Niti Bahn brings the Lighting Africa Project to our attention:
Lighting Africa officially launches on 4 September, when organisers will unveil a competition for the design and delivery of low-cost, green lighting products for low-income consumers in sub-Saharan Africa. More than 350 companies have already expressed an interest - from Africa-based small businesses to multinationals [...]

Today, London witnesses the 10th memorial service for an “English Rose”; in spite of all the negativities concerning the life and death of Diana, the Princess of Wales touched so many lives.

Nayo: Is this new ambient soul singer another Sade Adu?

Remmy Nweke, via ITRealms Online, reports from a summit titled “State of Nigeria’s Energy and Power Sector: Implications for Telecommunications Development” in Nigeria:
“Leading Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) operator in the country, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited, has declared that it spends close to N700 million monthly on provision of alternative power supply for its [...]

London Parliament Square was a beehive of activity today as the 9ft high bronze statue of Nelson Mandela, by the late Ian Walters was unveiled.

Via Grandiose Parlor:
For democracy to be meaningful and thrive, the governed must be informed, proactive, forward thinking, and able to monitor the activities of their elected officials. I know several of these people are not “elected”, but since they have somewhat wangled their ways into various elected positions, they need to be monitored and assessed [...]

Refined One writes:
As we walked into the room where the babies slept, played and eat the smell was overpowering, they all were sick with diarrhoea full with dirty nappies that looked like they had not been changed all day , the had all lost weight and where skin and bone , we later found out [...]

See building a Christian family Part 1
By Evangelist Adekunbi Akin-Taylor
(This is the a continuation of a paper I presented at the CCC Elephant and Castle, London, Women Ministry Family Day on 27/08/07)
Our children are our future. In bringing up our children, do we train them? Do we recognise their individualities? Or do we just pet [...]

Via Kimmedia:
After living in denial for a long time, Kenya is slowly waking up to its growing alcohol problem. In the latest of staggering steps meant to control overindulgence and related risks among Kenyans, industry players launched a campaign early in the week against underage drinking.
The campaign by the National Alcohol Beverages Association of Kenya [...]