Friday, May 18, 2012Out of Africa: Trade, Technology, and Knowledge—Part 2, Mobile Wallet and Banking Revolutionby Chevelle Dixon, NYU Wagner School of Public ServiceGreater information technology share and investment through regional and South-South relationships is ushering the growth of an information technology revolution in Africa. This burgeoning African information technology revolution is not just limited to cyber cafes, media and online university level courses, but it is also allowing Africans to leap frog in the application and use of mobile phones.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012Safari Totemsby Rebecca Reynolds, President and Founder, Rebecca Reynolds ConsultingAnimals have long played a role in mirroring human behavior and personality types. Indeed, every culture has its animal lore, from the Egyptian falcon to the coyote of Native Americans to the ox, dog and rat of the Chinese.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012The Mali Refugee Crisis in Mauritania: An Interview with OAEMSDby Intagrist El Ansari, AuthorMalian exiles have been settled in humanitarian camps in the far southeast of Mauritania. There, drought has produced desert-like conditions of wind, heat, thirst, and epidemics. To take stock of the situation of these refugees, we spoke with the head of a Mauritanian NGO that was the first humanitarian organization to provide assistance to the refugees fleeing northern Mali.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012Notes from Tunis: Discovering its Identity Post-Revolutionby Richard Dowden, Director, the Royal African SocietyOriginally posted on the site of the Royal African Society, director Richard Dowden writes from Tunisia on that country's development after its energized revolution last year.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012Background on Nigeria: How Health Achievements Can Help the Global Black Populationby Kari Hill, Each year, about 4,000 black Americans die of blood cancers, and exponentially more die worldwide. The new bone marrow registry and future cord-blood bank in Nigeria will benefit these affected black Americans, the millions of Nigerians that have blood cancers, and more.
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