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In This Digital Age Not Even a Tweet is Taken for Granted
You fancy yourself as a fair and sensitive commentator, always sure to consider the isms that may blight an otherwise thoughtful opinion. You often call out racism and sexism in articles, essays and news reports especially about Africa. So it comes to you as a shock several people accuse of […]
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The rise of Citizen Journalism and how Social Media is redefining the role of Media in Kenya
As the focus of this year’s Global Medium Forum shifts to ‘Media and Foreign Policy in the Digital Age’, Africa is not just playing catch up in the Digital revolution, but most Africans have leap frogged into the digital revolution with the mobile phone as the most significant tool that […]
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Kenyan Start-Up Is Looking At Nairobi’s Traffic Gridlock as a Business
“The traffic situation in Nairobi has reached unbearable proportions that we need a stakeholders’ conference to chart out short, medium and long term strategies to deal with the situation as an emergency.” Former Kenyan Minister ICT Dr. Bitange Ndemo said recently in his article for the businessdailyafrica.com. Dr.Ndemo’s sentiment depicts […]
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African Innovation Hubs Promoting Innovation & Technology on the Continent
Africa is a massive yet diverse continent, with diversity not only in ethnic cultures but also in geographic regions, which offer a variety of climates, vegetation and topographical arrays. However, perhaps more importantly these various regions also offer different investment and economic opportunities. In recent years certain African countries […]
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The Challenges Women in Micro Entrepreneurship Face in Africa.
In a recent interview with Arthur Levi – former head of the World Bank’s private sector arm, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Europe. He stated: The key to development in Africa is local entrepreneurship, but this can only flourish in an environment that is transparent and which supports businesses. Back to […]