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New Country for Telecom’s Men

mobile telephony in Africa
Africa is emerging as a new landscape that no-one could have predicted a decade ago: Telephony has assumed power politics dimensions.

African Leadership Academy Hopes to Transform the Continent

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Given the deplorable failure of leadership across the African continent, the South Africa-based African Leadership Academy has a clear mission: Transform Africa into a peaceful and prosperous continent by developing and supporting its future leaders.

African Leaders and Mugabe: A case of Sinners vs. Sinner

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How does African Union deal with presidents who inaugurate themselves in faulty elections? There are lot of elections that have not been not been free and fair.

Mugabe Shameless; Mbeki Gutless

Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe elections
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.

Paul Kagame of Rwanda - The Entrepreneur President talks Business

The Entrepreneur President, Paul Kagame of Rwanda. Video interview courtesy of Legatum on AfricanLoft.
Paul Kagame talks about his vision for Rwanda and the role of small businesses and entrepreneurship in national development, and his personal path from military strategist to become Africa’s leading statesman.

Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Celebrations

Nelson Mandele of South Africa 90th birthday celebrations
Celebrations marking Mandela’s 90th birthday kicks off in London.

The Rabid Dog of Zimbabwe must be put Down!


As the greater Africa tries to move out of conflict and institute a semblance of stability and socially responsible governance, Zimbabwe, under the leadership of octogenarian Mugabe, has been leaping in the opposite direction. And just when many thought they could see an end to the regression, Mugabe quit leaping, just to start sprinting, further and deeper into the abyss of tyranny!