Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)’s Hidden Journeys: Dar es Salaam to Johannesburg on Friday, May 25, 2012, by Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) | Category: Travel

Millions of people fly every year completely unaware of the fascinating parts of the world they fly over. The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) aims to change this with the Hidden Journeys Project.   Read More...

African Development: So Much More Than Oil on Thursday, May 24, 2012, by Brandon Bennes, Student, New York University | Category: Business & Finance

Sub-Saharan Africa has attracted a growing wave of media attention over the last two years, and with this attention, an inaccurate narrative has formed that has influenced discourse.    Read More...

Other People’s Money on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, by Kunbi Oguneye, Strategy Expert, African Financial Services Sector | Category: Business & Finance

If any of you are familiar with the claims and counter-claims that have emanated from the financial crisis that hit Nigerian banks in 2009, this specific tidbit about taking unclaimed dividends seems no different, and in fact hardly stands out from some of the more egregious ones reported in the Nigerian dailies.   Read More...

African Fashion on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, by Jessica Muganza, Student, African Leadership Academy | Category: Arts & Culture

African Youth Journals is a blog written by students currently enrolled in the African Leadership Academy in Honeydew, South Africa. In this post, student Jessica Muganza of Rwanda writes about African fashion and what it will take to make African fashion a global cultural movement.   Read More...