Talk of a single AFRICOM headquarters has changed…the US military is considering ’sea-basing’ - a hybrid system-of-systems consisting of concepts of operations, ships, forces, offensive and defensive weapons, aircraft, communications and logistics.

Will it stand?

The first thing that probably comes to mind when you hear designer stew is who is the designer, Ralph Lauren or Vera Wang? Well the name designer stew came from a local restaurant in Alade Market, Lagos, Nigeria. The woman’s stew is so delicious she only needs to open shop 2 hours daily [...]

After two successful years running the prestigious Miss East Africa UK, Pauline Long has just launched Mr East Africa UK. The Kenyan born mother of two introduced the male contest to work with and alongside Miss East Africa UK. Mr and Miss East Africa UK beauty pageants main objectives are to fund-raise, campaign and raise [...]

Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operator in Nigeria, Visafone Limited, has unveiled a new range of phones at prices between N1,600 and N1,999, about $15. Currently, most CDMA and Universal Service Access operators in the country offer their phones from N2000 and above.
Chief executive, Visafone, Mr. Ninan Thomas, said that the latest from the shelf [...]

CISCO Systems, a leading supplier of networking equipment and network management for the Internet has chosen South Africa as a launch pad for what is known as the Global Talent Acceleration Programme (GTAP) in emerging Africa.
This training, which was officially launched on March 13, 2008 in Johannesburg, is an investment initiative designed to support emerging [...]

Painting: Togetherness by Mawuli Quartey / NOVICA).

Societies are rough sculptures carved by its leaders, but it’s the people that smoothen the edges and breath life into it. Can the notion of good governance - one driven by the proper application of democratic principles - actively pursued and realized by the desire of the masses? Debate freely.

The Nigerian media carried the report of two Nigerian Ministers fired on the allegation of fraud. This is a good indication that it has stopped being business as usual in Nigeria. Akin blog offers a succinctly written op-ed on the matter, excerpts:
“The names of the people involved, as academic excellence is considered a badge of [...]

Thanks to some resourceful African minds, the Internet can be put to several innovative uses beyond just browsing and reading. The creative minds behind Ushahidi revealed how it is possible to tweak readily available web application into a tracking tool for election violence. Sokwanele, a Zimbabwean social advocacy group, also revealed a similar application they [...]

Zimbabwean political parties are using innovative methods of attracting prospective voters for the March 29 presidential elections. For example, they provide the undecided with text messages about their platforms, or use slogans and jingles to assault their opponents. From Mutare, reporter Loirdham Moyo says some of texts amuse and infuriate members of the public, but [...]