To Support Ghana’s Power System  [02/05/13]

The Czech Republic Ambassador, Miloslav Machalek has revealed that plans were near conclusion to secure funds for a 161KV transmission station at Kasoa to boost Ghana’s power system.More

Galloway launches campaign on factory conditions in Bangladesh (Monday 29th April 2013)  [01/05/13]

George Galloway today launched a campaign for western governments to penalise multinational companies which produce directly or buy from companies in developing countries if they don’t take due precautions to ensure workers are producing in safe conditions. This follows the disaster in Bangladesh where more than 350 workers are now known to have died in a garment factory just outside Dhaka which was supplying western multinationals.More

Africa can now add to global growth: ministers  [23/04/13]

Africa, with its improved economies, can contribute to global growth for the first time in history, African finance ministers said Saturday in Washington.More

South Sudan’s Kings and Chiefs visit the courts of Ghana  [22/04/13]

A report on the ’Study/Familiarisation Tour of Traditional Leaders of South Sudan to Three African Countries’ By Toby Collins 17 March, 2013 (LONDON) - A delegation of South Sudan’s Traditional Leaders (TLs) has completed a tour of African countries in which a successful synthesis of governance at the local and centralised levels has been achieved.More

Africa Beats returns to BBC’s international news services  [15/04/13]

15 April 2013. Following the success of the inaugural series, the BBC brings Africa Beats back to its global audiences on TV, radio and online.  From Friday 19 April, the new weekly, eight-part series Africa Beats 2 will showcase the continent’s best up-and-coming musical talent – this time drawing on the rich musical traditions of the DRC, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe.More