Tomas Ernst is a 29 year old from Victoria, Canada with a keen interest in African issues. His passion for development and the people of Africa really began when he started working in Nairobi in 2002. He has since travelled to North + South Africa and is currently advancing a social entrepreneurial project in Mali which he will visit in 2008. He is a strong believer in a United States of Africa. Tomas' hobby is to write about socio-economic and political issues impacting the beautiful continent of Africa. He currently works at the World Bank on issues impacting the Small Island States of the South Pacific. Blog: http://www.unitedstates4africa.org/
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Posted by Tomas Ernst on August 11, 2008 in Community Report, Mali, People, Travel
Mali is an incredible country and I have had a passionate journey over the last 8 days. After living in East Africa I have no doubt now that economic development in french speaking West Africa lags far behind Anglophone East Africa. That is not saying much as development in East Africa remains modest. In Mali, [...]
Posted by Tomas Ernst on August 1, 2008 in Community Report, Feature, Kenya, Travel
A ‘Canadian-Africanist’, the Muzungu, returns to Kenya after five years…and quickly discover a lot has changed. Photo: Mombassa at night. The second largest city in Kenya, off the Indian Ocean.
Posted by Tomas Ernst on June 30, 2008 in Africa, Feature, Opinion, Zimbabwe
Bob Mugabe must NOT be recognized by African counterparts as the “leader” of the Zimbabwean people, as a leader must represent the will of the people, of which Mugabe certainly falls short.
Posted by Tomas Ernst on April 10, 2008 in Discussion Lounge, Feature, Opinion, Zimbabwe
Posted by Tomas Ernst on March 14, 2008 in Africa, Discussion Lounge, Feature, Opinion
From Paris Hilton to George Clooney, an industry has been created around attracting stars to African causes…but do celebrities advance a cause?
Posted by Tomas Ernst on February 21, 2008 in Africa, Benin, Discussion Lounge, Feature, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Opinion, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, USA
President Bush has less than 12 months to go in his presidency, and not unlike other heads of state before him, decides at the last hour that one final hurray in Africa is the medicine that will remedy all the mistakes made along the way.
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