Africa
Soweto’s Burgeoning Fashion Explosion
21 May 2014 by chelsea / No Comments
It’s pretty awesome to see how, over time, the arts have become a more accepted career path, as well as a much more accepted and widely preferred form of self-expression.
This Is What Drunk Elephants Look Like [Gallery]
23 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For the purpose of simply putting a smile on your collective dials, we thought we would show you what drunk elephants look like. Recently at the Singita Kruger National Park, a group of young elephants were seen stumbling and collapsing amongst each other in a seemingly drunken stupor. Apparently, when the fermented fruit of the […]
Battle Royale: How SA’s Economy Compares To Nigeria’s
08 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Monday served as a rude awakening to South Africans. South Africa is no longer the largest economy on the continent. Nigeria’s newly calculated GDP sits at $510 billion, way larger than South Africa’s $384 billion. Rather than feeling sorry about our deflated ego, take a look at how the two economies compare.
These Are The Top African Female Tech Innovators To Keep An Eye On
31 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Africa’s booming tech industry is mainly dominated by males, but there are couple of women who have founded innovative tech companies, including these women.
WATCH: Brad Pitt’s “Big Men” Documentary On African Oil And Greed Looks Epic [VIDEO]
14 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Where there is oil there will be greed. Rachel Boynton is the director of a documentary described by critics as a real life ‘There Will Be Blood.’ Backed by the cash of Executive Producer, Brad Pitt, she follows the story of Ghana’s troubled commercialization of it’s oil fields, and the militants in Nigeria combating the corruption that their oil wealth caused.
BRCK: A Backup Generator For The Internet
10 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Africa is plagued with internet connectivity issues. This brick shaped device, aptly named BRCK, hopes to get more Africans online and more importantly, stay online. The device started out as a project to solve an African problem, but it may end up being used by hipsters who frequent coffee shop hotspots.
Blogger Awards Launched For The African Continent
27 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The first African Blogger Awards has been launched. Offering bloggers, tweeters, instagrammers and YouTubers the opportunity to be recognized for their influence on the African continent.
The World’s Largest Church Is Right Here In Africa
31 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Dictators have a tendency to leave behind a warped legacy – inequality often becomes overshadowed by extravagance, and Former Ivory Coast dictator Félix Houphouët-Boigny was no different. Felix was the country’s first post-colonialism president, and was immensely popular for the 33 years that he ruled the country. The leader amassed quite a fortune during his time […]
CAR Cannibal Explains Why He Ate Another Man’s Flesh
14 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The CAR has been ravaged by war for some time now, but the latest reports of cannibilism in the area are totally unprecedented.
Awesome Spoof: Meet The Kid Who Wants You To “Save Africa” [VIDEO]
19 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We don’t know precisely why we get annoyed with Americans who want to ‘save Africa’. Maybe it’s because we see it as paternalistic. Maybe it’s because we see it patronising.
The Newcomers: Forbes Africa’s 50 Richest 2013
14 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Curious about who’s coining it in Africa and why? Of course you are. Forbes just announced nine fresh faces that joined the esteemed list of Africa’s 50 Richest people.
Video Related Internet Traffic Is Set To Explode In Africa
12 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Video currently accounts for less than six percent of internet traffic across Africa, according to the Sandvine Global Internet Phenomena Report, but that number is expected to grow faster than it did for any other region before it.
Bill Gates Doesn’t Believe That Global Internet Connectivity Should Be Our #1 Priority
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
You would expect Bill Gates to be at the at the front of the march when it comes to campaigning for the whole world to be online. In response to Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to bring the whole world online, however, Gates insisted that internet accessibility shouldn’t be our number one priority. Despite the fact that Gates is still Microsoft’s chairman, he spends most of his time focusing on philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Does Social Media Translate Into Cash For South African Companies? [INFOGRAPHIC]
24 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cerebra, a brand-focused South African strategic communication agency, recently did a massive survey of how the best African companies utilise social media. Ever since the advent of sites like Facebook and Twitter, everyone wanted to know how these sites could work in business, and whether more followers really does mean more money.
9 African Millionaires To Bet On In An Internet Boom
07 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Almost everyone on this list has already made sizeable personal fortunes with online ventures, but some of them, like Heunis and Apteker seem to be biding their time. With internet commerce projected to be one of the fastest growing African industries in the next 10 years, these are 10 people who have the expertise and the industry know-how to exploit an African internet boom.
The Majority Of Millionaires In Africa Call South Africa Home
06 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A study has revealed that South Africa is the favoured country in Africa for millionaires. There are over 35,000 millionaires living in South Africa according to senior analyst at New World, Andrew Amoils.
