During these hard times and job layoffs, some are no longer depending on the traditional job-search methods instead they are becoming more proactive and creative with securing a job. Here are some of the methods some innovative job seekers are using to hasten their search.

South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, became the 14th recipient of the U.S. Fulbright Prize for International Understanding. The 77-year-old cleric, a key figure in the struggle against South Africa’s apartheid racial system, was honored for a lifetime of work for reconciliation among peoples.
Archbishop Tutu received the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize for his role [...]

A group of prominent citizens, led by Tanzania’s president, Denmark’s prime minister, the deputy secretary general of the United Nations and Africa’s top diplomat, is developing a strategy to create new and better jobs for Africa’s youth. According to Voice of America report, the plan borrows liberally from the formula that made the United States [...]

Hundreds of mourners attended a memorial service for South African recording star and anti-apartheid champion Miriam Makeba Saturday.
Poets and musicians performed tributes to the woman known as “Mama Africa” at the Johannesburg Dome, a popular venue for concerts.
South African President Kgalema Motlanthe delivered a video message from the G-20 summit to an audience of mourners [...]

The Ibrahim Prize, set up by Sudanese businessman Mo Ibrahim, is the most valuable individual prize in the world. Mr Mogae, whose second term of office ended in April, was praised for tackling HIV and AIDS and for diversifying the economy of Botswana.

Ashoka is the global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs—men and women with system changing solutions for the world’s most urgent social problems.
Nigeria has a band of new Ashoka Fellows, “outstanding individuals who we recognize to have innovative solutions to social problems and the potential to change patterns across society”, according to Ashoka West [...]

For the first time in recent years, primary school students started a new school year on 6 October in Togo without paying enrolment fees. The government has waived primary school fees as part of a more than US$80 million investment in the education system. While parents celebrated the savings, administrators taken aback by the surprise [...]

Back here in the US, the economic massacre of Wall street is leading to an increasingly gloomy national economy which in turn is creating an expanding pool of the unemployed, every day.
What are the chances of ever getting back into a paid 8-5 gig again, particularly for those African immigrants caught in the mix?
It [...]

“….And carved a niche within the American and African markets

SOUTH AFRICA - South African President Thabo Mbeki agreed to resign after the ruling party ordered him today to step down, a move that could heighten turmoil in Africa’s economic powerhouse.
Mbeki’s rival and heir apparent Jacob Zuma was not expected to take over immediately. Another figure in the ruling African National Congress could be named [...]