In this week’s Blogs We Love, we feature “Dar Sketches: street level dar – drawings and writings” The blog, Dar Sketches, was started by artist and illustrator Sarah Markes, and forms part of her larger “Street Level Project”. It features a collection of drawings of different locations across Tanzania’s largest [...]
If Nigeria is home to the most private jets on the continent, then Kenya is land of the high-end television set. Late last year, Sony and Sharp released Ultra Definition television sets valued at 1 million Kenyan Shillings. Not to be outdone, home appliances maker LG has recently released the first ever 84-inch Ultra [...]
On Tuesday, 8 January 2013, BloggingGhana announced the launch of Blogcamp 2013, a one-day social media event. For the second time, bloggers and social media enthusiasts from across the country will come together in Accra at the Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) on Saturday, [...]
The month of love is just around the corner. If you haven’t seen it already, we’ve published a shortlist of the hottest athletes in Afcon 2013, which may have to do a little bit more with lust than love. But now, we bring you the top places on the continent [...]
The Guardian reported on Monday that Islamist rebels fleeing the north set fire to a library in Mali. Some of the manuscripts lost dated back to the 13th century. “Of course, human casualties are a tragedy,” a colleague said. But there is just something about irreplaceable ancient artifacts being destroyed [...]
We’re well into the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon 2013), and while injuries, draws, and points are all in the headlines, we wanted to take a pause, and present to you “The Sexy Six: The Shortlist of Afcon’s Hottest Players”. Take a look, let us know what you think, and [...]
January 25 marks the two year anniversary of the Egyptian Protests that eventually toppled former President Hosni Mubarak. To really wrap your head around the significance of that fact, consider the following: from 1953, the year Egypt gained independence from Great Britain, until 2011, there had been only 3 presidents: Gamal Abdel [...]
Historically, thoughts of Egypt conjure up images of the Ancient World – from the Pharaohs and pyramids, to the north-flowing Nile. The allure is securely steeped in its rich culture and history. It’s the reason why, for decades, thousands have trekked to the North African country. It’s also why Lonely Planet included [...]
Sometimes you come across a video online that leaves you stunned and questioning, “Can this be real?”. Today’s Video of the Week does just that. In the two minute video, the then 7-year-old Ghanaian boy named Nana Kyei (he should be a teenager by now as the video was first posted [...]
As the flight from Dire Dawa, Ethiopia descends into Djibouti airspace, it is hard to ignore Djibouti’s strategic location and importance. Bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea and situated between Eritrea and Somalia, Djibouti is the route to the sea for African countries such as South Sudan [...]
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