Millionaire Mo Ibrahim Explains Why – And How – Africa Could Solve Its Own Problems
22 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mo Ibrahim wrote an article for Forbes that details “how (and why) Africa should solve its own problems”. Ibrahim is the founder and Chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation that he established in 2006.
The Future Is Terrific: Google Will Bring WiFi To Africa On High Altitude Floating Blimps
27 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google has unveiled plans to roll out free wireless networks across Africa and Asia using high-altitude blimps and balloons. If the project is succesful, 1 billion previously unconnected people will have internet access.
BBC Africa – The Series That You’ll Want To Own On Box Set [VIDEO]
11 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For over four years, the BBC searched the African continent to find and film unfamiliar wildlife, surprising behaviour and new landscapes for the BBC’s new Africa series. The Africa series is however drawing to a close, with only one geographic still to be covered on BBC Knowledge, DSTV Channel 184. Episode one was filmed […]
Recent Report Shows Over 5 Million Twitter Users In South Africa
07 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africa is home to Africa’s most prolific tweeters according to a report by Portland Communications and Tweetminster. They monitored more than 11,5 million geolocation tweets in Africa. They also conducted a survey of the region’s 500 most active twitter users. The results are interesting./p> The report, “How Africa Tweets” noted that South Africa has […]
Step Aside Silicon Valley – Ghana Plans To Build Africa’s IT Hub
05 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Ghana’s President, John Mahama has launched the Hope Project. The project aims to build an IT university near the capital of Accra within three years, at an estimated cost of R91 billion, including a residential area, a hospital and social and sports amenities. The university will be built on empty land and house Africa’s tallest building at […]
Radical Pitching Start-Up SliceBiz Wins Apps4Africa Competition
21 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The SliceBiz team, a Ghanaian start-up, were one of three teams to win the $10 000 cash prize at the Apps4Africa competition this year. The start-up plans to make crowdfunding the “it” thing in Africa by displaying 30 second pitches, recorded by entrepreneurs, to potential investors on mobile phone devices. Investors are then be able to transfer […]
New Africa-Only Smartphone Set To Disrupt Local Mobile Market
05 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Huawei, the Chinese technology manufacturer, has launched a smartphone that is exclusive to Africa. Huawei has partnered up with Microsoft to create this device and lower the cost of smart devices throughout Africa. Gustavo Fuchs, Director of Microsoft Windows Phone division in the Middle East and Africa said, At first we are making the product […]
Africa Is The World’s Fastest Growing Mobile Market
14 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Africa continues to be the world’s fastest growing mobile market with subscriptions set to reach 761 million this year The industry is also making a ton of cash, generating $56 billion toward the continent’s GDP, of which mobile operators made up the largest share.
SA Drops To 127th On Global Peace Index
27 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Earlier this month Vision Of Humanity released its latest Global Peace Index of 158 countries, on it South Africa place 127th. SA dropped 29 places from when it sat at 98 in 2007. Conversely, the world has become more peaceful for the first time in three years.
Egyptians Go To The Polls For The First Time In Five Thousand Years
23 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Today Egyptians will be able to go to the polls and elect their leader in a democratic fashion for the first time in their recorded history. Who are the frontrunners for Hosni Mubarak’s old job, and can Egyptians expect a smooth transition?
Samsung Now Outsells Nokia, Apple
30 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Nokia is no longer the world’s biggest selling cell phone manufacturer. For the first time ever, Korean handset manufacturer Samsung has outsold Nokia in the last quarter – by an estimated 93 million mobile phone units compared with Nokia’s 83 million. It’s also predicted that Samsung has outsold the iPhone in the smartphone market in recent months.
Charles Taylor Found Guilty Of Aiding War Crimes By UN-Backed Court
26 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The trial of ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor at the Hague has come to an end with a guilty verdict in all of the eleven counts against him after nearly five years of proceedings. Taylor is the first African leader to stand trial for war crimes at the U.N.-backed International Criminal Court.
Forbes Reports 12 Out Of Africa’s 20 Most Powerful Business People Are South African
24 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Forbes.com released a list of Africa’s 20 most powerful business people yesterday (they do like a list over there at Forbes) and it wasn’t too hard to pick up a trend on the list of the continent’s commercial high flyers – no less than 12 of them are South African. Are we awesome, or what? We’ve got the full list, including our Mzansi business powerhouses, after the jump!
Zimbabwe Suspends Weddings Indefinitely
04 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Zimbabwe has suspended all weddings indefinitely – reportedly in an effort to curb corruption and fraud. The ban on matrimony was revealed by the state-run Herald newspaper, SW Radio Africa reported yesterday.
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