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Archive for September, 2011
Current Events
Current Events
This Week: Africa.com′s Top 10
This week, we celebrate the life of a Kenyan Nobel Prize winner, Wangari Maathai. We also take a look at how small factories are making a big impact on the continent, and how Vietnam and South Africa are teaming up to combat rhino poaching.
Social Enterprise & Philanthropy
Once Upon a Time in West Africa, Part II: The Take-Off
In the second part of a continuing series, Arielle Skylar describes her arrival into Liberia as part of her consulting trip on behalf of Second Chance Africa.
Current Events
In Kenya and the Sinai Slum, As the Ash Settles
Shannon Schaubroeck, a student at Harvard University who has lived in Kenya and Tanzania, writes about the aftermath of the Kenyan pipeline explosion in the Sinai slum.
Commentary
Africa Is Not How It Is Always Portrayed
Ashley Michelle Williams, a recent graduate of the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California, begins an eight-part series for Africa.com about her travels to the continent.
Social Enterprise & Philanthropy
Events: Convergence Africa and the Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship
Legatum, a private international investment group, and Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm, announces the launch of Convergence Africa, a high-profile one-day conference.
Current Events
This Week: Africa.com′s Top 10
This week, we’re celebrating the start of the World Cup of Rugby in New Zealand with a story on how South African seamstresses are taking advantage of the excitement. We also turn our eyes towards fashion catwalks as London’s Fashion Week heats up with African designers
Social Enterprise & Philanthropy
On the Ground: Working with Rights for All in Cameroon
Rights For All is an NGO based in Yaoundé Cameroon, aiming to protect and promote human rights in Cameroon. Every few months, a new group of international interns arrives, bringing their own strengths to the organisation and enabling it to continue its work.
Current Events
Current and Would-be Leaders in West Africa Take New York by Storm
The Council on Foreign Relations, the esteemed 90-year old think tank and publisher, welcomed Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma and Cote D’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara.
Arts & Culture
ARISE Magazine’s “Made in Africa” Collective of New York Fashion Week
Africa descended on Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall last week for ARISE magazine’s New York Fashion Week Collective. This year’s event titled “Made in Africa” is ARISE’s fourth Gotham runway appearance since founder Nduka Obaigbena determined to “show that the time for Africa is here.”
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