Friday, February 03, 2012This Week: Africa.com′s Top 10by Africa.com Editorial Staff This week, we're reading stories about a new leader in the South African political system, and we're also reading an analysis of how Africa's aging rulers may be the key for protesters across the continent to begin country-specific revolutions, resulting in an "African Spring."
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Thursday, February 02, 2012South Africa: Reminder From My Eldersby Rebecca Reynolds, President and Founder, Rebecca Reynolds ConsultingOf what is joy made? From where does it spring? Who best knows how to capture it? If I thought I knew the answers to these questions, I got the opportunity to rethink them on a recent trip to South Africa.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012A New Year, New Thought-Leaders: A Paradigm Shift in Knowledge Management in Africaby Chevelle Dixon, NYU Wagner School of Public ServiceKnowledge management tools reveal best practices and lessons learned, and inform policies. Some may argue that Africa lags behind in development due to inadequacies in education, technology, skilled professionals, and knowledge capture, and sharing. Is there a dearth of knowledge management in Africa?
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012Africa Style Daily: Spotlight on Maxhosa by Laduma Knitwearby Zandile Blay, Founder, Africa Style DailyDynamic young designers are emerging from the continent at a rapid rate. Laduma Nxhkolo of South Africa is one such talent.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012Akwaaba NYC!: Blitz The Ambassador Performs at Webster Hall by Africa.com Editorial Staff Ghanaian-born, Brooklyn-based hip hop artist Blitz the Ambassador played his first New York homecoming show at Webster Hall, coming off a 10-week tour, which began in Accra and included over 30 shows in Europe.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012THIS THURSDAY: ONE Liberia to Host NYC Fundraiser for Youth in Liberia, West Africaby Africa.com Editorial Staff Liberia’s war left its youth completely disadvantaged: they were the ex-combatants, unskilled with no labor, orphaned, abandoned, high school dropouts that became petty traders to provide for their family.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012A Six-Part Photographic Essay Through Mali: Living Heritage in Djenne by Geoff Weiss, Travel Writer and Andrea Papitto, NYU Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports ManagementMajestically overlooking the quaint commune of Djenné is the largest mud-built (or adobe) structure in the entire world—the aptly-named Great Mosque.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012Africa Style Daily: Rachel Roy Debuts ′The Ghana Clutch′by Zandile Blay, Founder, Africa Style DailyAmerican designers are creating a new trend: charity chic. From Nicole Miller to Rachel Roy, designers are creating products and collections with the sole purpose of giving the profit away. Today, we highlight one such product by Rachel Roy.
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Monday, January 30, 2012Africa Style Daily: Nykhor Paul Models for Mara Hoffman by Zandile Blay, Founder, Africa Style DailyAfrican models are getting increasingly lucrative campaign's and Sudanese model Nykhor Paul is one of them. In addition to Payless and Pepsi, Paul is now the face of designer Mara Hoffman's Spring 2012 Swim collection. Get a glimpse of the luxe photos here...
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Monday, January 30, 2012Senegal: An Aging President Overstays His Welcome and Damages His Country’s Reputation by Gregory Houël, Independent Democracy and Governance ExpertSenegal has long been perceived as a beacon of democracy and stability in West Africa, a region still recovering from civil conflict, notably in Côte d’Ivoire. However, President Abdoulaye Wade’s controversial bid for a third term may be changing that perception for years to come.
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