Out of Africa

From TRINIDADANDTOBAGONEWS.COM – The Catholic Church and the Underdevelopment of Africa.

So … the Pope tells Africa condoms are wrong.

From Africa Business Wire, the list includes:

Pamoja Media (www.pamojamedia.com) – targeting both the African Diaspora and the continent, this company is a pioneer in online marketing. Africans are a diverse group of people, but Pamoja seems to have figured out a way to target us all successfuly. 

Frontline SMS (www.frontlinesms.com) – who doesn’t like to text message? We can expect this platform of communication and information dissemination to only get bigger. Africans now have an efficient communication tool, especially when it comes to developing countries. 

Orange (www.orange.fr) – Probably one of the largest investors in Africa right now. And we can only hope that they’ll soon see a return on this investment.  We’ll have to see what they do with it. 

AfriGator (www.afrigator.com) – a social media aggregator and blog directory with a steady 25% month to month growth … why shouldn’t we be watching this South African company? 

Ushahidi (www.ushahidi.com) – meaning “Testimony” in Kiswahili (Swahili), this company became an important tool during the election violence in Kenya over the last year.  It’s a free and open source platform that the entire African continent can put to use, especially in a crisis response.

Now that he’s in office, what will Obama’s Africa Policy really be like? Here’s a prediction.

There’s a multitude of Africans in the Diaspora. How does your life in the Diaspora line up or differ from this view of “What the Diaspora is all about”?

According to the United Nations, millennium goals for the reduction of extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 are far off track—and when it comes to Africa the need is great and the prospects for moving forward are dim. None of the goals, which include a 50 percent reduction in extreme poverty and hunger; universal primary education; promotion of gender equality; reduction of child mortality by two-thirds; cutbacks in maternal mortality by three-quarters; combating the spread of malaria, HIV/AIDS and other diseases; ensuring environmental sustainability; and developing a North-South global partnership for development are likely to be met in Africa, a United Nations study concluded.

Should we become the United States of Africa?

And even if we should, are we ready?